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I like Ortiz and if he brings the same ferocity against Floyd that he brought against Berto, then it will force Floyd to fight and give Floyd some problems.
Lets look at the facts though. Ortiz although he had problems at times, still put on a great display of heart and put it all on the line against Berto. When you look at Berto though, who has he really beaten? Many feel he lost to Collazo. Aside from that contraversial win, the biggest wins on his resume were against Quintana and Urango. Decent fighters, but not great or really good for that matter. Ortiz/Berto was still a great fight and great win for Ortiz, but the truth is, Ortiz didnt beat anyone who has proven much thus far.
Prior to his win over Berto, Ortiz took a tremendous amount of heat from the boxing world for literally quitting against the slow and not so very skilled, but hard hitting Maidana. He was basically written off and whatever fan base he had lost respect for him. The fight with Berto was a fight to redeem himself and silence those who questioned his heart, and that he did.
Now he is scheduled to fight Floyd and many are accepting this as a legitimate threat to Floyd. It is really? Now I said it once and i'll say it again, if he brings the same fight game he did for Berto, he will cause some problems for Floyd. If he's off just an inch though, Floyd will pick him apart with his stick and move style. Had this fight been mentioned prior to Ortiz beating Berto, they would have criticized Floyd into oblivion. So are you to say that 1 win over a good but unproven fighter automatically makes Ortiz a legitimate opponent for Floyd? I personally think that many fans are just desperate to see Floyd back in the ring so bad that they would have accepted and defended any opponent he chose. They would use the excuse that it's just a tune-up. Problem with that is, Floyd intentionally retires. Why should we keep excepting tune-ups from him if he purposely takes himself out of the fight game?
All in all with the current state of boxing and lack of quality matchups, I will still tune in and hope it turns out to be a good scrap worth the ppv money. Lets just hope Floyd doesnt treat this as an opportunity to (as he put it) "come back to steal some more money" then ride back off into the retirement sunset.
Lets look at the facts though. Ortiz although he had problems at times, still put on a great display of heart and put it all on the line against Berto. When you look at Berto though, who has he really beaten? Many feel he lost to Collazo. Aside from that contraversial win, the biggest wins on his resume were against Quintana and Urango. Decent fighters, but not great or really good for that matter. Ortiz/Berto was still a great fight and great win for Ortiz, but the truth is, Ortiz didnt beat anyone who has proven much thus far.
Prior to his win over Berto, Ortiz took a tremendous amount of heat from the boxing world for literally quitting against the slow and not so very skilled, but hard hitting Maidana. He was basically written off and whatever fan base he had lost respect for him. The fight with Berto was a fight to redeem himself and silence those who questioned his heart, and that he did.
Now he is scheduled to fight Floyd and many are accepting this as a legitimate threat to Floyd. It is really? Now I said it once and i'll say it again, if he brings the same fight game he did for Berto, he will cause some problems for Floyd. If he's off just an inch though, Floyd will pick him apart with his stick and move style. Had this fight been mentioned prior to Ortiz beating Berto, they would have criticized Floyd into oblivion. So are you to say that 1 win over a good but unproven fighter automatically makes Ortiz a legitimate opponent for Floyd? I personally think that many fans are just desperate to see Floyd back in the ring so bad that they would have accepted and defended any opponent he chose. They would use the excuse that it's just a tune-up. Problem with that is, Floyd intentionally retires. Why should we keep excepting tune-ups from him if he purposely takes himself out of the fight game?
All in all with the current state of boxing and lack of quality matchups, I will still tune in and hope it turns out to be a good scrap worth the ppv money. Lets just hope Floyd doesnt treat this as an opportunity to (as he put it) "come back to steal some more money" then ride back off into the retirement sunset.
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