Floyd Mayweather Knocks Out Victor Ortiz in The Fourth
Floyd Mayweather Knocks Out Victor Ortiz in The Fourth
Floyd Mayweather Jr took the WBC welterweight title from Victor Ortiz with a fourth-round knockout on Saturday.
A few thoughts:
I was impressed by Mayweather’s performance. He was able to continually back up an opponent that was 10 years younger and weighed 14 pounds more in the ring.
(Mayweather came in weighing 150 pounds. While Ortiz rehydrated to 164.)
Now on to the finish:
The Headbutt
Mainstream media outlets talking about how “controversial” the finish was. The only thing “controversial” was Ortiz’s headbutt.
Ortiz’s headbutt was a ridiculous foul. Possibly on par with Andrew Golota or Mike Tyson’s “bite” move, but of course no one is talking about that.
Basically, Ortiz mentally self destructed. His headbutt was out of frustration, because he saw the writing on the wall.
I have said it before and I will say it again, Mayweather is a Master of Mental Warfare.
Over here at The G Manifesto, we are not mainstream. We spit The Truth.
People are talking about how Mayweather won dirty, but it wasn’t even dirty.
If you want to see How to Win Dirty, check out Pernell Whitaker: How to Win Dirty (interestingly enough, against Floyd’s uncle and trainer, Roger “The Black Mamba” Mayweather.)
When Mayweather dropped and finished Ortiz, it was when Ortiz was apologizing to Mayweather for the second time.
Mayweather had already accepted one apology, which is more than he had to do.
The second apology was unnecessary and at that point Mayweather thought correctly that it was “either him or me”.
And you best believe Mayweather didn’t think it was going to be “me”.
Anyone who thinks differently or that the move was dirty hasn’t been around boxing their entire life.
Let me take all the sports writers in the world to Boxing School:
First rule of boxing: Protect yourself at all times.
Second rule of boxing: When there is an advantage, you take it.
And it really shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone that has followed Mayweather’s career.
In recent memory, Mayweather dropped G Manifesto Hall of Fame Member, Arturo Gatti, when when he was talking with the referee. And Mayweather tagged Mosely when Mosely was jawing with the third man in the ring.
Mayweather is well versed in The Art of War.
Sportsmanship is something for little suburban kids on the soccer field.
This is Boxing.
This is Life.
And for anyone to say, “events like this tarish boxing”, doesn’t know their boxing history. Boxing has always has “crazy” controversial events and Boxing has always been a sport in “crisis”.
Hell, in recent history, when Riddick Bowe fought Evander Holyfield, someone parachuted into the ring:
In the “Golden Era of Boxing” opposing camps sometimes “drugged” their opponents water bottles.
I would say last night was pretty tame.
This, along with former three division champion Erik Morales (52-7, 36KOs) stopping previously undefeated Pablo Cesar Cano (22-1-1, 17KOs) is just another example of 70’s babies superiority over 80’s babies.
Mayweather’s Post fight Outburst:
For anyone that missed it:
“You never give me a fair shake, alright, so I am going to do you a favor and let you talk to Victor Ortiz,” Mayweather said. “You never give me a fair shake. You are [expletive] and HBO should fire you. You don’t know [expletive] about boxing. You ain’t sh*t.”
To which Larry Merchant responded:
“I wish I was 50 years younger,” said Merchant. “I would have kicked your *ss.”
This seemed like a pretty un-classy move for Floyd. Keep in mind though, that this tension between Mayweather and Merchant has been building up for years. Merchant has been incredibly biased toward Floyd, and I am somewhat surprised that this didn’t happen sooner.
Give Merchant credit for toughness though. Remember that Merchant is from Brooklyn.
Bottom line is that the general public will hate Floyd even more after this fight.
Which, if he can ever get in the ring with Manny Pacquiao will only add more fuel to a raging fire.
You have the ultimate villian (Mayweather) VS the ultimate good guy (Pacquiao).
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18/09/2011 at 1:33 pm Permalink
I realize what you’re saying, but the way the ref handled that, and the way Ortiz isn’t even looking at Floyd when he gets knocked out, to me, is bullshit. Floyd knew he was going to win. He didnt need that cheap shot to win. I’m most max with the ref though. He really fucked up.
18/09/2011 at 1:57 pm Permalink
Great post Michael, I am 100% in agreement with all you said.
18/09/2011 at 2:02 pm Permalink
i dont think it was frustration that caused the headbutt, it was more a fit of rage…he just landed his best combo of the bout and its almost as if the adrenaline caused him to lose his mind and throw the headbutt
18/09/2011 at 2:56 pm Permalink
You know I just finished reading King of the World by David Remnick on the biography of Muhammad Ali, and I can say that Mayweather, in terms of popularity, is simply a mixture of Muhammad Ali and Tupac Shakur in terms of personality…No wonder they hate him!
18/09/2011 at 7:13 pm Permalink
I was going for Ortiz but I agree with the above… The second apology was so unnecessary and so foolish that it seemed to go down in slow motion.
The whole Merchant exchange, though, was just wrong. I was expecting Mayweather to hit Merchant, at which point I was expecting a rumble. No Latin would stand for that, and half the people in the ring were Latin.
19/09/2011 at 11:49 am Permalink
Ah i really wanna see pacman vs. money more than ever.
19/09/2011 at 5:53 pm Permalink
Pretty boy Floyd is no boxing dummy and he was completely in the right.
How many times was Ortiz going to kiss/hug it out with Mayweather? It looked like he was just getting started. Fucked him, glad he got laid out.
Another notch on the belt for Money Mayweather.
20/09/2011 at 1:55 pm Permalink
Agree with you 100% on all of it.
My only knock on Floyd is why Olympic style testing isn’t enough with the Pac Man. That to me is bogus but its an odd outlier in an otherwise consistent warrior.
20/09/2011 at 8:45 pm Permalink
Remember, Floyd isn’t the first fighter to have issues with Larry Merchant. He’s more antagonist than interviewer. Fighters dread the post-fight “interview” with him. Floyd is everyone’s favorite villain, but I have no problem with him. This sudden expectation of gentlemanly behavior from fighters is nonsense. Gentlemen generally don’t take up boxing for a living. They turn to it out of desperation, as a way to channel natural rage, or as recreation in PRISON. The media lets it’s dislike of Floyd personally get in the way of recognizing what a special fighter he is. Sometimes his fights aren’t exciting because HE’S SO NICE with his hands. He toys with cats in the ring. He could get guys out of there quicker, but it’s not his style.
As for the strange ending against Ortiz, again, the media refuses to absolve Floyd of guilt because they dislike him. In EVERY account, it was acknowledged that the ref said time in. Everyone heard it but Ortiz. Even he admitted to “spacing out.” After Floyd slapped him with the left, he had time to either cover up or swing back. Instead, he looked to the ref for help (mysteriously, Cortez wasn’t paying attention…) when he should have been fighting. Considering what he’d just done to Mayweather, he wasn’t in the mood to allow Ortiz more time to get his head straight, or to kiss him yet again (did he want to fight or fuck?). Even with all the evidence in, including from the ref himself, journalists STILL insist on calling it a “legal sucker-punch.” It can’t be both – a sucker-punch by definition is illegal. It isn’t a fighter’s job to alert his opponent to his arriving fist. Fuck Ortiz. He’s a nice kid with a great backstory, but this stage is too big for him. At least right now. Now Floyd needs to make this Pacquiao fight. If he handles that, even his worst haters will have to bow down.