By Chris Williams: Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, has ruled out a rematch for Victor Ortiz against WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. It’s not going to happen because there’s no interest in the fight, says Ellerbe in an interview at fighthype.com.

“No rematch,” Ellerbe said. “There’s no public outcry for a rematch because Floyd didn’t do anything illegal.”

Besides that, there’s no interest from boxing fans to see Mayweather beat up on Ortiz again, period. It wasn’t like Ortiz was competitive or anything. The fight was one-sided with Mayweather teeing off with straight right hands and left hooks. In the 3rd and 4th round, Mayweather began to throw combinations and things were starting to look really bad for Ortiz.

In the 4th, Ortiz seemed to come apart mentally when he was unable to connect with his big shots when he had Mayweather with his back against the ropes. It was at this time that Ortiz speared Mayweather with his head, leading to Ortiz losing a point from the referee. The fight ended as soon as the action resumed when Mayweather took Ortiz apart with a two punch combo to put him on the canvas for the 10 count.

Now that Ortiz realizes that there isn’t going to be a rematch, he can focus his energy in trying to get other guys like Manny Pacquiao or Andre Berto fight to him. Maybe Ortiz will do better next time out against one of those guys. But he had his chance against Mayweather and he blew it. That was the only shot Ortiz will get, and he messed up. There’s no do-overs. That was Ortiz’s 15 minutes of fame and he froze under the lights.