Floyd Mayweather addresses the media after his fourth-round KO of Victor Ortiz. Mayweather also discusses Manny Pacquiao and his suspicions that the pound-for-pound king is using PEDs.
Ortiz has only himself to blame
LAS VEGAS – The words of wisdom reverberated across the MGM Grand Garden Arena after the crazy ending to the Floyd Mayweather Jr.- Victor Ortiz fight Saturday night.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Mayweather didn’t do himself any favors by stopping Victor Ortiz the way he did on Saturday night in Las Vegas. He was in the process of breaking down a vastly inferior boxer when he ended the fight with a big right after Ortiz let his guard down. The knockout was legitimate. Ortiz failed to follow one of the most basic rules in boxing -- protect yourself at all times – and paid a stiff price. The crazy ending obscured Mayweather’s performance, though. We should be talking about how the most gifted fighter on the planet looked as sharp as ever even after a 16-month layoff, the beautiful rights he landed consistently and Ortiz’s inability to penetrate Mayweather’s legendary defense. Instead, we’re talking about how stupid Ortiz was and whether Mayweather was right or wrong to punch him when he wasn’t prepared to fight. Still, “Money” had a good night. He walked away with a knockout, the WBC welterweight belt, and is in prime position for bigger things in the near future.
BIGGEST LOSER
Victor Ortiz: A one-sided loss – even a knockout loss – would’ve been OK. Ortiz could’ve said afterward, “Hey, I tried as hard as I could. I just wasn’t good enough to beat him tonight. I’m a young guy. I’ll be back.” No one would’ve held it against him. Instead, a poor performance combined with his wacky behavior leave him in a bad light once again. The fact he jumped into Mayweather with his head in the heat of battle – basically cracking under pressure – leads us to wonder once again about his mental toughness. Professionals keep their heads. He made it worse by being overly apologetic, embracing Mayweather and then kissing him on the cheek. And then, in the coup de grace, he spaced out and was knocked out. What a disaster! Ortiz is fortunate he has a strong promotional company (Golden Boy) behind him. He’ll get more chances. The now question is: Which Ortiz will show up in the future, the one who beat Berto or the one who flipped out against Mayweather?
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At first, Antonio Margarito just thought it was a good shot by Manny Pacquiao and his eye was merely swelling. Then he learned after the defeat in November he had a fractured orbital bone. "I never thought it was going to be a career-threatening injury until I was told in the hospital I had to have surgery," the Tijuana Tornado said through a translator.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. won the fight with a questionable -- if legal -- pair of punches that Victor Ortiz never saw coming. He followed it by berating an 80-year-old announcer in the ring and demanding he be fired. Later on he would insinuate that the only way Manny Pacquiao keeps winning is that he's juiced.
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez kept his WBC light middleweight title belt by stopping Alfonso Gomez at 2:36 of the sixth round Saturday. Alvarez (38-0-1, 28 KOs) started and finished strongly in a Los Angeles bout that was held as a two-city undercard for television viewers before the Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz bout.
Mexican boxing great Erik Morales won a piece of a fourth title Saturday night, stopping late replacement Pablo Cesar Cano in a junior welterweight bout. Morales, the last fighter to beat Manny Pacquiao, battered and bloodied Cano before the fight was stopped after the 10th round with blood streaming down the side of Cano's face from a cut next to his left eye.
Four people were arrested after detectives discovered a burglary in progress at the home of champion boxer Manny Pacquiao while he was in his native Philippines preparing for a fight, authorities said Saturday. Nothing was taken and no one was home Friday during the midday break-in that detectives witnessed by chance in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, sheriff's Capt.
Floyd Mayweather’s love of “The Notebook” was the only surprise which came out of Friday’s weigh-ins.
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