By Mark Vester
On the undercard to Miguel Cotto-Shane Mosley at New York's Madison Square Garden, junior welterweight prospect Victor Ortiz (20-1-1, 15KOs) crushed veteran Carlos Maussa (20-5, 18KOs) in less than two minutes of the first round.
An uppercut started the damage, and then a vicious, short left hand sent Maussa down for the full count. The impact of the punch opened up the cheek of Maussa, who was bloody from the shot.
Ortiz, who did to Maussa what Cotto and Hatton could not in their wins, is now in line to face WBO junior welterweight champion Ricardo Torres of Colombia.
