De La Hoya: Ortiz was just warming up against Mayweather when he was hit with a cheap shot
September 25th, 2011
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya thinks that his fighter former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz was just warming up in his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. De Hoya says Ortiz’s momentum was cut short by the cheap shot that Mayweather landed in the 4th round when referee Joe Cortez was looking outside of the ring instead of at the two fighters.
De La Hoya feels that the fight was still up in the air at the time that Mayweather tagged Ortiz with a two-punch combination while the referee Cortez was distracted and looking at the ringside timekeeper. To be sure, Ortiz was coming on in the 4th round and looked powerful at the time he headbutted Mayweather in the excitement of the moment. Had the headbutt not stopped the action, it might have ended much differently. I’m not sure if Ortiz would have won or not, but he was clearly coming on at that point in the fight and looked to be having his best round.
The referee seemed to cause confusion by saying “Let’s go” when the two fighters were far apart on the opposite sides of the ring inside of bringing them together in a more traditional way and telling them to resume action up close. But what seemed to confuse Ortiz even more was when the referee turned away from the action and stared at the timekeeper for a prolonged period of time instead of what was happening in front of him in the ring.
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we’ll never know because Mayweather cheated…and cortez wasn’t doing his job…that is painfull…what could’ve turned into a great fight…turned into a 3 ring circus thanks to Cortez
de la hoya! stop warming up to drugs and women clothing!
Meant to say that he DIDN’T do what the haters swore he would do: run and cover up the entire bout.
Y’all got what I was saying..
Well, one thing we can all agree on is the fact that Floyd didn’t get floored one time. Let alone in the first round by a baby hook, like Berto. Floyd’s a different beast n took, more or less, everything Ortiz could dish out. Nothing hurt Floyd at all, and that could be backed up by the way he did exactly what all the haters swore he’d do: run and cover up the entire bout. Not that he ever does that anyway, he’s one of the best pocket fighters I’ve ever seen.
Can anyone share their thoughts? Mayweather took Ortiz’s best shots and shook them off, literally. That’s what I’ve been saying I was most looking forward to, the excuses why he didn’t get dropped.
Ortiz to ESPN Friday night fights
when de la hoya lost to mayweather it is a razor thin decision and not convincingly it is a good fight and it can go either way. when de la hoya lost to manny it is by submmission. in the ortiz mayweather fight, the world wants to know if mayweather can go 12 rounds, or can mayweather knockout ortiz. unfortunately the world did not see until that fatal shots. soooh sad.
Mayweather did look more worried than he has looked in a long time. Ortiz had alot of strength left and there were 8 rds left if it were to go the distance. I think it was going to turn into a good fight with floyd standing his ground. Floyd got an easy way out n boxing fans missed out on good action. An amateur could’ve knocked ortiz right then n there. All the hype n anticipation for nothing. The undercard was better. fckn mayweather n ortiz
Damn right DLH, FLD knows it so guess won’t fight Pacman in my life time
Ortiz started a street fight in the ring with Floyd guys an Floyd was better at that, just like. He is the better boxer, somebody tell Oscar an real talk that there’s no such thing as a fair street fight, FLOYD GOT ENOUGH HATERS TO DRINK LAKE MICHIGAN DRY
Real talk a street fight is just that, ain’t no rules anything go’s an u don’t have to wait for Ortiz to be ready, NOT WHERE UM FROM an Floyd must be from the same school. Street fight an the word fair don’t go together an Floyd should have knocked him out just like he. Did
Oscar needs to zip it!….his outbursts are a direct correlation to him being bitter about not being as famous as he used to be. Thats why we keep hearing of him wildin-out verbally lately. His words are not taken deeply like they used to be so he must constantly have need to be heard. Handle your crisis on the inside Oscar, your boy got chumped on sept 17th…chumped by someone much better…bottom line. Peace…
Dela Hoya should just STFU and TAKE THE DAMN TEST!!! …..wait…
“Ortiz wanted to make it a street fight, not an unfair fight” headbutts are illegal Oscar you dumb M-Fer!
but ortiz took a devastating cheap shot with the head smash to the face. that screams out loser to me. flush him
Oscar, I know you’re now a promoter, but please say things that are believable. Ortiz was getting dismantled. He had become desperate and decided to headbutt his way to a win, or to find a way out. It’s time for Ortiz and Mayweather to move on — Floyd to fight Manny and Ortiz a rematch with Berto.
Delahoya,where is the jabs that you told Ortiz to use in that fight?We didnt see that.Dont look for many things Mayweather is the monster of the ring.
@ chi
The only way floyd gonna ko anyone is if they have theyre hands tied behind them.
Sh1t, floyd is now training on how to ko somebody out while theyre in their corner talking to the coach, during round break.
Outlaw:
Thats the same sh1t i told floyds fiance b4 she left this morning, i was just getting warmed up.
Oscar has become a comedian
So stupid De la pot! Ortiz has knocked out a bunch of guys in the first couple of rounds! Mayweather said it himself, that he was getting stronger in the post Presser and he was gonna keep schooling him!
DLH seems to be the only one that believed Victim Ortiz was coming on. The way it looked, Ortiz lost his mind, and did the space shuttle lift off on Floyds head. Ortiz quite but Floyd already had the sense to know what he was trying to do. When he served him a 2 piece and a biscuit, only haters of Floyd thought it was wrong. Give justice to the head butting batter ram? You dont like the effect dont produce the cause. Ortiz will get another chance, but I feel like his demons will surface, probably worse then what he showed with Floyd. All haters do the world a favor and kill yourself. You think Ortiz was easy work? Floyd will get kidnapped by Phillippino soldiers for international assault, once he shows the world how slow there hero works in his mind. All haters put a light bulb in your mouth and bite down. Kill yourself right now.
Should be a freematch. Those fckrs made too money for that s4¡T
that’s what i told oscar’s wife when she left last night…. i was just getting warmed up!!!
Victor was getting ‘warmed up’? That’s nice….
What if Floyd was just getting warmed up as well?
It’s not unusual for Floyd to lay back & study his man the first few rounds before launching his attack. In this case there wasn’t much to study, he was clocking Victor from the first bell.
If you review Victor’s last attack in slow motion, he missed almost every shot. Floyd was smiling at him from behind his gloves, that’s when Victor launched his head.
The ending, though dissatisfying, was inevitable. The controversy, IMHO, actually allows Victor to save face, if the fight went on he would have been systematically beaten down.
In defence of Victor I have to say he could have lined up some stiff’s & made a few bucks before he fought Floyd, But he jumped right in the deep end of the pool. This fight simply came too early in his career, he shows guts for taking it.
Rematch? For what? Nobody in they right mind gone pay to see that Floyd is way to fast, to slick an to skilled for Ortiz that’s why Ortiz lossed it an tried to butt him the first time, NEW BUSINESS man tell pac-man to take the Olympic style drug test so Floyd can prove once an for all he is pound for pound the best fighter in boxing today, when he knock pac-man out next
De la hoya should stop wearing fishnets. It is affecting his thinking.
Get Into a Fighting Stance next time…
Last time I checked Floyd won by KO, he`s opponent lost awareness in the ring…whose fault is that …Ortiz played dirty so did Floyd but he won end of story…stop making excuses
Del la hoya should just apologize if he wants the rematch cause ortiz is the one to through the original foul. Although who wants to see a fighter win off a foul shot. Should of been a no contest mandatory rematch. All bets reset
@boxmaster
nice comment, everyone understood everything you just said.
next time use chinese characters.
De La Hoya: en serio, deja de usar lo que estes usando, el unico que hizo algo ilegal fue Ortiz con el cabezazo que le dio a Floyd. Cortez los mando a pelear y el tonto fue a disculparce de nuevo. Es increible porque Ortiz en las entrevistas sigue diciendo que el no hizo nada ilegal que no le dio el cabezazo intencional a Floyd. De La Hoya enseñale a Victor Ortiz a ser hombre arriba en el ring o que se quite, esta ya es la segunda vez que daña una buena pelea.
dela hoya is true and correct, the 4th round is just heating up, no one is down, no one is in control and the fight can go either way until that fateful shots come. sooo sad. that fatal shots was legal according to cortez whose eyes didnt see, but to the eyes of the viewer whose eyes did see, it break the rule of engagement common to all champions, to establish an open arm length distance before firing the first shot. this unwritten rule was observe by all champions and therefore became final and mandatory that floyd violated in my opinion. and i think i have the opinion of others.
@ hajime no ippo says:
September 25, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Rematch!
But first put gloves on Ortiz’s head. And give Floyd an extra pair of hands for double lefthook + straight combo.
And give Cortez a horse blinker so he’ll look straight at both fighters only.
Lolz.
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I agree for REMATCH!!. But fight should be telecast for FREE!!! If Floyd cheated Ortiz, then we were cheated as well.
This article and DHL’s comments both omit one thing: Ortiz’s headbutt. That headbutt was flagrant and the referee correctly deducted a point. Mayweather’s ‘cheap shot’ was not a foul against the boxing rules, but perhaps against sportsmanship. I am not sure how much sportsmanship Ortiz deserved or one can expect from Mayweather after receiving a foul like that. Bottom line, the way Mayweather closed the fight was all right in my mind. Some trainers do not like their guys touching gloves every round… they feel it takes away from the aggression and frame of mind boxing requires. Whoever has a problem with the way Mayweather closed the fight just has a problem with Mayweather himself.
Rematch!
But first put gloves on Ortiz’s head. And give Floyd an extra pair of hands for double lefthook + straight combo.
And give Cortez a horse blinker so he’ll look straight at both fighters only.
Lolz.
Oscar is a damn fool…….watching it on HBO again and boy I tell you round 3 by Floyd was a thing of beauty!! The master MANNY STEWARD said that Floyd is systematically breaking Ortiz down!! Oscar stop sniffing the white stuff and please take off those damn fish-net pantyhose!
Rematch!
But first put gloves on Ortiz’s head. And give Floyd an extra pair of hands for double lefthook + straight combo.
And give Cortez a horse blinker so he’ll look straight at both fighters only.
Lolz.
Ok all this aside – straight up boxing , Ortiz should have protected himself , he butted heads what does he expect ?, mayweather won the fight. Now we should get on to the fight we all wana see, mayweather owes the fans to show us he can beat manny, in that I fight I go manny all the way, I seen mayweather knock peoples out and manny too- Ortiz should fight sergio martinez.
Rematch!
But first put gloves on Ortiz’s head.
And give Floyd two extra hands.
What a fight would it be. Hahaha!
dylan
so far you make the most sense among all others.
i want floyd to make ortiz suffer…in a decent way.
floyd should have just let ortiz play his dirty tricks but keep his skills and talent to beat the guy anyway,
I agree with the REMATCH but it should be telecast for FREE! Floyd CHEATED, Fans were cheated, so we’re all CHEATED. And one more, please don’t get CORTEz as the third man in the ring……
Floyd did exactly what he was supposed to do. And that was one of the most exciting endings to a fight that I have ever seen. That fight will be remembered forever as one of the most epic moments in sport’s history.
Floyd vs Ortiz needs to be rematch but they dont deserve to get paid!!!
@Polo or Bri,,,pls stop fooling yourself how much Floyd gots in a fight!!! no one beleive on it!
floys was landing his left hook everytime ortiz tried to jab…. it was only two more rounds before he got put to sleep
@Gary H ***** delahoya company and mayweather ent. are the promoters of the card. floyd is to make over 40 mill himself so delahoya camp takes the other 50 percent so with ppv. that is reported over 1.3 mill. at 59.99 s peace close captioned theator money and those who came to watch the match. they made off very well. ortiz was paid 2.5 mill. not that much. they made off very well. and money from the sponcers as well. delahoyas company made at least 50 mill off this.
Oscar is 100% right. Ortiz was getting stronger and having more success as the fight went on until the cheap shot ending. REMATCH.
For once Hoya was right fight fans like me were upset because we wanted to see more of the fight Ortiz would have beat floyd if it went 10 or 12
Oscar. Is right victor was gust warming. Up let the fight continue.and the fight
Would. Gust got better. let victor hit floyed with his hand down like he did he wouldn’t. Even get up.straight. to the hospital. but victor did wrong floyed did worst. Simple like that
accept the fact, ortiz the quitter quit again.
can’t be proud of how floyd ended the fight, but can’t fault him either. no sympathy for ortiz. and i just shake my head why nobody calls ortiz a coward for head butting. just waaaay too much hatred towards floyd jr.
@ pedquiao
Ur too defensive of floyd. Mayweather is too great of a fighter to pull a move like that. Legal or not it showed the coward in him. Get over it. Floyd looked bad. Its not the first time he made himself look bad. Take ur mommas panties off cause they’re all bunched up.
a cheapshot is not worthy of any respect.
I don’t take Oscar seriously since he’s just promoting. But there are fans out there who actually think Vic was mounting some sort of comeback when he got floyd on the ropes. Are you kidding me? Vic landed nothing which is why he used his head since he couldn’t hit floyd with his fists.
You mean hate the ape
Sure Ortiz was just starting to get warmed up. All he did was bum rush Mayweather and than butted in the face which took about 30 seconds to do. Had the fight continued, Mayweather would have started side-stepping Ortiz and began eating him to pieces with left hooks, until finally knocking him out.
Cheap shot? This is boxing an Ortiz started a street fight so Floyd fought him like he wanted. Protect your self at all times especially after u start a street fight Ortiz
de la hoya getting his pantyhose in a twist ha
I would like a rematch. I don’t care about boxing rule that was a cheap shot here and in any other planet. And do not worry about ppv. You can watch it free online
Sure, I always get warmed up by going down 0-4. Makes things exciting for me.
Ortiz & Goldengirl could’nt hit Mayweather in a phone booth.
Keep it 100 says:
September 25, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Its never been legal to hit while seperating from a break.
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Talk about a cheap shot search YuTube for the fight between Victor Ortiz and Corey Alarcon. Ortiz takes a cheap shot at Alarcon as the referee is trying to separate them, which ends the fight. No wonder Mayweather felt like he had to beat him to the punch because Victor Ortiz is surely a dirty fighter. Ortiz was was headbutting Mayweather all night long so Mayweather wasn’t going to let him get close enough for another headbutt or cheap shot him like he did Alarcon so Mayweather just took care of business. Get over it, it was a legal shot. You had De La Hoya both have your panty hose on to tight.
Translated : Please buy this joke PPV again!!!
De La Hoya is on the crack again, proberbly wearing the fishnets again too……Ortiz is a biatch just like Goldengirl.
Oscar is a clown!! I mean a cross dresser!!!
Oscar is just brewing some Kool Aid to sell a pointless rematch.
Floyd was right about Larry to cause Larry don’t get along with the best fighters Bernard Hopkins, hates him, James Tony hates him, it’s safe to say Antonio tarver don’t like him, an Floyd made his point, “how are u a boxing expert and u ain’t never fought before “HBO THINK ABOUT IT
oscar take a break before u get Ortiz hurt. I think he could have got up but why take anymore right hands. his face was starting to show d damage
Polo 50 milion dollars ?
Mayweather did the right thing because he felt Ortizs power. It was a merciful knockout for Floyd himself because if he didnt cheapshot Ortiz, the ref would be counting him out on the 9th rd.
Oscar needs to shut up or put on some gloves um sure Floyd wouldn’t mind whooping his a#$ again, Ortiz got knocked straight the f%$k out an he had it coming for head butting Floyd, an Ortiz was gone get knocked out anyway the way he was eating straight right hands all fight long, an for pac-man take the test an get knocked out next
delahoya made over 50 mill. Off this fight. He is just trying to make another big payday off of ortiz. Just smart buissness he knows how much a rematch will make and he also knows ortiz will get destroyed and have his carear cut short. Hopefully rematch is made then he can take on khan in the summer
Victor will be champ again bet on it …….
de la hoya is turning into a bitter old man
ortiz broke the golden rule DEFEND YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES
the ref signalled to box on floyd did just that
that 4th round ko saved him from a 12 round beating
oriz landed 2 punches before he got mayweather on the ropes and 1 was blocked.
yeah it might be legal but is it bounded by true athlete fighting fairly?yeah it’s a ghetto cheers!
id like to seen it go further but thats boxing floyds the boy he does my bapper in but what a boxer
way to go Cortez you just cost bitternes to over 1 million pay per view viewers! you are an embarrasment and you need to retire old man.
the term “lets go” is not a command for the fighters to f ight! if you a little about boxing you would know that. what corrupt over the hill cortez should have said, is ” Fight” and he didn’t he lost control of his thoughts and the second mayweather punched ortiz, mayweather should have been disqualified, mayweather even admited on not hearing Cortez in the press conference, when asked did you hear cortez say fight? he responded with he should have protected himself at all times.
@war. Yes he did . He said lets go and made the hand signal to go. It was very clear. If u have hbo watch the replay. Ortiz was fighting dirty all night he got what he deserved
Floyd was starting to heat up, everything was starting to land for him. And Ortiz was warned 2-3 times in the fight about his use of his head. Oscar is still coked up. The ref said let’s go and the fight was on. The ref should have said fight but either way it was a legal shot.
The ref NEVER said “fight”….it was a illegal shot… Cortez didnt dq jr because he didnt want controversy towards him…especially from the mayweather camp
dela hoya shut up that knock out was not a cheap fight and how long was it gonna take ortiz to warm up dam do we have to go back to the throw back 15 rounds
worming up for a knock out. Ortiz was getting hit more and more. He was on his way out. Funny how delahoya forgets the multiple hits to the back to the head. Forgets about the multiple head butts especially the last one. Ortiz got what he deserved. He brought it to the street and got schooled.
whatever happened its over with ortiz lost. i agree it was a cheap shot but what can we do just talking about it. lets move on and hopefully see the fight we all want to see and thats manny and floyd. i wont have any respect especially for floyd if he doesn’t fight manny next year in 2012.
it was a cheap shot!
Oscar is still bitter Floyd beat him. He’s held a grudge ever since
He should step out his high heels and tights
Its never been legal to hit while seperating from a break.
de la hoya is just mad and he hates floyd because he backs up his talk… it wasnt a cheap shot because the ref said fight… its just unsportsmanlike