Daniel Zaragoza briefly helps technically analyze Ortiz VS Mayweather

Original video can be found here: http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/tv/programas/golpe-a-golpe

Enjoy.

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Announcer Dude: Here we are in the Golpe a Golpe Ring with Daniel Zaragoza. We're going to elaborate on the bout between Ortiz and Mayweather, but first...the scenario here, Daniel, is that they're completely different styles. Mayweather could be among the best of all times defensively. I remember with a lot of freshness that day, when Oscar De La Hoya could only connect on him on just sixty occasions over 12 rounds, which to me that's a barbarity of a statistic for a fighter that throws so many punches and couldn't connect, or that you can be able to avoid so many with defense. It tells us a lot about Mayweather's boxing. And so here, the question is, Daniel, will Ortiz have an opportunity to land a combination or an isolated punch, and how can it do damage to Mayweather this coming September 17th?

Zaragoza: Well, I think that Victor Ortiz should start out, as he is a lefty (southpaw), with his jab; jab, jab, get him comfortable with that, (throws a right-hook left-straight combo upstairs), and then get him right here (throws a left hook to the body after a feinted jab.)

Announcer Dude: (Laughs) You're going to take the air out of me!

Zaragoza: (Laughs) And so I think right here (lower mid-section) is the spot to get him, because that punch is never one you want, and it can inhibit the speed of Mayweather. So first, get him used to things being upstairs, and then go downstairs to try to kill the body so that the head falls on its own. That's what he has to do.

Announcer Dude: The thing is, he (Floyd) doesn't give a target, Daniel. Because there are times that we can see a bit more of the body of the opponent. But he completely...he almost turns over his back (pulls back defensively), raises his (left) elbow, and if the punch passes that point, he catches it with his right.

Zaragoza: That's right.

Announcer Dude: How do you do damage to that? Although, with the profile a lefty (southpaw), with a small step (forward), you might be able to do a bit more to Mayweather?

Zaragoza: I wouldn't take that risk, because Mayweather is so versatile, he also moves himself, and then-goodbye! He's gone. And so it's super difficult connecting on a fighter as elusive as Mayweather is.

Announcer Dude: This defensive stance that Mayweather utilizes...Ortiz has a little bit of height on Mayweather...

Zaragoza: Yes, a little bit.

Announcer Dude: Will that give him a bit more of a chance to land?

Zaragoza: Mm, no....(leans back defensively like Floyd)...this lean...

Announcer Dude: The thing is that lean...

Zaragoza: This lean is tremendous. And for that reason, I'd go here (points at front-facing body section).

Announcer Dude: Downstairs.

Zaragoza: Downstairs.

Announcer Dude: Now, Juan Manuel Marquez attempted it with long combinations, but...Mayweather would laugh at him. Evidently, due to the difference in weights...

Zaragoza: Exactly.

Announcer Dude: But...the punches didn't get there. Many times they would stop at the back (shoulder), and the rest of it, Mayweather would catch it with this hand (right). What would you do if you were to face Mayweather, Daniel? What would you do? One can't bring a (baseball) bat to fight with.

Zaragoza: It's very, very difficult, and that's why he's undefeated. Why not attack his body in an attempt to lower his guard? And in fact, why not..(punches Announcer Dude's leg)...there? Something must be done!

Announcer Dude: That's coming in; but at any moment that you're going downstairs, Mayweather can come at you (over the top with a counter right.)

Zaragoza: Exactly.

Announcer Dude: And he's fast, he hits hard...he could send you to the canvas, as well.

Zaragoza: Definitely, these are all problems that Mayweather brings, and that's why he's fighting Victor, and that's why they say he's the best pound-for-pound.

Announcer Dude: Because he doesn't even have that much movement around the ring. He's not a Meldrick Taylor, he's not a Pernell Whitaker...he's simply there, with steady legs, slipping punches.

Zaragoza: There's about less than a meter from which he does not allow punches to land, and from which he deposits his own blows. That comes from the fundamental base.

Announcer Dude: One more time Daniel...but don't throw me out of the ring (puts hands up.)

Zaragoza: Like Mayweather (leans back exaggeratedly), or Ortiz?

Announcer Dude: (Laughs) As Ortiz.

Zaragoza: Right here (throws hooks to the body after a jab, finishes with a right hook upstairs.) Go to the body, so that the head falls on its own.

Announcer Dude: Thank you Daniel. We continue in the Golpe A Golpe Ring.

 

Well, I guess that was my last translation then? Nobody seems to care.

 

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Alright fine. My handful of hardcore followers is enough. The translations live to be read another day.



I also think that it's a very simplistic analysis on Zaragozas part, but I think that it's in part because of Ortiz's own limits that had him give such a limited answer. Ortiz has good fundamental skills, great power and speed, but he hasn't put it all together fluidly as much as one might think he could have. For that reason, I think Zaragoza's outlining simply his best shot at doing any damage to Mayweather. Get him used to the upstairs, then surprise him with a crazy body attack. I too think Ortiz has to start fast.