Official:*Mayweather vs Ortiz* Boxings Reactions on the Fight [Max, Dan, Arum etc]

[Phil Ivey]

Great thread, love how all the *******s have gone into hiding, even Fat Pac loving Dan likes this fight.

[check hook]

David Rodela is already in this thread once. I liked how he kept it real with Zab and told him that Khan was faster after he sparred them both. He is currently a Pac sparring partner. In this vid he talks about the Ortiz-Pac sparring:

2:06

Floyd called Ortiz a "tuneup" ..........WOW!!! That is crazy.

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RON FRAZIER: "FLOYD IS COMING OFF A 16-MONTH LAYOFF...IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING"

By Percy Crawford | August 02, 2011

PC: You can hate him or love him, but Floyd Mayweather announcing a ring return is big news in boxing. Do you like this Victor Ortiz fight?

RF: I love this fight. It's like, "I can't get Manny Pacquiao, so what do I do? I'm not gonna fight has-beens or retreads, but I'm going to go out and get a young champion; ayoung guy who is hungry who just kinda resurrected his career in a fight where nobody thought he was going to beat Andre Berto coming in." Victor Ortiz showed a lot of heart in doing so, which a lot of people questioned if he had heart. He's a big strong dude and he's a lefty. People say Floyd has trouble with lefties, and he hits hard and again, he's young. That's a pretty interesting fight and Floyd is coming off of a 16-month layoff. Who else is out there doing that when they take time off; challenging a young hungry lion? He's not fighting retreads, he's fighting a young gun and I can't wait for the 24/7's. Obviously, love or hate Floyd, he's always entertaining and it's going to be interesting to watch.

http://www.fighthype.com/pages/conte...33b03e2a1a98cc

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Leonard [Nothing really, Just Picks Mayweather to win]

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Larry Merchant

I asked Merchant simply what fight he was more interested in Mayweather-Ortiz or Pacquiao-Marquez III?

“Even though the Pacquiao-Marquez fights were very exciting and close fights, and Marquez earned his way into a third fight, I guess I find myself more curious about the Mayweather-Ortiz fight because Ortiz is a young, strong kid and I’m curious to see whether he can make a real fight out of it. Mayweather hasn’t been in a real fight in a long time.”

http://www.boxingscene.com/larry-merchant-on-manny-pacquiaos-return-hbo--42367

[Clint650]

nice thread!

i think Mayweather is getting better with age. Ortiz is strong but his aggressive style is going to play into Floyd's hands. If Ortiz can't find the target, and begins to slow his attack, Floyd is going to turn it up. The fight basically breaks down like this. Ortiz attacks, Floyd counters. When Ortiz is not being aggresive, Floyd will press him. Floyds jab will dominate, and after about a few rounds I can see Ortiz being beginning to look like a broken fighter. All heart he goes for broke and Floyd catches him flush coming in. Victor rises to a standing 8 count, but theres too much time left in the round and Mayweather picks him apart. 2nd KD is scored, and the fight is stopped after another flush right cross lands.

[FromAfrica]

Emanuel Steward "I'm looking forward to the fight with Mayweather and Ortiz. That's gonna be a very good fight......."

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[DE100]

^ Good post.

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[Dedication]

Bernard Hopkins on May vs Ortiz - http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6858824

Can't embed for some reason.