Sarah Stier-USA TODAY Sports
LAS VEGAS — Deontay Wilder was losing.
Until he wasn’t.
Wilder stopped Luis Ortiz on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, uncorking a right hand missile in the seventh round that sent Ortiz crashing to the canvas. For six-plus rounds, Ortiz controlled the fight. Round after round, the 6’3” Cuban peppered Wilder with a sharp jab. He backed him up with crisp combinations. In the final minute of the seventh, Ortiz battered Wilder with head and body shots. He had Wilder in trouble.
And then Wilder got out of it.