At the turn of April and May, immediately after a positive doping test of Jarrell Miller when the search for a worthy opponent for Anthony Joshua began, Luis Ortiz (31-1, 26 KOs) has been one of the many who received a tempting in financial terms offer. The Cuban then declined, but as it turned out, he didn't lost much in financial terms.
Eddie Hearn, the promoter of Joshua, offered Ortiz $7 million. The Cuban refused because his manager Al Haymon is a competitor of Hearn. Ortiz knew he would get his chance sporting and financial.
Ortiz to receive good money for a rematch on November 23 against the current WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs). The Cuban guaranteed purse is over $7 million.