Mayweather vs. Ortiz

By Dan Ambrose: UFC president Dana White isn’t pleased with the way the HBO analyst Larry Merchant conducted a post fight interview with Floyd Mayweather Jr. last Saturday night. White thinks Merchant was rude with his questioning and an embarrassment to HBO.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The now former World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Victor “Vicious” Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) who lost to new WBC champ Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) last Saturday night by a controversial 4th round KO has never been a pressure fighter.

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) is finally opening his mouth to complain about his controversial 4th round stoppage loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ortiz was clobbered twice by Mayweather after dropping his hands to apologize for headbutting him.

0921_victor_ortiz_tmz_EXVictor Ortiz tells TMZ, Floyd Mayweather screwed him out of a fair fight — catching him completely off-guard with a sucker punch … and now he wants a rematch.

By Babatis Banda: Victor Ortiz was brutally knocked out on the 17th of September by the super star, Floyd Mayweather Junior in the fourth round of their scheduled 12 round bout. From very early on, it was clear, Victor was headed for a lopsided loss, or indeed, a knock-out at some stage of the fight.

By Chris Williams: UFC president Dana White was disgusted with how referee Joe Cortez lost control of last Saturday night’s mega match up between WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) is excited about all the mistakes he saw from Floyd Mayweather Jr. last weekend in his 4th round TKO win over WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Chris Williams: Despite being knocked out with his hands down by his sides former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz has decided not to protest the KO loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. to the Nevada Athletic Commission.

By Sean McDaniel: Although Amir Khan originally backed Floyd Mayweather Jr. for hitting former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz with a two punch combo when Ortiz had his hands down by his sides and wasn’t in the position to defend himself, it looks as if Khan has hand a change of heart.

By Eric Thomas: One can’t look at the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz fight without wondering what happened to Ortiz mentally for him to suddenly lose his focus and decide to headbutt Mayweather the way he did in the 4th round.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): New World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) has received a ton of criticism since his controversial 4th round KO win over Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) last Saturday night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was appalled by Floyd Mayweather’s two-punch combination he landed to stop WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz last weekend, calling it a cheap shot. Arum also wasn’t impressed with the job that referee Joe Cortez did in the fight.

By Babatis Banda: It is undisputed fact that Floyd’s defence is his main asset. It would be an understatement though, if anybody says Floyd is just a defensive fighter. Floyd’s incredible ‘shell-like’ defence system is key to his illustrious career. He is unbeaten in forty-two bouts, and still the freshest of all the competitive top [...]

By Dan Ambrose: HBO unofficial fight judge Harold Lederman was disgusted with the verbal attack that Floyd Mayweather Jr. made upon 80-year-old HBO analyst Larry Merchant last Saturday night when Merchant made the mistake of questioning Mayweather about why he chose to hit Victor Ortiz with two shots when he was clearly not ready to [...]

By William Mackay: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley sees nothing wrong with what Floyd Mayweather Jr. did in retaliating against WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz with a left-right combination last Saturday night after being fouled by him with a hard headbutt in the 4th.

By Chris Williams: Jeff Mayweather, the uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jr., doesn’t see any of the welterweights in the division that can beat his nephew Mayweather Jr. at this time. Mayweather just demolished WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz in an easy 4th round TKO last weekend to capture yet another world title.

By Chris Williams: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. is ducking his close friend Manny Pacquiao. Khan thinks Mayweather doesn’t want any part of fighting Pacquiao, the WBO welterweight champion.

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) and his manager Rolando Arellano are reportedly giving Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) only 30 days to decide on giving them a rematch or else they’ll be moving in another direction to try and get a rematch with IBF welterweight champion Andre [...]

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) was in the right for sucker punching former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) twice while Ortiz was pulling back from a hug that he had just given Mayweather. Khan thinks it’s okay that Mayweather did that.

By Chris Williams: In response to Floyd Mayweather Jr. saying he doesn’t need to fight Manny Pacquiao when asked about the Filipino star at the Mayweather-Ortiz post fight press conference, Freddie Roach, the trainer for Manny Pacquiao, said Mayweather will live to regret it if he doesn’t fight Pacquiao before retiring from the sport in [...]

By Reni M. Valenzuela: A nation can only be as good as its media. While any sport cannot be any better than the scribes who mold the minds of its constituencies. Particularly the “influential” and “respected” opinion writers who are in privileged positions to be read by millions.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): When now former WBC welterweight champion Victor “Vicious” Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) lost it Saturday night and charged into new champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather (42-0, 26 KO’s) head first was he having a meltdown?

Floyd Mayweather’s famous dad is in his son’s corner — telling TMZ, there was nothing underhanded about Floyd’s sucker punch victory on Saturday … adding, “The fight was 100% fair.”

By Dan Ambrose: Referee Joe Cortez was quick to point out that it wasn’t his fault that former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz wasn’t ready to keep fighting after Cortez took a point away from Ortiz last Saturday night in the last seconds of Ortiz’s fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in [...]

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) says he’ll be fighting on December 10th against Lamont Peterson and then moving up to 147 to possibly take on Jessie Vargas, one of Floyd Mayweather Jr’s fighters in order to get a fight against Mayweather in his second fight of 2012.

By Chris Williams: Roger Mayweather, the uncle and trainer for unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr,, says he knew that WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz wouldn’t want to fight if he was pressured hard last Saturday night by Floyd Jr. in Las Vegas,. Nevada, and that’s exactly what happened.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Former World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2-2, 22 KO’s) proved Saturday what many people already suspected. He is not ready for the big boys. “Vicious” was KO’d at the end of the 4th round by new WBC champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s).

By Jason Kim: HBO analyst Larry Merchant was on the receiving end of one of Floyd Mayweather’s rants after his controversial 4th round TKO win over WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz last Saturday night. What was Merchant’s offense for being screamed at by Mayweather?

By Chris Williams: Newly crowned WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) says he’s not sure which direction he’ll be going in for his next fight – whether to give Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) a rematch or go after someone else.

By Louis Bustamante: First of all being an Official for USA Boxing I can tell you that Floyd Mayweather didn’t break any rules, that shot was completely legal. Contrary to what a lot of people are saying, Referee Joe Cortez clearly said “let’s go” and waved them in to fight.