He's good at it. It's what helps him sell fights, and bring in bigger PPV numbers than Pacquiao does on average. But Larry Merchant was not mad at the decision. All Merchant said was "Ortiz was apologizing, and Mayweather was punching. Floyd Mayweather did whatever it took to get his 42nd straight win.
He's a professional fighter, for heck's sake. But it still doesn't feel good, to be a fan who put up their hard earned money to have the farcical nature of this fight shoved back in their face, and so I hope we can learn from this, and prevent it from happening in the future. I posted a widely-overlooked article earlier this week previewing this fight, and I listed a bunch of reasons why Mayweather wouldn't lose, and why it was best to ignore the people who kept insisting that Ortiz had a shot.
On Saturday, I felt somewhat robbed, but I also felt vindicated. I decided to not buy the full pay-per-view, but to go for a cheaper viewing option—paying a small cover charge at a sports bar.
In witnessing the main event, I saw a lot of what I had predicted come through. This isn't to gloat, but rather to provide perspective, and out of this, I hope that boxing fans can accept this last fight for what it is, and move on. Omar Narvaez, Hopkins-Dawson among them without getting too thrown by this. Bad fights happen, and in some cases, like this one, we know that they do. In one way or another, all of my 12 predictions came true on Saturday, and if we can look at how that is true, it's easier to overcome the anger of what we saw.
Mayweather Has Low Mileage - it's true. He does. He was fresh, and fit, and could take the best punches from Ortiz. Huge Upsets Tend to Come From Older Fighters - Ortiz didn't have the experience to see the obvious restart, and to keep his guard high. If the fight had gone longer, who knows what would have happened, but Ortiz was clearly off his game. Mayweather isn't Berto - He takes hits better, he moves, and bobs, and weaves, and holds.
And apparently tonight, that was enough to provoke Ortiz into headbutting him. Floyd Wanted This Fight - Hate him as you will, but Floyd might be the smartest man in boxing right now. He has a ton of experience, and he has always known how to win.
Floyd knew not to risk the excitement of his comeback on a truly dangerous opponent. He wanted one like Ortiz - well-regarded, but unquestionably beatable.
But we knew he would come prepared. He always does. Mayweather Thinks Faster - It was something we knew about Floyd, and it was something he proved. Floyd was thinking ahead. It's an advantage he has. We may have wanted him to win "fair and square," but let's not forget that he did. A famous boxing referee has revealed some shocking news regarding one of the most controversial fights in recent history.
Joe Cortez, who is one of the most reputed referees in the sport, provided fans some unbelievable details of the Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz fight.
Article continues below this ad. And he again went to touch gloves with Floyd Mayweather. He hit him with a left, and a right, and knocked him out. He even explained why he could not deem it illegal. In a split second after embracing him, Floyd Mayweather immediately struck him with a left hook and followed it with a right hand. This dropped Victor Ortiz right away and because he could not get back up after 10 counts, Cortez called off the fight.
He said that his opponent landed sixteen elbow strikes to his right eye, which caused severe damage. Ortiz also pointed out that the referee did not consider his initial complaint regarding the elbows and instead asked him to continue. So he started hitting me with that elbow, I took 16 of them. At the end of round 2, Ortiz told his corner about the elbow strikes and pointed out that they were hurting him. They asked him to tell that to the referee even when he had already done that.
Ortiz did not pay much attention to this advice and proceeded with rounds 3 and 4. In round 4, Ortiz doubled down on his explosive striking.
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