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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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.
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Mayweather/Ortiz- Did Floyd do anything wrong?
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.