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by David P. Greisman - “I screwed up.”
“I made a mistake, and it cost me.”
“I’ve learned my lesson, and now I need to earn your respect back.”
“I need to work my way back. I need to show that I deserve another shot.”
That’s what we wanted to hear from Victor Ortiz. It’s what we should’ve heard from him after his knockout loss against Floyd Mayweather Jr. It’s what he should’ve said about how he intentionally head-butted Mayweather multiple times, how he bulled his head against Mayweather’s face throughout the bout, how he blatantly launched himself off the canvas, leading with his head and drawing blood from Mayweather’s mouth.
We wanted him to say that he lost his cool first and his focus next, that he apologized more than he needed to, that he forgot he was in a fight, that the referee had told him to get back to boxing and yet he’d left his hands down and his chin exposed.
Instead we got fingers pointed at Mayweather, at referee Joe Cortez, at the Nevada State Athletic Commission, but never at Ortiz himself. Joining the 24-year-old fighter on a media conference call last week were his manager, Rolando Arellano, and his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya. [Click Here To Read More]
“I made a mistake, and it cost me.”
“I’ve learned my lesson, and now I need to earn your respect back.”
“I need to work my way back. I need to show that I deserve another shot.”
That’s what we wanted to hear from Victor Ortiz. It’s what we should’ve heard from him after his knockout loss against Floyd Mayweather Jr. It’s what he should’ve said about how he intentionally head-butted Mayweather multiple times, how he bulled his head against Mayweather’s face throughout the bout, how he blatantly launched himself off the canvas, leading with his head and drawing blood from Mayweather’s mouth.
We wanted him to say that he lost his cool first and his focus next, that he apologized more than he needed to, that he forgot he was in a fight, that the referee had told him to get back to boxing and yet he’d left his hands down and his chin exposed.
Instead we got fingers pointed at Mayweather, at referee Joe Cortez, at the Nevada State Athletic Commission, but never at Ortiz himself. Joining the 24-year-old fighter on a media conference call last week were his manager, Rolando Arellano, and his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya. [Click Here To Read More]
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