By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. blew a rod during last night’s post fight interview with HBO analyst 80-year-old Larry Merchant. Mayweather, 34, objected to the simple questioning that Merchant was giving him about what was going through Mayweather’s head when he blasted Ortiz with a left-right combination just after he had hugged him to apologize for headbutting him in the 4th round.
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Don’t blame Floyd Mayweather
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Newly crowned WBC welterweight champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather (42-0, 26 KO’s) is again at the center of a controversial firestorm after his KO win over Victor “Vicious” Ortiz (29-3, 2-2, 22 KO’s) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night.
Mayweather beats Ortiz: There is No Such Thing as a Sucker Punch
By Garett R. Nadrich: I guess too many Suburbanites cover sports nowadays. When I grew up, a sucker punch was a punch that was made when a fight wasn’t occurring. For example, you’re arguing at a bar with someone and in the midst of a verbal exchange, you clock a guy and he goes down, not expecting the punch.
Mayweather Jr-The undisputed king of the ring
By Babatis Banda: After having stayed away from the ring for one and a half years, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) picked the best there was in WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) last night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mayweather/Ortiz- Did Floyd do anything wrong?
By Dennis McCarthy: Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda – Early this morning, Floyd won a very easy, but in some people’s mind, a very questionable 4th round stoppage over younger challenger Victor Ortiz.
Mayweather gets away with a cheap shot in stopping Ortiz
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).
Mayweather KO’s Ortiz in controversial ending
By Jason Kim: Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda – Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) should consider himself very lucky tonight that he wasn’t disqualified for tagging WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) with what appeared to be a cheap shot left hook-right hand combination a fraction of a second after Ortiz apologized to Mayweather for head butting him in the 4th round.
Ortiz: I sense nervousness/fear from Mayweather
By William Mackay: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) may have bitten off more than he can chew by deciding to fight the young and powerful WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) at this stage in Ortiz’s career rather than Mayweather continuing with his trend of facing mostly older, smaller fighters not big enough or young enough to give him any problems.
Ortiz: I’m going to end Mayweather’s career and start a new career
By Eric Thomas: WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) plans on whipping undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) tonight, removing his unbeaten record and ending his career all on the same night in their fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Easy win for Mayweather
By Wayne Lloyd: Tonight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, we welcome back boxing’s biggest star – the great Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather (41-0); in a match up against boxing’s rising star and current WBC Welterweight Champion – Victor ‘Vicious’ Ortiz (29-2-2).