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 the future.
Mayweather-Ortiz
Did Ortiz have a meltdown?
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?
Cortez: I’m the captain of the ship; I told Mayweather and Ortiz the fight was restarted
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 Las Vegas, Nevada.
Khan: Mayweather fight will happen in 2012, possibly after Jessie Vargas
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.
Roger Mayweather: Ortiz didn’t want to fight; Pacquiao won’t be next for Floyd Jr.
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.
Ortiz not ready for prime time
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).
Merchant: A lot of boxing fans didn’t like Mayweather’s sucker punch
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?
Mayweather not sure if he’ll give Ortiz a rematch; De La Hoya wants to make it happen
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.
Only when Floyd Mayweather Jnr is no more, will the world accord him his rightful place
by Babatis Banda: When one passes away, and especially in my culture, all the nice things are said about the deceased as the obituary is being read. Usually, the employers are also given an opportunity to say something at the burial of their deceased colleague.
“I was doing just fine and then there was a little slip up” – Victor Ortiz
By Chip Mitchell: Fans, he did it to us again. The 24 year old enigma that we know as “Vicious” found yet another way to breakdown mentally and cause the boxing world to scratch its collective head.