{"id":616205,"date":"2026-06-02T01:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/616205\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T01:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:26:07","slug":"luis-ortiz-punches-novice-opponent-through-the-ropes-in-bizarre-ring-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/616205\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Ortiz punches novice opponent through the ropes in bizarre ring return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time heavyweight world title challenger <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/luis-ortiz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Ortiz<\/a> made his ring return last night and scored an eye-catching knockout win, sending his opponent sprawling across the ring and under the ropes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A former WBA Interim champion, Cuba\u2019s Ortiz twice challenged Deontay Wilder for the WBC heavyweight world title in 2018 and 2019 in two closely fought battles that ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/28151143\/deontay-wilder-ko-luis-ortiz-7th-round-retain-heavyweight-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ended in knockout defeats for \u2018King Kong\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, at the age of 47 years old, Ortiz is hoping to secure himself another fight amongst the heavyweight elite, having boxed on low-profile bills since <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/bn-verdict-a-new-andy-ruiz-emerges-from-the-body-of-the-old-andy-ruiz-to-breathe-once-again-at-heavyweight-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his 2022 decision defeat to former unified champion Andy Ruiz<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Ortiz has scored consecutive first-round KO wins, and yesterday he made his \u2018Team Boxing League\u2019 debut, representing Miami in a team-based event where 27 one-round contests took place between fighters from \u2018The Sunshine State\u2019 and Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>There, a bleached-blonde Ortiz met with Stephon Moss, whom he outgunned with ease before a straight left-hand sent the 36-year-old novice hurtling across the ring. collapsing to the canvas underneath the ropes, just inches away from dropping to the floor, as shown in the clip from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tblboxing\/status\/2061263931486736582\" rel=\"nofollow\">Team Boxing League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That KO power is still scary from King Kong Ortiz.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/tbl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#tbl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/fight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#fight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/boxing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#boxing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/season4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#season4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gjfJPmvM65\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gjfJPmvM65<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Team Boxing League (@tblboxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tblboxing\/status\/2061263931486736582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That defeat marked a seventh straight \u2018TBL\u2019 loss for the winless Moss, who had never been halted inside of the one-round distance until tasked with Ortiz.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the Miami Assassin\u2019s defeated the Nashville Smash by a score of 18-9 on the night. That moved Miami to a score of five wins and one defeat for the season, with Nashville falling to a record of 1-4 in what is the fourth season of \u2018TBL\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-time heavyweight world title challenger Luis Ortiz made his ring return last night and scored an eye-catching knockout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-616205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}