By Sean McDaniel: Light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (27-2-1, 21 KO’s) could be fighting on the September 18th undercard of the Sergio Mora vs. Shane Mosley bout at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. ESPN writer Dan Rafael says Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer wants the young 23-year-old Ortiz to fight former WBA light welterweight champion Vivian Harris (29-4-1, 19 KO’s), saying “That is the fight we are working on.”

It’s not hard to see why Schaefer badly wants that fight. Harris, 32, at one time one of the best light welterweight champions in the world between 2002 and 2005, has been beaten three times in the past five years, with two of the losses being stoppage defeats. Harris was taken out in the 4th round in his last fight against Lucas Martin Matthysse in February.

With Harris finding himself getting stopped on occasion, he needs to try and figure out what’s wrong, because he’s going to be getting hit a lot b Ortiz if Schaefer is able to set this fight up.

Ortiz, ranked #1 WBO, #2 WBA, #3 IBF and #15 WBC in the light welterweight division, has done an admirable job of working his way back into a title shot after being stopped by knockout artist Marcos Maidana in the 6th round last year in June 2009.

Despite getting stopped by Maidana, Ortiz fought really well in the first four rounds of that fight, knocking Maidana down three times. Ortiz has won his last three fights since that defeat, beating Antonio Diaz, Hector Alatorre and Nate Campbell. Ortiz seems to be getting better and better at this point in his career, and looks to fighting well enough to get a title shot against champions Amir Khan, Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander.

Khan, 23, would be the ideal opponent for Ortiz to go after if he’s looking to win a title and to have a better chance at accomplishing that. Khan has a lot of speed, but has a weak chin, and appears to have been shielded recently from big punchers. Ortiz is a big puncher, and probably hits as hard if not harder than Maidana.

What Ortiz doesn’t have that Maidana has is an inside game like him and he also doesn’t like to get hit. Maidana obviously doesn’t like getting hit either, but he’s willing to take shots in order to land his heavy shots.

Ortiz dominated former lightweight champion Nate Campbell in his last fight, winning all 10 rounds of the fight back on May 15th.