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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s official, folks … Victor Ortiz is not in Kansas anymore.
And while I concede his hard-luck back story is still second to none, it’s just as clear that he came to Las Vegas Saturday night to participate in an event for which he was woefully unprepared.
In practical terms, the poor kid brought a knife to a gunfight.
Oh sure, he’d done all the right things going in. He flexed for the 24/7 cameras, boldly claimed Floyd Mayweather Jr. had outlived his shelf life and arrived at the MGM Grand ring with a strut typically reserved for those with more than one title-fight win in a seven-year pro career.
And once inside, bless his heart, he kept trying to play that leading man role. He landed a couple left-hand leads. He pushed and shoved his elder in the corners. And he resurrected a maniacal smile from the Berto fight during the short bursts when combat was intensified.
But when the fourth round arrived, he got himself in over his, errr… head.
Perhaps determined to exact a pound of flesh before being swept away by decidedly negative momentum, Ortiz initiated another roughhouse scrum, and – before Joe Cortez could intervene fairly and firmly – sprung forward on his toes to drive his skull into Mayweather’s face. [Click Here To Read More]
And while I concede his hard-luck back story is still second to none, it’s just as clear that he came to Las Vegas Saturday night to participate in an event for which he was woefully unprepared.
In practical terms, the poor kid brought a knife to a gunfight.
Oh sure, he’d done all the right things going in. He flexed for the 24/7 cameras, boldly claimed Floyd Mayweather Jr. had outlived his shelf life and arrived at the MGM Grand ring with a strut typically reserved for those with more than one title-fight win in a seven-year pro career.
And once inside, bless his heart, he kept trying to play that leading man role. He landed a couple left-hand leads. He pushed and shoved his elder in the corners. And he resurrected a maniacal smile from the Berto fight during the short bursts when combat was intensified.
But when the fourth round arrived, he got himself in over his, errr… head.
Perhaps determined to exact a pound of flesh before being swept away by decidedly negative momentum, Ortiz initiated another roughhouse scrum, and – before Joe Cortez could intervene fairly and firmly – sprung forward on his toes to drive his skull into Mayweather’s face. [Click Here To Read More]
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