Ortiz taking short money for a shot at Mayweather

Love him or hate him, this is how things SHOULD be and I give Ortiz mad, sick, dope, retarded props for taking this fight. Green, questionable mental toughness, and a huge underdog.... Takes short money for a chance to secure his legacy. Thats called Balls. Big, brass, carry them around in a shopping cart BALLS. (it also might be called suicidal, total lack of self preservation skills, etc..) Anyone else impressed with this move? Anyone else thrilled to see a fighter more interested in taking the best fight available, instead of being led around by the "Money" I think this fight will be FAN TASTIC. War the sweet science.

Comments (8)

sromero1

Good news is there is no downside for Ortiz now that I think about it. If you lose you lose to a former P4P champion in multiple weight classes, considered by many to be the best fighter out there. If you win....you BEAT the guy I was just talking about and you are in the driver seat to force a fight with Pac to get your 20 Mil. I agree!!! Win or lose he's in for the fight of his life, it's gonna be a war

14y ago

MindBat

14y ago

Kev

$3.5Million guaranteed+A slice of the PPV Revenu+Gate revenue ain't short money. Victor Ortiz will end up earning around $6 Million dollars. I will take that. Only Winky Wright would turn down that offer.

14y ago

GattiFan

14y ago

MindBat

At the very least, he's not coming off a terrible loss and he holds a legit welter-weight title. If Ortiz is Floyd's tune-up fight, that is one hell of a tune-up after a 16 month layoff.

14y ago

Rip_Chudd

Oh yeah mad props to Ortiz. He realizes the money will be there later, right now it's about taking on the best.

14y ago

lizard_man

he's gonna take home like 2.5 mill after it's all said and done in cash.

14y ago

RichardPerez

What do you think hes making? WBC Champ? With PPV probably 6-10 m?

14y ago