Might not be a bad match-up for Ortiz. Arnaoutis is a solid boxer with some very nice skills, but I think over time Ortiz would wear him down with his power to a stoppage, although Arnaoutis did manage to go the distance with Ricardo Torres.
Interesting step up for Ortiz. I think he could handle it. Arnaoutis was getting tagged pretty well by that crazy midget he fought last year on ESPN.
Interesting. I had no idea this fight was coming off until reading it just now in Dan Rafael's chat. Tough fight for Ortiz. It could go either way.
Grey (Cape Cod, MA): I saw on the schedule that Victor Ortiz is now fighting Mike Arnaoutis. Did Vivian Harris price himself out? Dan Rafael: (12:44 PM ET ) He and his adviser gave Golden Boy more trouble than he was worth and they basically went on the theory that life is too short and I don't blame them. I think Arnaoutis is a better fight actually.
I think this will be a good fight ,tough fight for both but think arnaoutis will take this he did take torres the distance and dropped him in that fight and i think torres defo punches harder than ortiz ,i think this is a step up for ortiz think we will find out alot about him after this.
oh wow, thanks for clearing that up. arnaoutis is a tough guy. this is going to be a real test for ortiz.
Harris is finished man. He was dropped twice in the 1st round of his last fight against a journeyman and would have been counted out if he didn't receive a generous 10 count.
:good thanks. also, is it fair to say arnaoutis is a hit or miss guy? he looked good in the torres fight (thought he deserved the decisions), but i heard he didn't look so good against holt? i never watched the fight.
I think Arnaoutis can pull it off...when he sits on his punches he can really bang and Ortiz's chin is not that good ... he could hurt Ortiz for sure....
Dont think ortiz will stop arnaoutis personally ,but think this fight will tell us alot about ortiz being able to cut it at the very top if he cant handle arnaoutis he aint gonna cut it with the elite