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Victor had his moments. He's 24, in his prime, a southpaw, and out weighed Floyd by 14 lbs.
People always act like when Floyd is on the ropes for about 0:20 seconds a round and gets hit with 4-5 punches on the ropes, that he lost the round. Meanwhile, the other 2:40, he's landing right hands and quick hooks here and there and builds up points all round.
Mayweather won the 1st, he's the only one that did anything significant that round. The 2nd, Ortiz had more success getting Floyd to the ropes and landed about 8-9 punches that round. However, Floyd was still landing right hands almost at will pretty often. I scored the 2nd even, but you could have scored it either way. The 3rd was all Floyd. Victor didn't do s**t that round, and Floyd started to seperate himself clearly in the 3rd. The first 1:30-2:00 of the 4th, Victor only landed about 4-5 punches, while Mayweather landed right hands and quick hooks fairly easily. Floyd even stunned Victor slightly with a quick combo in the opening seconds of the round. However, the last 1:00 was pretty even. Victor got Floyd on the ropes twice and landed 4-5 punches clean, but Floyd landed right hands in between as well. Overall, the 4th was a Floyd round, but sort of close.
Considering that Floyd had been off 16 months and was fighting a big fighter, in his prime, coming off big wins, and out weighing Floyd by 14 lbs, I'd say Mayweather did pretty well. Ortiz at that point was a tougher opponent than anyone Pac has fought since Cotto in 09' or Marquez in 08' clearly. I don't think the punch stats were fized, get the f**k outta here with that s**t. What's next????? HBO is fixing the outcomes of Floyd's fights??? They're fixing the weight of Floyd's opponents on fight night??? C'mon man!!
Floyd out landed Ortiz 73-26 through just 4 rounds, and people said he looked sort of rusty the first couple rounds. How many rabbitt punches did Ortiz land on the back of Floyd's head as well???? About 6-7 throughout the fight and about 2-3 in the 4th round. Even the last time Victor got Floyd on the ropes before the headbutt, how many punches landed for Ortiz in that flurry of his???? 2, 3 at the most, landed. The other's missed or hit Floyd arms and shoulders, than came the intentional headbutt. After Floyd hit him with the uppercut, Victor landed a quick hook that drove Floyd to the ropes, and he landed 2 more punches after that.
Considering Victor Ortiz is a good fighter, strong, in his prime, Floyd's performance was probably a B+ or so through the first 4 rounds.
If Pacquiao and Mayweather fight, Pac will definitely land at times on Floyd, but Floyd will land on him as well. Watching the Pac-Marquez fight in 08', you can see that Manny's attack is neutralized a lot when Marquez counters or hits with a straight right hand, something ALL southpaws are susceptible too. Yes, Manny can hit Floyd, but I see Floyd clinching at any sign of trouble against Pacquiao. If Pac can force Floyd on the ropes and keep him there, he can win the fight. If Floyd can counter Pac and reduce the number of punches thrown (what Marquez did the first two times he fought Pac), he can win the fight. If Floyd counters with the right, and clinches at the right time, I don't see Pac being able to get his punches off against Floyd.
People always act like when Floyd is on the ropes for about 0:20 seconds a round and gets hit with 4-5 punches on the ropes, that he lost the round. Meanwhile, the other 2:40, he's landing right hands and quick hooks here and there and builds up points all round.
Mayweather won the 1st, he's the only one that did anything significant that round. The 2nd, Ortiz had more success getting Floyd to the ropes and landed about 8-9 punches that round. However, Floyd was still landing right hands almost at will pretty often. I scored the 2nd even, but you could have scored it either way. The 3rd was all Floyd. Victor didn't do s**t that round, and Floyd started to seperate himself clearly in the 3rd. The first 1:30-2:00 of the 4th, Victor only landed about 4-5 punches, while Mayweather landed right hands and quick hooks fairly easily. Floyd even stunned Victor slightly with a quick combo in the opening seconds of the round. However, the last 1:00 was pretty even. Victor got Floyd on the ropes twice and landed 4-5 punches clean, but Floyd landed right hands in between as well. Overall, the 4th was a Floyd round, but sort of close.
Considering that Floyd had been off 16 months and was fighting a big fighter, in his prime, coming off big wins, and out weighing Floyd by 14 lbs, I'd say Mayweather did pretty well. Ortiz at that point was a tougher opponent than anyone Pac has fought since Cotto in 09' or Marquez in 08' clearly. I don't think the punch stats were fized, get the f**k outta here with that s**t. What's next????? HBO is fixing the outcomes of Floyd's fights??? They're fixing the weight of Floyd's opponents on fight night??? C'mon man!!
Floyd out landed Ortiz 73-26 through just 4 rounds, and people said he looked sort of rusty the first couple rounds. How many rabbitt punches did Ortiz land on the back of Floyd's head as well???? About 6-7 throughout the fight and about 2-3 in the 4th round. Even the last time Victor got Floyd on the ropes before the headbutt, how many punches landed for Ortiz in that flurry of his???? 2, 3 at the most, landed. The other's missed or hit Floyd arms and shoulders, than came the intentional headbutt. After Floyd hit him with the uppercut, Victor landed a quick hook that drove Floyd to the ropes, and he landed 2 more punches after that.
Considering Victor Ortiz is a good fighter, strong, in his prime, Floyd's performance was probably a B+ or so through the first 4 rounds.
If Pacquiao and Mayweather fight, Pac will definitely land at times on Floyd, but Floyd will land on him as well. Watching the Pac-Marquez fight in 08', you can see that Manny's attack is neutralized a lot when Marquez counters or hits with a straight right hand, something ALL southpaws are susceptible too. Yes, Manny can hit Floyd, but I see Floyd clinching at any sign of trouble against Pacquiao. If Pac can force Floyd on the ropes and keep him there, he can win the fight. If Floyd can counter Pac and reduce the number of punches thrown (what Marquez did the first two times he fought Pac), he can win the fight. If Floyd counters with the right, and clinches at the right time, I don't see Pac being able to get his punches off against Floyd.
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