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10 Quickfire Post-Fight Mayweather vs. Ortiz Thoughts
Published Sep 18 2011 by: Jake Emen
Following the Mayweather-Ortiz results, here are 10 things to note...
Everyone has already heard, seen and read plenty on the Mayweather vs. Ortiz results, how the fight played out, and the aftermath of it all. But there's still a lot to talk about, and the Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz bout will continue to be in the headlines for the coming weeks. Take a look at these 10 quickfire post-fight Mayweather-Ortiz thoughts.
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- Protect yourself at all times: The first rule of boxing is protect yourself at all times. Mayweather capitalized on Ortiz being distracted and unprepared... and that's perfectly legal. All of the other arguments don't really hold any merit. It may have been sneaky, but it was also intelligent, opportunistic and legit.
- Let's not forget the head butt: Team Ortiz doesn't have much moral high ground to stand on, either. The whole incident was sparked by as blatant of a head butt as you'll see in the sport of boxing. So to stand on a soap box and cry foul when your guy blatantly fouled Mayweather to get everything going is nonsensical.
- Ortiz isn't complaining: Team Ortiz, including trainer Danny Garcia, may be up in arms about the stoppage, but Ortiz isn't. He thought they were broken, but that was his own mistake and he has not complained whatsoever. That said, he would of course love a rematch and another multi-million payday.
- Mayweather's rant... marketing ploy?: The Mayweather and Larry Merchant argument was priceless theater. Some blame Merchant, and some blame Mayweather, but something about the incident seemed forced. Mayweather loves to play up his villain persona of Money Mayweather, and this fit in perfectly to that end. It will make even more people shell out $70 to watch him fight on pay-per-view the next time.
- Merchant is critical of Mayweather: Merchant has always been critical of Mayweather, and he has admitted as much. He prefers aggressive fighters, he scores fights in a way that favors the aggressor in a bout, and he has never cared much for Mayweather personally, his style or his choice of opposition. This is an announcer that was getting on Mayweather's case after his wins over Jose Luis Castillo to finally get in there and face the guy he was avoiding... Juan Lazcano. So let's be real... Merchant has never been a Mayweather backer.
- But even he came around: After the flareup, even Merchant had to put the argument aside and acknowledge that it was a legit victory for Floyd. And even he has to give Mayweather props for a concussive victory over a young, hungry, powerful champion.
- A resounding Mayweather win: I tried to tell everyone that this would be a resounding knockout win for Mayweather. Of course, nobody could have predicted exactly how that played out, but nonetheless, it's a memorable career highlight and one of his more noteworthy wins. OK... gloating done.
- Mayweather-Ortiz was a good fight: The crazy knockout ending and the drama in the post-fight interviews will keep us talking. But let's not forget, in four rounds of action it was a damn good scrap. There was exciting two-way action with each man having his moments, and we saw Mayweather opening up far more and being the aggressor more than we have since his days at junior welterweight and below.
- The Mayweather fight plan: The lead straight right hand has always been Mayweather's “Money” punch, so it was certainly not a surprise when he built his entire fight plan around it. He repeatedly turned to it and found a home for it. He also built his defense into it, almost jumping in with the lead right, and then bending down nearly parallel to the ground as he continued to step forward, placing himself out of harm's range. Now, he would need something more to take care of Manny Pacquiao, but that could be a taste of what's to come.
- Mayweather's Halloween trunks: OK, so can we briefly mention Mayweather's hideous Halloween-inspired garb? Those were some of the worst trunks I've seen in quite some time, and coming about 45 days before October 31 makes them that much sillier.
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It is protect yourself at all times, but to hit a man when his hands are completely down by his side not following the rule. Yes its Ortiz fault for not being ready, but for a man to hit a man in that position with everything hes got is a sign to me that he questioned his own ability to win in fair play. Ortiz was wrong as well for head butt, they were at least in battle and both knowingly in a place to protect themselves. He was not in that position when Mayweather captilized on the free shot. Re–match Re–match Re–match
i wonder if this match is fake, staged, scripted, etc.. something is definitely wrong. look at their reactions. it looks like they are expecting things to happen.
I saw the fight and I have to say that this was the boxing industry at it’s worst. The writer of this article is clearly a Mayweather devotee. I see his points but I agree with little of his assessment.
The entire round from the head butt on looked very staged. It looked like Ortiz knew he was supposed to butt Mayweather and was running out of time so just went for it. I have never seen anything so obviously intentional. It wasn’t even a heat-of-the-moment action, Ortiz launched himself at Mayweather with no attempt to make it look like anything but intentional.
Then there was the over-the-top apology which nearly turned into make-up sex after which he seemed to stand there on cue and take the punch that ended the fight.
All of us watching the fight felt robbed. There is no way I can agree that this was an entertaining fight to watch. It never turned into a fight. I lost all respect for Mayweather – he is nothing but a loud mouth punk that has no respect for his fans. If he was any kind of decent person he would return all of our PPV fees.
That fight had set-up all over it and the boxing regulators should take a serious look and do a real investigation. The compelling evidence is the way Ortiz acted after the KO – He was smiling and not at all upset that he just lost by dirty fighting. No real fighter would have been happy about that – Ortiz was looking good and I think had a real chance of winning that fight – he was gaining on Mayweather and I think he could have got him in a few more rounds.
I don’t by the argument that he should have had his guard up at all times – the spirit of that rule does not cover a guy with his hands at his side – like he is waiting for the planned hit.
Even if it was not a set-up, it was a complete rip-off for the fans. The boxing governing body should take that win away from Mayweather and call it a draw.
We were all screwed by Mayweather and Ortiz and the true colors of professional boxing were exposed. There is only one real boxer – Manny P. but Mayweather is terrified to get in the ring with him. Manny would sweep the floor with both these clowns.
I hope that people see this fight for what it really was and see Mayweather for what he really is – he has no respect or appreciation for the fans that made him rich. The Mayweather organization is nothing but a bunch of street thugs – and they continue to show us that they have no class.
The best that could come from this would be for no one to order the obvious re-match. That was all part of this scam designed by the Mayweather thugs. They think no one sees through the BS but many people now see them as they really are – punks.
I do believe that Mayweather, has no reputations left. Everybody knows he is afraid to fight legitimate opponents on the peak of their careers. He tried avoiding a deal with Cotto and Margarito, whom both were beaten already by Pacman, and now it’s almost a decade has passed that he keeps on running away for a bout with Manny Pacquiao. So what he is trying to imply? He is the best? Probably he is the best boxer with full of alibis… It is very obvious he has no balls of facing a true champion like Pacman!!! Are you afraid or scared? Face your fears and fight like a man, as in pacMan, instead of talking like a child and engaging yourself in an unrealistic and controversial fight…
A win is a win is a win, and when all is said and done, and those who felt a certain injustice to the whole event collect themselves, they will have to admit that Mayweather is a genius. And not only in the ring, though that was more evident than any other time in this fight, but also in marketability.
Watching him command the ring is something truly, only someone who has ever been in a ring will appreciate. His timing, spatial awareness, fighting instinct is so sharp, it is almost super human. I don’t for one moment believe this was a staged event, and the Ortiz reaction to the loss can easily be explained. Ortiz knew after the very first round that he was out of his league, and by the fourth round he was clearly panicked and lost it completely with the headbutt. He looked like he was concerned only about salvaging his image as the “good” guy and completely lost the plot. Mayweather always switched on, cottoned onto this in a flash and from the very moment he landed the headbutt just looked set to capitalize.
And herein lies the true, sometimes overlooked, genius of the man. The opportunity to go from public enemy number 1 to anti-christ presented itself and he seized it with a left hook and a straight right. The fight he undoubtedly has planned with pacman will be the hugest grossing sporting event in the history of sports entertainment, because every man and his dog will pay top dollar to watch the ultimate battle between good and evil.
Genius, pure and simple.
You better watch that fight again and again so you will know the difference between a real and pre-arranged bout… Hope you will not be blinded by loyalty. Instead practice watching game in a broader minded manner, or better go to opthalmologist cause maybe you are now suffering from eye related disorders…
I have no loyalty to any sporting personality. It makes watching sport for the sake of sport so much more enjoyable. I watched the fight again, as you suggested, and my opinion of the fight remains the same. This was a non-staged event and any other outcome other than a win for Mayweather, was never at any stage likely to happen. Ortiz didn’t have the skills to stay in the fight, and would have suffered more severely if the fight had continued.
The fight with Pacquiao will take place, so don’t get so bent out of shape about it. You don’t owe these personalities anything, and they are merely there for your entertainment. Watch the Mayweather-Ortiz fight again with your supporters hat off, and you may just see something you were blinded to before.
Mayweather is not genius nor real man he just showed how really gayWeather he is, no one will appreciate that kind of knocking technique we can call it a sucker punch hehe, and still Manny Pacquiao the real man.
Hope your right about their fight will take place so there’s no more intriguing Mayweather is a good boxer like Manny Pacquiao..
Yah, you’re right! These 2 will eventually meet in the ring granting Gayweather, I mean Mayweather stops running from Pacman’s camp. Or probably he plans to delay a decade more so both of them are already an illegitimate elderly boxer, then he could simply say if he will be defeated that if this fight happens on my prime, sleeping on the canvass will not be the outcome… You know, Mr Alibis…