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if you watch the Floyd-Ortiz fight and dont see it as one sided, then I think you are looking for a Gatti, Chico, Mosley type performance. Just because its not a brutal one sided beat down, doesnt mean its not domination. Everyone doesnt fight like Pac or Tyson. Sometimes fights can be dominated just by a systematic breakdown and thats what Floyd was doing to Ortiz. How can you not appreciate that? He was taking him apart piece by pice. He was slowly undressing him.
To make it worst, you knew Floyd would start a lil slow because of his inactivity and Ortiz being a Southpaw. Most Floyd fans thought Victor's only chance was to catch him & stop him within 4 rounds but it didnt even go like that. Even the bad version of Floyd took the first 2 rounds and that was just him knocking off the rust, getting warmed up, and figuring out the Southpaw stand. The next 2 rounds he had clearly figured him out and was breaking him down. His timing was there and the rust was coming off.
I laugh when people say that Ortiz wouldve got stronger as the fight went on or that Floyd knew he was in for a dog fight so thats why he cheap shot. When he's Floyd ever got worst the longer the fight goes? E****ally in this situation when again, he was off 16months & fighting a Southpaw. Those first 4 rounds wouldve been by far the worst for him and he was already undressing him. Over the last 8 he wouldve had the rust off, had the timing down, and broke him down for as long as it lasted. Even Ortiz knew it.
There is a reason why every trainer, fighter, and even media who youve seen talk says that Ortiz was looking for a way out because Floyd was owning him. If you watch the fight closely and dont just look for a one sided Tyson or Pac type beat down then you can easily see that he was dominating him and it was only going to get worst. What made it seem even closer was the fact that Lampley literally like 5 times during the fight got excited & counted a scoring blow for Ortiz when really it was Floyd who landed in that sitaution. Some of them werent even close.
IDK what he was lookin at. The bottom line is that those 4 rounds were by far the worst Floyd you were going to see in that fight and he was already clearly breaking him down easily. He had won the first 2 rounds and had already had him solved after then when sometimes it normally takes him 4 rounds in that situation. It wouldnt have been better for Ortiz and his eye was already near shut when there was 8 rounds left and he's fighting the most accurate guy in the game who's timing is only going to get better.
Its the type of performance that you might have to watch 3 or 4 or 5 times to really appreciate it and catch all the nuances that was going on instead of just looking at it in black & white, not seeing a brutal beating, and calling it competitive. There's a reason why he fouled. He couldnt hit him during the normal fight and when he finally got his chance on the ropes twice that round, & still couldnt land meaningful, he got frustrated & wanted out because he couldnt solve him & he knew that Floyd had solved him & it was only going to get worst
To make it worst, you knew Floyd would start a lil slow because of his inactivity and Ortiz being a Southpaw. Most Floyd fans thought Victor's only chance was to catch him & stop him within 4 rounds but it didnt even go like that. Even the bad version of Floyd took the first 2 rounds and that was just him knocking off the rust, getting warmed up, and figuring out the Southpaw stand. The next 2 rounds he had clearly figured him out and was breaking him down. His timing was there and the rust was coming off.
I laugh when people say that Ortiz wouldve got stronger as the fight went on or that Floyd knew he was in for a dog fight so thats why he cheap shot. When he's Floyd ever got worst the longer the fight goes? E****ally in this situation when again, he was off 16months & fighting a Southpaw. Those first 4 rounds wouldve been by far the worst for him and he was already undressing him. Over the last 8 he wouldve had the rust off, had the timing down, and broke him down for as long as it lasted. Even Ortiz knew it.
There is a reason why every trainer, fighter, and even media who youve seen talk says that Ortiz was looking for a way out because Floyd was owning him. If you watch the fight closely and dont just look for a one sided Tyson or Pac type beat down then you can easily see that he was dominating him and it was only going to get worst. What made it seem even closer was the fact that Lampley literally like 5 times during the fight got excited & counted a scoring blow for Ortiz when really it was Floyd who landed in that sitaution. Some of them werent even close.
IDK what he was lookin at. The bottom line is that those 4 rounds were by far the worst Floyd you were going to see in that fight and he was already clearly breaking him down easily. He had won the first 2 rounds and had already had him solved after then when sometimes it normally takes him 4 rounds in that situation. It wouldnt have been better for Ortiz and his eye was already near shut when there was 8 rounds left and he's fighting the most accurate guy in the game who's timing is only going to get better.
Its the type of performance that you might have to watch 3 or 4 or 5 times to really appreciate it and catch all the nuances that was going on instead of just looking at it in black & white, not seeing a brutal beating, and calling it competitive. There's a reason why he fouled. He couldnt hit him during the normal fight and when he finally got his chance on the ropes twice that round, & still couldnt land meaningful, he got frustrated & wanted out because he couldnt solve him & he knew that Floyd had solved him & it was only going to get worst
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