Anybody ever consider the possibility that Ortiz is a Tune up for Sergio Martinez?

Higher risk lower reward? Then Floyd would of taken on Pacman in the first place. Pacman dominates big men Sergio obliterates them. Floyd and Manny should of fought each other and call it a day now their is a new guy just as great as them they have to answer to. Did Duran ever complain or tell Hagler your too big for me go fight Michael Spinks like *******s are begging Sergio to go fight Bute. And Floyd has what it takes to beat both, but he stopped taking risks years ago. Hopefully a prime Ortiz puts on a good show $65 for a mismatch like Pacman-Margarito gtfo.

 

As much as i would like to see that fight , it will never happen . I highly doubt Floyd would choose to fight Martinez at this point in his career .

 

*******s will ignore this video and act like they dont see it because it doesnt fit their agenda for Floyd ducking a young Mosley!!!!

Mosley wanted no parts of Floyd and wanted to go to the Dentist!!!!

 

I can see it happening. Mayweather would rather lose even to any bum than to the fighter he calls midget!

 

Your idol floyd has no balls to face a smaller Pac. Does your brain tell you that he has balls to face a bigger even more dangerous Martinez and win very easy ?

 

A younger mosley would have ko Floyd like he almost did in the second round.

 

Martinez is getting a lot of attention lately so he might get it. Floyd whoops his ass and the excuse is Martinez grows old over night.

 

Ortiz is just a tune-up to a tune-up.

 

Pac = easy fight
Ortiz = tune-up

Roger: It's CRAZY to fight an easy fight after a tune-up. :rofl

 

The personal cold war may be taking a toll on boxing.

If the rival promoters were working together, some seemingly natural, high-profile fights might include Top Rank's Pacquiao vs. Golden Boy's Marquez, or Golden Boy's Mosley against Top Rank's unbeaten Miguel Cotto.

"This is boxing -- every man for himself, in and out of the ring -- but there's too much emotion in this [dispute]," veteran HBO boxing commentator Larry Merchant said. "They had this emotional connection. There's elements of a marriage and a father-son relationship here.

"But now there's this bitterness from Arum that Oscar is trying to mine the same talent. It's a fight to the death apparently, but you would hope [for] an agreement to make fights the public wants to see."

King, Arum's longtime rival promoter, compared the Arum-De La Hoya friction to the tale of Frankenstein.

"The great genius made a great man, but when the lightning starts striking and Frankenstein comes to life and gets up on his own, he wants to kill the doctor," King said.

In King's view, a multimillion-dollar dual promotion is usually worth forgiving a rival's bitter words or sins. But, he shrugged, "if Oscar ... really doesn't like Arum, then maybe some money ain't worth having. Maybe he will stay true to his word."

Amid all the litigation and posturing swirling around their legal and business conflicts, one thing underscores how personal the battle remains: De La Hoya's Olympic gold medal. Arum still has it. The fighter wants it back.

"How can he keep that medal?" says Golden Boy executive Schaefer. Despite the bitter feud, Arum "keeps that medal ... and looks at it every day. To me, that says it all. He didn't earn that gold medal, but he's keeping it."

And De La Hoya is taking a bitter satisfaction in the fact that Arum has no stake in his fight with Mayweather next weekend.

"Bob Arum has been promoting all these fights for 40 years, and now he can't promote the biggest fight in boxing history. That must eat him alive," De La Hoya said.

Although his office is in Las Vegas, Arum said he'll probably be vacationing in the Bahamas when the bell rings to start the bout.

The live gate money is expected to exceed $19 million, and the pay-per-view and other dollars generated are expected to make the bout the richest non-heavyweight fight in history -- and move De La Hoya past Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield as the top-grossing pay-per-view boxer in history.

"Notice the descriptions of these two fighters as stars," Arum said. "Who made these guys stars? I claim credit for that, and that's something to be proud of."

He added a few parting jabs:

"I have no intention of going to it, or watching it. It'll be a boring fight. It'll be a technical fight. Floyd is a lot smarter, he'll out-speed Oscar.

"I don't think it'll be exciting. If I'm wrong, I'll wait a week and watch it on HBO."

And the gold medal? Arum said he will return it -- the day De La Hoya retires from boxing.

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