Those who say Ortiz just quit

Still can't deny that he had no desire to continue when he obviously could as he was still standing. People called Cotto who was clearly finished and had ZERO left a quitter in his loss yet this one isn't?

 

Just watched the fight for the second time. Upon further reflection, I think it is a bit too harsh to say Ortiz "quit." He was badly hurt and had taken a lot of bombs. He was very dazed in the corner after the 5th and didn't seem to be with it. He was not responding to his cornermen at all. He got hit with a lot of really hard shots in the 6th, badly opening the cut on his right eye and creating a massive swelling under the left eye. Yes, he mentally retired, but he probably had a right to do so given the overall cumulative punishment he took. That fight was a war.

 

if you want to justify it or not he still quitted

he waved his hands at the end of the fight to motion no more, and his post fight interview reaffirmed it.

 

Yep this is the other side of the story.

 

Even Oscar is embaressed of what he saw and heard in the interview. Izzy and Rafa both must have rebuked him as a Mexican. (Even if he is from Oxford).

 

**** you ***** dickheads like you ahve been hyping him to be the next comming of srl. i have always said he is over ratted and for those who say khan is glass jawed i wonder what that makes ortiz. khan would murder ortiz

 

I am not going to call him a quiter, I like the kid and he did the right thing by not continuing he could have been seriously hurt, nobody wants that.

I will say this it was more of a "quit" than Cotto's "quit".

What concerns me the most was his post fight interview. Besides that is was one hell of a fight.

 

He defo gave up, His will was broken.
Hit maidana with everything he had & coudn't put him away.
(Defo let him get away)

Bad game plan.
Could have easily took the boxing route against him, IMO.
But the Mexican in him decided to give the crowd something exciting to watch.
Dude is 22 years old, suffered a huge gash in his biggest fight thus far.

He defo quit.
Maidana just wanted it more. Won't happen in a rematch.

 

I never ever supported anyone calling any fighter a quitter, not even Golota. Still in this case you have to admit he gave up as he openly admitted that after the fight, I'm not saying this to insult him or bash on him just the truth.

 

I gotta give you credit you called it and I disagreed. I did not think that Victor was going to fight such a stupid fight and Maidana can punch like a ton of bricks at the end of the 5th the fight was already over. He almost took hs head off with that right.

 

his body language says he had enough...yes he quit

 

gone are the traditional divisions...the HW division and p4p are what matters now in boxing

boxers would be criticize if he stays as champion in one division for 5 years.

 

^^Can't deny that. He knew he was hurt & decided to take the "L" AkA the = to boxing blasphemy.

Ortiz couldn't handle the pressure of the night, De La Hoya might have rushed him too soon w/ the spotlight fight. That said Maidana is defo an average slugger who will get picked apart by the top guys.

Ortiz rematch should be the next move.
(If Ortiz has the heart for it)