Do you think Ortiz is telling the truth about his past?

[thebowtod]

idk man, I believe he was poor, but his stories often seem to be very inconsistent and he seems like he is just trying to promote himself as a "man who started from the bottom, and rose to the top". What do you think?

[Las Vegas,]

Some of it, yes. Most of it, no. His story has to many flaws.

[The_Golden_Goy]

I dont know. But what I do know is Ive heard the story that many times I feel like I was his mother that abandoned him..

[Russian Crushin]

Same story ive heard for the longest

[UglyPug]

i don't think so. . . we saw an interview with foster parents back in Kansas, and they said him and his brother were found living in that trailer by themselves - they weren't there for very long by themselves - before somebody called social services. once his foster parents started taking care of him im sure he wasn't poor- but man imagine growing up knowing both your parents ABANDONED YOU? **** being poor, money doesn't mean much, but imagine the psychological distress of knowing you weren't "wanted"? Children can't understand and process things like that - the fact that he didn't turn out to be a drug dealer/thug, etc. is AMAZING. odds were very much stacked against him - HE BROKE THE CHAIN - whereas Mayweather didn't BREAK THE CHAIN - he continues to do the same **** he saw his parents doing.

[F l i c k e r]

Yes but I think he is trying to glam it up with big words. He must have seen Roger Huerta's sappy story.

Fact is. Most americans have the same story he and huerta have.

[-KPB-]

The only confusing part is that he doesnt talk about his foster parents......

[Forza]

I think it's like 50% truth 50% added in stuff to make it sell better

[gauze]

either way, i don't find it to be a very interesting story. it's pretty common amongst boxers. alot of them grow up hard, being poor, living in the ******, broken homes etc. is ortiz' story really any different than edison miranda's? and who knows how many boxers there were that didn't make it to the big leagues who went through the same exact thing.

[UglyPug]

either way, i don't find it to be a very interesting story. it's pretty common amongst boxers. alot of them grow up hard, being poor, living in the ******, broken homes etc. is ortiz' story really any different than edison miranda's? and who knows how many boxers there were that didn't make it to the big leagues who went through the same exact thing.

exactly. id say 95% of boxers had a pretty hard upbringing. you don't see many boxers who came from middle class/upper middle class backgrounds. Of course there are some, but it's not the rule.

Edison Miranda's story is absolutely gut wrenching. . . eating **** on the streets of Columbia. . . there ain't no social services and welfare, etc. like there is in America