Mayweather gets away with a cheap shot in stopping Ortiz
September 18th, 2011
By Allen Fox: Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda – Two wrongs don’t make a right, in particularly when one of the fighters gets away with fouling while the other is penalized. This is the situation for last nights’ fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) and WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s).
Moments earlier, Ortiz had given Mayweather a painful looking headbutt while teeing off on him. Why Ortiz did this I’ll never know, because he was doing really without the headbutt and didn’t seem to need that kind of thing to hurt Mayweather. The referee Joe Cortez took a point away from Ortiz.
I had no problem with that, but why Cortez didn’t take a point away from Mayweather when he fouled Ortiz immediately after this I don’t understand. I know some boxing fans feel that Ortiz got what he deserved for headbutting Mayweather, and that anything goes at that point.
However, if you’re going to penalized Ortiz for his wrongs, why isn’t Mayweather at least getting a point taken away for hitting Ortiz before the action has restarted? That is so wrong it’s not even funny. Of course, Mayweather is a star and Ortiz is much lower on the totem pole.
On one hand we’ve got a major star in Mayweather and the other you’re talking a relative small fry. Ortiz doesn’t bring in huge PPV numbers. His fights aren’t even pay per view until now. I think Mayweather got away with something that a lot of other fighters would have been disqualified for tonight.
To be sure, Ortiz pulled a dirty move, but what Mayweather did was far worse in my eyes because he tagged a guy when he wasn’t even ready. At least Mayweather was covering up when Ortiz headbutted him. Had Mayweather just been calmly talking to Ortiz and then got headbutted, it would have likely been a more painful reaction from Mayweather because he wouldn’t have expected. But to tag a guy when he’s not ready to get hit, that’s a cheap shot and it shouldn’t have counted.
I think if the situation was reversed and Ortiz was the one that hit Mayweather a cheap shot that knocked him flat, I don’t think Ortiz would have gotten away with it. I think he would have been disqualified on the spot. That’s what I believe, I think Mayweather is someone that is just too popular fight now and is going to get the benefit of the doubt on things like this.
You really got to feel for Ortiz right about now. He worked so hard to get to this point just to lose his title on a stoppage like this. It’s sad and unbelievable. Knowing boxing, the result wills stand, there won’t be a rematch and Ortiz will have to move on and hope maybe to get lucky in getting a fighter like Amir Khan to give him a shot once he moves up in weight.
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you also just wasted some space on this site with your comments. Ortiz was penalized because of an illegal headbutt, Mayweather was not because, in the eyes of the judge he didn’t do nothing wrong. Before Mayweathe’sr devestating shots, the referee had already told them to go back to fighting, check the tape and you will see. Instead of obeying the referee, Ortiz left himself open. I remember some years ago, when Oliver McCall did the same thing and did not put his had up to fight, but that was not reason for his opponent to stop punching. It’s called boxing, not kiss and hug time. Mayweather after taking a cheap shot, wasn’t going to take any chances with taking another.
ortiz was looking for a way out of that fight. He was getting punished bad. Tried to damage floyd with his head. He should have been disqualified right there. Got what he deserved. U gona fight dirty keep those hands up.
Victor “no mas/headbutt” ortiz was being tutored on the art of boxing before the ultimate lesson: PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES. This is boxing not lets kiss and make-up for 10mins during a championship fight (the mosley technique). You get what you deserve when you’re in the ring with floyd. Floyd said he’ll son him and i guess, well he did. Lessons need to be learnt here. I hope everyone’s aware floyd is the WBC welterweight champion lol.
is this what floyd is calling a level playing field??? if he did not want the 2nd apology of ortiz, he must have pushed him back and punched him right in the temple.. but what did he do, he accepted the hug of ortiz and then boom… 1 and two combination…
what a level playing field…
I was expecting a Mayweather win, but not the way he did. I actually also started to doubt whether he was sure to win the fight when Ortiz pinned him in the corner with a flurry of punches in the fourth round. Then came the headbutt and the cheap shot. Did Mayweather come to a realization that the fight with Ortiz was not going to be an easy one for him, and thus the perceived cheating?
Anyway, a win is a win. But if Ortiz and Mosley can hurt Mayweather, I wonder what Pacquiao can do to him. But I don’t think he’ll ever have the balls to fight the Pacman, anyway, so I don’t think that question will ever be answered.
The acting was superb. Lots of people are buying this fraudulent act. Easy money for both.
That was not no cheap shot. Reverse back and then we can say that was a cheap shot by Ortiz. Even further reverse back Ortiz was being taught a boxing lesson. He was being hit with clean good boxing shots.
Mayweather was way ahead and it was just a matter of time before he finished and chopped Ortiz.
Ortiz before the headbutt was not hitting Mayweather but he was simply displaying pushing to a blind eye seeming like boxing.If he was really boxing him on the ropes why did ne need to use his head.Why play stupid when you are winning that headbutt was a sign of desperation.
This is why people is switching TO MMA…Thank you May for making this a horrible sport to watch!
Maywheather is a real good figther.. But a real CHAMP will honestly not take a win as cheap as this. And as for him to say he is the best boxer that ever lived?? BS… JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ SR is that person. And as for Paquiao he will ROCK maywheather like the b…. He is!!!!!!!!
I’m out some money on the fight, but I dont blame mayweather. I blame the Ref for not doing his job in the ring a refs job is to pay attention at all times not chat with the cornor during a fight of course that would confuse Ortiz. Mayweather gave Ortiz payback, Hell if someone headbutted me I know I wouldn’t forgive him or get over it within a few seconds. As for Floyd and his interview with Larry he did act wrong and should have just walked away from the interview in the first place because he really doesnt give Floyd “a fair shake” and wont till Floyd fights Pacman anyways.
To SAX:
The fight is never on, when the ref puts you in the middle of the ring. The ref has to state he is starting the fight again. Read the rule books. He should have never looked away, if he did start the fight again. It just seems too fishy to start the fight, then look away. I mean, what ref does that?
All we need is Kanye West to get in the ring, steal the mic, and go on to say how Manny is the best fighter in the world!!
lol, the guy cheated big time. The ref was not even looking at the fighters. Also, the ref did tell Ortiz to take a time out, which he did. How can you not see he used a cheap shot to win the fight. Now he won’t fight manny, because he is scared. Either way it goes, that ref should be reprimanded or fired for not paying attention to the fight. For a second there, I thought I was watching wrestling due to the non-skills from the ref…
What is the last thing the refs say to the fighters before he tells them to touch gloves? “Protect yourself at all times”. After his blantant cheapshot Ortiz hugged, KISSED, tapped gloves BEFORE he went to the corner. Then tapped gloves again. The clock was RUNNING when he got ko’d. Is may supposed to stop fighting because he got cheapshotted n dude wants to apologize for the 5th time? How quick everyone is to forget WHY the clock was stopped in the first place. Because Ortiz CHEAPSHOTTED mayweather. May was up 3-0 on 2 judges card, and 2-1 on another. round 4 would have been a tie.. Mayweather was winning the fight, and watch the replay in slow mo before the headbutt, and count how many shots actually HIT mayweather. It looked worse then it really was. That was a vet teaching a kid the first rule of boxing. And people, pac was refusing random blood tests for the last couple years. You buy the needle thing? really? May said after 1 fight, I just wana make sure we’re playing on the same playing field. Now that pac has agreed to it, the fight WILL happen. Until then, everyone protect yourself at all times.
Mayweather is a thug and he does no good for the sport as was proven last night also he has no respect for his elders. He will never fight Pacquiao and that alone proves he is not the best pound for pound fighter. And all I got to say about last night un-sportsman cheap shot is that those who fell Mayweather was right are the same bedfellows the devil has!
that fight and postfight interview just showed what kind of a fighter and person floyd is…garbage!
to all floydcheat:
floyd is counting your welfare money!
bwahahahaha…and yet too hooded to accept the fact that he cheated!shame on all of you!cheaters and traitors!
lesson of the fight:
dont trust ni99ah!
Mayweather hits harder than ortiz headbutts. Never seen a headbutt that intentional.
Allen, technically what floyd did wasnt illegal meaning he had ever right to continue fighting the fight restarted so he had every right
For all those who claim to be boxing fans or know everything about boxing and hold floyd as the best fighter ever…..answer one BIG question why is he acting like a groundhog every time he sees pacman’s shadow….
If you look at the fight you will see Ortiz attempted to head butt Mayweather a total of three times during the fight. If you look close you will also see he threw several elbows when exchanging blows with Mayweather. I think Mayweather stood his ground and protected himself. I have to admit, if I was Mayweather and someone head butted me I would properly go after them. I can also say I think all the people who believed Mayweather was wrong would not have had any objections if Mayweather would have lost the fight due to an open cut over his eye caused by the Head butt. Just because Mayweather is winning is no reason to just want anyone to beat him. We should all want good fights from both parties. When someone comes to the table with the right skills and talent, they will beat Mayweather.
ssshhh…MAYWEATHER VS PACQUIAO!
I only know one thing Mayweather is afraid to fight Pacquiao because he know’s he will get the beating of his life. So, Mayweather if you think you are the best fighter in the world make a deal with Pacquiao and fight. If Mayweather doesn’t fight Pacquiao it only means one thing, and that one thing is that he will lose.
it’s obvious its a fixed fight. what ref cortez did after giving sign to re-start time by looking away and talking to ringside counter was the give away.
before, I don’t want to believe the shane-floyd fight was fixed. it’s impossible to see the likes of shane who’s always conditioned and fit even w/o a fight to suddenly lose air by the 3rd or 4th round?
Ortiz stayed down because he is a quitter.
Ortiz was not ready for primetime. He made rookie mistakes and lost his composure. If you’re gonna apologize (and really why would you, if you take a cheap shot own it) why do it three times. Plus once the ref brings you back together the fight is back on. Ortiz was just standing there and mayweather took his shots. I honestly think the first was just an attention getter and when he realized that ortiz wasn’t going to respond he just waylayed on him.
Two very simple rules that get stated at the begging of every fight, NO head butts. Protect your self at all times. Ortiz broke both them rules. Mayweather wins fair and square. And who tries and butts PBF anyway the one person who did ended up out on his arse.
Its funny how so many people want to portray Floyd as some type of cheater, Floyd did not walk in with a plan to be head butted and to score a knock out during the break up, Ortiz got excited and threw a dirty shot. It wasn’t the first headbutt attemt by Ortiz during the fight. Was Ortiz expecting to get punched when mayweather hit him…no he wasn’t, but that wasnt the fault of Floyd, Ortiz should not have been trying to butt floyd. Everyone says floyd threw cheap shots, It was Ortiz who threw the cheap shot, and then he got hit while trying to play it like he was apologetic(which is why hey was not to upset at the end of the fight, because he knew he caused it)…..Ortiz..can’t cheat to beat a champion…Protect yourself at all times and don’t throw dirty shots…Good display Floyd.
MAYWEATHER VS PACQUIAO!
It was clear that Cortez and Mayweather were in it together. If anyone was watching the HBO live pre-fight you seen Mayweather kissing Cortez after the Mosley fight, he kissed him 3 times on the head. There was to much of a conntection there. The fight was against Ortiz from the begining. Go look at other fights and you will see that Cortez has been the referee for floyd for so many of his fights. We all seen the same fight and everyone will have their own opinion with the results. We could all clearly see how cortez purposely avoided turning his head, he did not call fight on; if he did he would have brought both fighters together and said fight-on. That did not happen, instead dirty floyd; right behind the back of cortez but in front of the whole world puts ortiz down. Did cortez stop and think about what to do professionally, NO; he was getting paid so he did what he was getting paid to do and he put the 10 count on ortiz. Even when Floyd was being asked by Merchant Floyd did not want to discuss the fight because he is a cheater and he just walked away with another mans belt, he is trying to catch the p4p champ by getting 8 belts; but that is another story. He is a very jealous, selfish, arogant, and honest undereducated individual; do you hear how he talks. Floyd, go take all that money and pay for an education, after all you pay for everything else and that is the real reason you have so many people on your team, if you didn’t have money you wouldn’t have anything; the money, the money. It’s the root of all evil.
Protect yourself AT ALL TIMES!!!!!! Bring on pac man
Those who understand nothing in boxe,they are braiming ref.why ?Cortez did his job very nice.
Cortez clearly said “Let’s go”
As a fellow boxer I say that he had every right to hit Ortiz the ref had already broken them up and let them come together to fight after deducting a point from Ortiz, and if that isnt enough there was no question that he headbutted Money May intentionally, In closing PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES!!!!!!!!
is the second act of apology by ortiz, necessary?…. NO!
did floyd committed foul for that KO?…. NO!
BUT FLOYD TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ORTIZ’S INEXPERIENCE. THAT’S THE REASON FLOYD PICKED GREENHORN ORTIZ…TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS IGNORANCE.
but what about another angle being floated around? THAT THIS FIGHT IS FIXED…THAT ORTIZ CHOSE TO STAY DOWN (and count his money) THAN CONTINUE THE CHARADE?
Of course Floyd Mayweather did the DIS-HONORABLE thing. He’s disrespectful. He humiliated his father on world-wide tv. Flaunted his wealth to the troops who are fighting for peanuts. Argued with Larry Merchant instead of explaining his actions. Has six legal actions against him. He’s nothing, I don’t care how many wins he has. He’ll probably bring a gun to his next match.
SHUT UP EVERYONE! there is one thing that we can all agree, as a boxing fan, we are all prostrated, all we want is MAY vs PAC. let us use OUR POWER to make it happen, it is OUR MONEY that make fights. from now on, on ALL sports web, we only write on comment- “MAYWEATHER vs PACQUIAO” *if you don’t, then you are one reason why it won’t happen!
For all you PBF haters … get over it!!! Ortiz fouled and Mayweather didn’t. Ortiz was self-inflicted by excessive apologies and violating the universal rule of “Protect yourself at all times.” He broke down mentally and would face the inevitable as the fight progressed. After PacMan finally agrees to take olympic-style drug testing, PacMan will taste the same next year, and you PBF haters will continue to hate and complain.
Of course, the Mayweather fans are elated. They can see no wrong in what their boy did. But, did you ever wonder if the reverse had happened? Do you think Ortiz would be really appreciated instead of penalized? Of course not, Mayweather is the biggest -cash cow of boxing and his fights seemed to be more stage-managed each time he fights. He belongs to the WWE.
I felt that I was robbed $70 by PPV last night.That I was watching a staged fight Both boxers are unprofessional.All they want is our money.No more PPV for me esp with Mayweather or Ortiz.
mayweather was doing some amzing boxing and which frustrated ortiz. I love the way mayweather was hitting ortiz at will it was awsome. Ortiz was in with the elite (mayweather) , and it really showed! ortiz also came in at 164 is he nutts in the later rounds he wouldve prolly played out.Ortiz move up to 154 and fight cotto? MAYWEATHER is THE KING AT 147!
Golden boy promotion !! I call Tha fight robbery setup fight, and stage amino come on i thought i was watching Wwe or something!!!and cortex was in Tha all the way..but no more this its not boxing !!!! Thanks golden boy!!
blog poster is right.
The senile ref did not restart the fight properly. The fool had his hand between the two fighters and senility allowed it to be moved away to communicate to a judge. Did anyone hear him do what is normal and clearly indicate the fight was to restart?
Mayweather knew this but still took the cheap shots.
Ortiz knew this too but kept quite so he could get another payday.
Yes, I did watch the fight.
Low blows can directly win a fight too technically be legal. Do you think that that makes it right?
De La Hoya’s first loss was for a fight he technically won but was handed a loss due to his bad sportsmanship.
Just because something is technically right does not make it right. Mayweather ripped off boxing fans that payed for the fight (so did the fool of a ref).
All these Floyd haters, blinded by hate and incredibly ignorant of the sport can excuse everything including cheating with PEDS. Amazing how they can tolerate and even worship someone who does nothing to come clean with public and still want to lecture others on the ethics of boxing. Amazing……
Yeah..what a combination!..to an unguarded opponent (whose only intention is to say sorry)..even amateurs can do that..and Ortiz..he should be a priest..after what mayweather did to him..he managed to smile about it without any regrets on his face..STAGED..maybe..mayweather is a promoter now right?
Mayweather Golden boy Ortiz Cortez Job well done.Helping boxers but fooling the boxing fans. They trained hard and cost 70 dollars for the boxing fans.So who isthe best boxer of this generation….NOTHING.
Cortez should be fired fair but firm my arse.
now im no fan of ortiz but he got jipped in there.
now for the ppl saying ortiz should have won the fight i have to ask what the hell were you watching pbf may not be the nicest person on the planet but he had that fight from the 1st round.
go and rewatch the fight cortez restarted the action he stepped in the middle of the ring motioned for both fighter to step out of ther corners and said lets go ortiz just gave up he didnt want to fight anymore how many times are you going to say im sorry what if he spent the las 8 rds saying im sorry wtf dude after you kissed the guy was enough saying im sorry bottom line cortez restarted the fight and ortiz decided to hug while floyd wanted to fight he did the same thing against mosely when he wanted to talk and floyd wanted to fight and no one is taking up for mosley bottom line if ortiz doesnt throw the head butt this all never haooens and he gets knocked out in round 9 insyead of 4
It looked staged to me, if cortez restarted the fight why is he looking away?, after the first cheapshot punch lands watch cortez’s face you see him react to it but yet still doesnt turn around, like hes making an effort NOT to watch the action.
Sack Joey Cortez the man will end up having someone killed one daY!
FLOYD WON THE FIGHT BUT ON CHEAP WAY. DOES HE DESERVE TO BE CALLED P4P CONTENDER. I HOPE NOT!
Boxing and not Ortiz was KO last night, once again, Ortiz, Maywheater and Cortez are major idiots…as for Merchant keep up the good work!
Joe Cortez clearly says “Time In” and Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz touched gloves all before Floyd Mayweather knocked Victor Ortiz out. It isn’t really the fault of Floyd Mayweather that Victor Ortiz was still trying to hug him after the referee said time in and the gloves had been touched to resume the fight. Either way it wouldn’t have mattered as Floyd Mayweather was dominating the fight and it was clear that there was no ring rust at all so the fight would have probably only lasted until the 10th at best anyway.
i, like most boxing fans, was disapointed with the fight ending in such a manner. I remember larry holmes looking at the refree to hopefully stop the beating he was administering on mohammed ali and actually holding back on his punches to not hurt a defenless fighter. Manny did the same in the latter rounds when he fought Margarito. Their body language send a clear message that the fight sould be stopped to prevent permanent damage to their opponent. It is called good sportmanship and even though the sport, by its nature , is brutal, there are professional rules of conduct governing the conduct of the participants.
The hold appeal of boxing is to see two men( and women) duke it out to determine supremency, who is the better fighter.
What I, as a boxing hard core fan would like to see happen in the future, is for some kind of appeal commission be established to change or reverse official results when there are controversial and disputed decisions. These profesional fighters literally put their lives on the line every time they step into a boxing ring providing entertainment for their fans and therefore deserve a fair shake in their efforts. With technology available these days, it is not difficult to review a fight frame by frame and render a verdict. Many great boxers have been literally robbed of their lively hood by incompetant refrees, judges, promotors, etc.
There are rampant rumors that many boxing matches are fixed in favour of the drawing card. That rumor can be put to rest with better refrees, judges, and honest promotors. Here is where a review commision with power to reverse any perceived unfair desision can be instrumental in bringing about these changes for the benefit of the sport. Boxing, like baseball and so many other sports is here to stay and should therefore be regulated.
If you feel as I do, as an avid boxing fan, then let us keep up the pressure on the boxing commissions for change to the curent situation.
Just a humble opinion
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Protect yourself at all times?
Why doesn’t he then just take a baseball bat and take him out in a dark alley somewhere?
Just becuzvyou didn’t like a person doesn’t mean he/she should not get justice.
What foul? Go back and look at the fight. The ref said go and got out of the way, fight on. All true boxing fans know the first thing you learn is protect yourself at all time. Mayweather did nothing wrong- Ortiz on the other hand did, he forget he was still in a boxing match Plus Ortiz didn’t wont to continue- he could got up. SILLY WRITER!
!!! Allen Fox, I agree with you in everything. !!!
nan ortiz said actiom, floyd needs to retire and watch boxing crumble to the floor. if it was the other why around u would b saying the same thing
HATERZ MAYWEATHER IS THE IT WEN U GET IN THE RING ANY MISTAKES U HAVE 2 PAY.
even some NBA sportmanship of the year guys flops, does cheap fouls, and not admitting the last touch loose balls. american way? it’s nature of the game, and some of u just hate mayweather
Mayweather will go down as one of the greatest A%&W!@%ES of all time. Desperate people do unsportsmanlike. The guy is asking Pacquio to take a drop. I think they need to test him for the juice! This guy humiliates his Dad on national television. He wants to win at any cost. Then he curses Larry Merchant out on Live National Television. What a role model. I feel bad for his fans who still think he’s one of the greatest. He’s a jerk and flamboyant under achiever!!!!!
the only unethical thing floyd did there was talk to larry merchant the way he did lol they teach you week one even when answering the bell and touching gloves you anticipate the other guy throwing a punch… NEVER TRUST THE GUY WHOSE PUNCHING YOU IN THE FACE… rookie mistake by ortiz nothing more nothing left
having watched the fight between mayweather and ortiz, they both fouled each other. Ortiz blatently head butted FM which he over apoligzed for resulting in his ko. He wanted to portray good sportsmanship but forgot one of the cardinal rules in boxing” protect your self at all times.” With his hands down and it was clear he was still in the apolegetic frame of mind for that brief moment, he was koed. Either he did not hear Cortez command to box, or was hoping for a more physical signal from cortez to resume action, FM should not have attacked a a man whose hands were basically tied when he was tagged. FM hit ortiz with the first punch while his hands were not in a defensive mode and then hit him again while his hands were still down. The ko win for fm will be tainted.
Good on Floyd for knocking out Ortiz the way he did. In the 4 short rounds of the fight , it was clearly evident that Ortiz was way out of Floyd’s league. Having already taken the NO MAS escape route in the Maidana fight, Ortiz resorted to headbutting this time when faced with adversity. Prove your greatness again now Floyd by fighting Manny. Enough of these overhyped B grade fighters. At least you know Pacquiao will go out on his shield
ref said time in… All is fare game after that. Ortiz knew he just did something very dirty. Should have kept his hands up. Guy is weak minded was looking for a way out of the fight. Connected only 26 punches the entire fight. Was getting picked apart. And did nothing but back peddle. Floyd is too fast too strong and too smart for anyone in the sport.
Watch the fight before writing senseless article. Furthermore, know the rules before you write from an expert position. “PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TI ME.”
ortiz tried one of the dirtiest moves i have ever seen in any sport. He got what he deserved and its crazy that all u people wana just overlook what he did because its floyd he did it to.
…them apart. Floyd protected himself and didn’t cry when he was hit by the jump headbutt. He kept his cool, and went back to business as usual. For anyone , including this author contest or question this learn the fight game and then question yourself. Don’t let your dislike for mayweather cloud your judgement. His fighting I.q. won this fight fair and square.
floyd thrashes larry merchant because he knows what he did is wrong. he said larry doesnt know anything about boxing, but i think floyd doesnt know what boxing is really all about. boxing is a professional sport. you dont have to be smart to say it is a cheap shot. its freakin clear and obvious. faked the embrace/ touch glove then BOOM! what a dirty fighter! yeah ortiz headbutted him, but he was penalized by it! floyd didnt even get a cut from that headbutt. floyd said he wanna change boxing into a clean sport? God Almighty!btw floyd also managed to escape the next big question, “WILL YOU TAKE THE PACQUIAO TEST???” by pulling off this stupid controversy!
Anything within the confines of the rules is not unsportsmanlike. Ortiz was just too green to realize this. Any type of victory for Floyd is contraversial in the eyes of the casual boxing fan. If anything, fault Cortez for failing to keep th
Hmmmm. This would be the first time in history that a “scared” fighter has landed nearly double the punches of his opponent, and fought going forward for 90% of the bout.
any one can see that he took a dive hopeing mayweather would get done what bull
Don´t say that you´re offending and insulting Mayweather believers, they are blinded whenever his name is concern. They adore him so much, they don´t even care if he does any unsportly moves just to save his undefeated record. Just as Leonard Ellerbee for once. That one big fellow kisses his feet. By the way I wonder if Joe Cortez is in Mayweathers payroll, just asking?
i think the fight was already sold. both of them knew the ending of it… first of all… it’s Mayweather’s style to take a cheap shot like that… 2nd, referee joe cortez always halts the fight everytime Ortiz attacks Mayweather in the corner. Can’t you see that, that headbutt was unintentional though cortez went for a deduction already and didn’t even gave any warning at all… third and not the least, Ortiz, that was dumb acting. he is already tagged not even once in the fight for four rounds. yet a one-two without any full force knock him like that. you can see his eyes, his conscious. AND he was laughing all the way. why won’t he complain, and even the corner didn’t say anything… I’m on Mayweather on this fight. He owns Ortiz from round one. but in round four, when Mayweather was cornered, i saw that he has a chance… damn.. what a way to end the fight. they were toe to toe fighting just like FMJ said. sorry for those who bought PPV and VIP tickets for that one… and i d0n’t think FMJ will fight Manny for that… Fight was sold…
Do Americans appreciate unsportsmanlike like conduct? Why GBP always bring in Cortez as ref?
mayweather is scvm
They took a point away from ortiz with is fear, mayweather should have been disqualified and the ref sacked…………..
Well the deal is if Mayweather is a
a big earner …it’s kind of reminds
Of Roy jones jr vs Montell griffin many
Years ago… Except griffin was on the
Canvas, Jones hit him when he was down
Jones was DQ’d
Look Floyd did it to gain a advantage …
But this is fighting people!!! …It’s War
In there… Everyone thinks boxing
Is like turning on a Tv… It’s hard in
There!!
I agree with CINNAMON BOY. These actions are no good for boxing.
REMATCH, everyone knows Ortiz was winning rounds 3 and 4 and coming on strong, floyd was looking vulnerable and weak.
Floyd always has to cheat one way or
another to win.
Cortez told them to continue fighting. Please actually watch the fight before making comments.
Cortez mistake was talking to the timekeeper after he told the fighters to continue. Ortiz is to blame for being a quitter and that is exactly what he did. Quit.
Fixed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Akira
Cortez didnt call to fight again, Cortez didn’t have a bloody clue what was happening, he picked up the count at 4 from the ringside official who jumped up when Ortiz hit the floor. Cortez was at fault for not being in control, Mayweather shouldn’t have thrown a punch until Cortez called the fight to start again and Ortiz had no reason to defend himself because, as far as the pro rules go, the fight was not on!!!! Disgraceful show, complete shambles, rematch needed
very big difference between pac and floyd:
when margarito seemed defenseless, pac halted the attack and even asked the referee to stop the fight to spare antonio from further harm and gave antonio some time to breath and regain strength
but when ortiz was defenseless and apologizing for the headbutt, floyd attack which drop ortiz
…even the floydiots knew which is the cowardly act between these two incidents!
floyd’s new motto: PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES!
that’s why he won’t be fighting manny pacquiao
people are just using this as yet another excuse to hate on floyd. ORTIZ HEADBUTTED MAYWEATHER, NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND. FLOYD DIDNT HAVE TO TOUCH GLOVES OR HUG OR KISS BUT HE DID ALL THREE AND THEN WHEN HE WAS TOLD TO FIGHT HE DID JUST THAT? PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES!
TRASH FIGHT! MAYWEATHER AND ORTIZ BRING BACK OUR MONEY! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Ortiz basically gave mayweather an open shot, and only someone stupid wouldn’t take such an opportunity, that’s all it was, an opportunity for floyd and he took it.
ive just watched it again and cortez says box then ortiz hugs him again then mayweather decks him. it was abit of a cheap shot but it was perfectly legal.
TRASH FIGHT! MAYWEATHER AND ORTIZ BRING BACK OUR MONEY!
twas clearly a fixed!floyd change his stance for coming in offensively!
and punching at will…
ortiz on the on hand backing off and become defensive one!
thirdly,cortez did control the fight for floyd’s favor,deducting point on 1st offence!not properly breaking up the fighter and looking at the committe to decide if it was legitimate ko or not
what the hell was that!
blame lies on ortiz for not protecting himself after they touched gloves its box on.cortez was too slow to ref this fight and blame lies on him also,the shot looked cheap but was legal.shame it had to end that way
If you watched it properly… You’d know the ref said “Box on.” It’s Ortiz’s own fault. Not Mayweather’s.
lol… This writer is a joke. Probably didn’t even watch the fight live.
Ortiz didn’t headbutt him, he rammed him like a battering ram with his head!! And after he did it he wanted to hug and kiss on 3 different occasions. After the ref told them to continue he again came to floyd hugging and kissing and floyd knocked him out.
This was Ortiz’s way of quiting once again a fight he could not handle. Floyd hit him with a hook and he just stood there waiting for the follow through, even floyd was suprised he didn’t put his hands up. All those who do not know boxing may think that it was a cheap shot. What was floyd to do after getting head butted? Stand there with his hands down too and wait for Ortiz to stop kissing him after the ref told them to continue boxing?
@Don’t Test Me, Bro…
My man, I bet 8 out of 10 Filipinos would take you out – on the street or in the ring. Watch yourself.
ALEX FOX YOU A FOOL…. Two wrongs don’t make a right? Mayweather did no wrong… Start of round 4, bell rings, ref says game on… ortiz want to shake, Mayweather shakes, ortiz wants a kiss… Mayweather knocks him out…. What’s wrong with that? Ortiz has already apologised 2 times, and Mayweather accepted 2 times…. how many times does he need to accept? BELL HAS RUNG… ITS FIGHT TIME… KEEPS THE HUGS AND KISSES FOR LATER… EVERYTHING FAIR…. PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES…. ONLY AN IDIOT WOULD THINK MAYWEATHER DID SOMETHING UNTOWARDLY…. IF YOU WANT NICENESS – GO WRITE ABOUT TENNIS.
The funny thing about the stupidity of Floyd’s fans is that they actually believe Floyd all of a sudden has knockout power like Mike Tyson as a result of this win. LOL
It’s easy when your opponent is off guard. If we allow this kind of thing to happen then we might as well allow PED’s into the sport, but even that would be more honourable as at least both parties would have an equal playing field.
Did y’all see Floyd cryin’ like a b1tch on his interview with Larry Merchant, talkin about he never gets respect?! LOL
Priceless.
saw the tape it was clearly an unsportmanlike oonduct on the part of floyd. should be ashame of himself considering a hall of famer. he must set example to upcoming fighers.
Mayweather would take Manny out by the 7th, coldturkey willbe on the menu.
@Ben…you are actually impressed by Floyd KO’ing a defenseless victim and think that was an unbelievable combination?! LMFAO
I feel bad for you dawg.
you want floyd to win so bad it has definitely warped your sense of reality there wade. never did the ref say touch em up and box, perhaps you are fantasizing or you are delusional.
Cheap piece of writing.
When ortiz headbutted floyds elbow was up and cortez nothing
The ref said box. It’s not Floyds fault Ortiz decided to attempt to appologize a second time. Some of you want Floyd to loose so bad that it affects your sense of reality. Grow up children.
the boxing commission should investigate what happened.. mayweather should have been disqualified outright,, he did it in cowardly manner..though he is ahead in three rounds the referee should have declared ortiz a winner instead of counting ortiz out..this win of mayweather was a very dirty, dirty , dirty one..
this the reason why boxing is a dying sport
What would have happened to Ortiz if it was the other way round? I wonder… Ok, Ortiz made a silly mistake out of frustration, anger, whatever. True. And got a point taken off. Fair enough but what Floyd did was just plain cheating, unsportsmanlike, and that was even more stupid because he didn’t even need to play such a dirty trick. And Cortez did’nt say box either; is that so hard to realise?
I say it was a big payday for Cortez.
This is a huge black eye on the world of boxing. Floyd is not worthy of being in the ring with Pacquiao. Floyd’s performance tonight makes me uninterested to see him ever fight again,
Floydie is now the Elbow King and uses every dirty tricks in the book to win.
Floydie is truly the GOAT
GREATEST OF ALL TRICKSTER
yup’s win is win but win with gentle fight aproximately always no 1….pacquaio is gentle fighter….he trully fighter, he dosnt want to win like what myaweather do it…
the commission should investigate on this fraud event.
floyd, victor and joe should be ban in boxing!
I could be aged 55 years old & be banging a 16 year old straight out of school…LEGALLY there’s nothing wrong; morally IT IS WRONG.
Same scenario can be applied to this fight…end of.
not an honorable win for floyd. but yah he won… just fight pacquiao and well see if he can last 12 rounds.
Great absolutely fantastic, how good is Mayweather. Manny will keep on avoiding Floyd make no bones about it.
FLLOYDIOTS ARE RIGHT…..MAYWEATHER IS GREATEST BOXER OF ALL GREATS!
HE IS THE ONLY ONE….GREAT….COWARD…USING ELBOW…CHEAP SHOTS…AND REFEREE TO SECURE HIS LEGACY….BRAVO!!!
AMERICANS NEVER PLAYED FAIR AND SQUARE THEY ARE ALL CHEATERS LIKE WHAT THEIR GOVERNMENT…PEACEKEEPERS OR TERRORISTS.
AMERICANS ARE THE NO.1 TERRORISTS IN THE WORLD.
Great natrual instinct and reactions from Floyd Mayweather, what a knock out. Absolutely top draw. As soon as the gloves are touched fight is on, bang bang Ortiz is knocked out. Fantastic what a combination.
Agreed sean. Ortiz deserved what he got. We all would of done what floyd did.
they touched gloves. the fight is on. it’s pretty simple.
Cortez clearly says box on, mayweather approaches Ortiz with his guard up. Ortiz then attempts to hug mayweather, and gets knocked out, it’s his own fault. Protect yourself at all times
Terrible decision, I hope Joe Cortez never referees a big fight again.
As for Larry Merchant .. TAKE THE TEST LARRY!
The mayweather cortez team works again surprise surprise.
Its a bad fight. The referee must be suspended Ortiz must win for that fight.
Everyone can say Ortiz this… Mayweather that… the truth is that both fighters did terrible mistakes, for me it doesnt matter who did worst, the important thing is that these kind of things ARE HURTING BOXING!!!! ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!ARE HURTING BOXING!!!!
“A win is a win”, regardless of how it was earned.
- Floyd and his fans
Mayweather and Ortiz its not fear fight. Mayweather his not a sportmanship guy his a ugly face not a baby face you know.