Victor Ortiz: record, next fight and profile →
We may not see a rematch between Victor Ortiz and Marcos Maidana in the immediate future. In June of 2009, almost two years ago, Maidana stopped Ortiz in the sixth round of their war. Ortiz (29-2-2, 22KOs) has gone 5-0-1 since loss, and the win streak includes the most impressive win of Ortiz's career - the twelve round unanimous decision over Andre Berto to capture the WBC welterweight title.
WBA interim-junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana has used a photo to fire back at Victor Ortiz, the WBC's welterweight champion. In a few recent interviews on BoxingScene.com, Ortiz ripped Maidana and said the hard-puncher from Argentina was not worthy of a rematch. In 2009, Maidana stopped Ortiz in six rounds. Maidana, by way of the social networks, expressed his response with a single picture.
Ernest Gabion catches up with WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, and junior middleweight contender Deandre Latimore, who take part in a double interview to discuss the latest happenings in their respective careers.
Promoter Lou DiBella expects a rematch to happen between Andre Berto (27-1, 21KOs) and WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22KOs). Last weekend Ortiz captured the title from Berto with a "Fight of The Year" performance. After twelve rounds and multiple knockdowns, Ortiz walked away with a unanimous decision victory. Berto suffered his first career defeat. DiBella doesn't really see a rematch happening right away. It's more likely that both fighters will have at least one interim-bout before a possible rematch takes place.
The new WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz has ripped into Marcos Maidana when asked about a possible rematch of their June 2009 rumble. Ortiz and Maidana traded knockdowns before Ortiz was stopped in the sixth round. The WBC mandatory challenger is Selcuk Aydin, who Ortiz says he is willing to face if Golden Boy Promotions presents that fight. Ortiz would prefer to get the huge mega-fights with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
Veteran trainer Freddie Roach believes Andre Berto's inactivity may have played a role in last Saturday's decision loss to Victor Ortiz. In a span of a year, Berto had only one round in the bank, with a first round knockout of Freddy Hernandez last November.
WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2, 22KOs) is ready for the best possible fights. After his career defining win over Andre Berto, the 24-year-old boxer wants the two biggest names at his weight, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. He doesn't really care about any of the fighters at 140-pounds, as he believes many of them were ducking him.
By Robert Morales - Saturday’s main event on HBO featuring Andre Berto vs. Victor Ortiz attracted 1.5 million viewers, making it the highest audience for a fight this year on HBO. This audience number is for the live Saturday night airing of the fight on the network. If Manny Pacquiao successfully defends his welterweight world title against "Sugar" Shane Mosley next month and then were to sign to fight Victor Ortiz, Oscar De La Hoya said he knows what would happen. "I have to say if they fight four, five months from now, I have Victor winning probably by knockout," said De La Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions, which promotes Ortiz. "Victor's a strong guy, a strong guy." Indeed, Ortiz looked like a beast in moving up in weight and wresting away Andre Berto's welterweight world title via unanimous decision on Saturday in Connecticut. The sixth round, in which Ortiz was dropped with a huge right cross, apparently told De La Hoya a lot because of the way Ortiz responded. "The big right hand he got caught with in the sixth round, I didn't count him out, but I didn't think he was going to get up and drop Berto," De La Hoya said. But Ortiz did, at the end of the round. It was, perhaps, a round that proved to be Ortiz's coming out party because it was the same round in which he was stopped by Marcos Maidana in June 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. That was the fight in which many thought Ortiz might have given up the ship. Ever since, Ortiz has had to listen to experts and other fighters - including Berto - question his heart.
Hollywood, California - Sitting in the hot-box that is his dressing room at the Wild Card, with about 15 reporters jammed into it, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao was asked if he would like to tangle with Victor Ortiz, the new WBC champ.
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya confirmed he re-signed super lightweight champion Amir Khan to a long-term deal over this past weekend. Which means he will be promoting Khan for a long time as well. De La Hoya was asked if Khan, who beat Paul McCloskey on Saturday in England, will eventually move up to 147.