By Chris Williams: WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) isn’t being given much of a chance at beating Floyd Mayweather Jr (41-0, 25 KO’s) next month on September 17th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, I think Ortiz stands a much better chance at winning than Manny Pacquiao does.
I’m not giving Ortiz much of a chance, because Mayweather is clearly far more talented a fighter than Ortiz can ever hope to be. But Ortiz is a bigger, stronger, younger, and more rugged fighter than Pacquiao at this point. I can see Ortiz giving Mayweather much more of a test than Pacquiao at this stage in his career, especially with Pacquiao’s wheels not working like they used to.
Ortiz is going to take the fight to Mayweather and really test what he’s got left in the tank. At 34, I think Mayweather has lost a little through age and inactivity. However, he hasn’t lost enough to where a guy like Ortiz is going to beat him. That’s not going to happen. Mayweather will pick him apart as he’s coming forward and likely score a knockout.
We saw in Ortiz’s last fight against Andre Berto last April that Ortiz had problems with Berto’s fast hands and his pinpoint counter punches. But what Ortiz experienced in that fight is nothing compared to the shots he’s going to be getting hit with by Mayweather. Ortiz is going to be getting lit up. The only way he won’t get stopped in the first four rounds is because of his excellent chin.
If not for Ortiz’s ability to take huge shots, Mayweather would likely knock him cold very quickly. Ortiz got up off the deck twice in his fight with Berto, and was knocked down twice in his loss to Marcos Maidana. He gets up after being knocked down. He’s not a quitter, but his trainer might want to do him a huge favor by throwing in the towel when things get rough for him next month against Mayweather.
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