By Rasheed Catapang: Know your enemy. Sun Tzu’s wise advise which echoed through the ages obviously did not reach Victor Ortiz. It either fell on deaf ears or a fool just won’t heed it.

Moriarty, Hyde, Hannibal Lecter – Mayweather’s way up there with them in the list. Victor Ortiz, evergreen and ever grinning, was oblivious to that. He seems to see only the cheery side to life but in a twisted kind of way. He’s got something akin to the Joker’s Psyche but with the coping prowess of a child. And the fight, dubbed unimaginatively as Star Power but which rightly should be called Ultimate Villains, unfolded the way it was supposed to.

“How is boxing a clean sport?” Floyd Mayweather retorted during the pre-fight when accused by Ortiz trainer of being a dirty fighter. That should have tipped us all of what to expect in the fight, an omen forebode of things to come.

Ortiz was competitive from the first to the third round. And in the fourth, he was finally in the game experiencing some sort of success. And just when it seemed the tide will turn in his favor, he delivered a headbutt from hell which ushered his doom a few moments later.

How low can you go? A question which wisely should not have been asked of Mayweather, specially when inside the ring with him. Ortiz did. His fate sealed with a kiss, he was knocked off his feet when the answer was delivered.

Ortiz should have seen it coming. A fool standing like that in front of a hurt madman – one ready to burn Rome as he sees fit – better be ready for a swift and cruel end. There is nothing in Floyd’s demented façade to suggest he’ll turn the other cheek. With hands down, Ortiz opened a window for abuse. Mayweather naturally use it.

Victor Ortiz definitely rubbed Floyd the wrong way, what with all those headbutts flying about. But Mayweather’s final act was never in retaliation to that as many would have us believe. No, it wasn’t about taking the fight to the streets. A madman is beyond that. It was about Ortiz providing Mayweather the easy way out. Generals look for gaps to win wars. Ortiz was just tattered with holes in the 4th round – ready to be blown to kingdom come.

It should be common knowledge by now that there’s nothing conventional about the way Floyd fights – attributable perhaps to his love for money and obsession for his perfect record. Everything’s a means to an end. And sportsmanship could be dropped like an “F” word when it became an inconvenience. That said, Ortiz foolishness is a crime to which lethal force is justified.

What force ought to apply to Joe Cortez, on the other hand, I leave others to debate. He already contributed to Mayweather’s two big wins (Hatton and Ortiz). The way he complimented Mayweather, I say not bad for a tag team.

As for the Pacquiao-Mayweather ever taking place, a question Merchant would have posed to Floyd had he been given the chance to do so, it’s not happening. Floyd wanted an even playing field when it comes to Pacquiao. He wanted to clean the sports. It’s all a smokescreen of course. Let the way he clocked Ortiz be a reminder never to believe him.

Floyd finds a way to win. Obviously, he couldn’t find one against Pacquiao – the more reason not to fight the little guy.

Dirty “Money.” Burn baby burn.