Ortiz should change his mentality. Forget that it is a boxing match and just go for a street fight mentality. The first minute of the fight, he should low blow him immediately. If he losses, at least he already had punched him in his womanhood.
Floyd would make jokes about filipino people, and then you and the rest of the white boys would :| about it for weeks with endless threads.
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Rewatch Castillo I. Then make it really ugly by fighting close range. Target the body. High output of punches. But since there will be OSDT, I doubt Ortiz will even come close to the stamina he had against Berto. It's a lost cause.
I would attempt to fight "my fight", as in be aggressive, through meaningful shots, and do my best to dictate the pace. I'm a believer in "dance with who brought you", I wouldn't do a lot to change my style. I believe sports in general involve impossing your will on your opponent, I believe going away from your strengths and trying to fight a "different" fight puts the respective fighter at a disadvantage from the jump. I'm not saying you shouldn't account for what someone else may try to do, but at the end of the day, do what YOU do well.
THAT is thinking out of the box. :good Corporate America likes that. Of course, Golden Boy should allow it, since they have a minority share of Manny Pacquiaio, unless that was given up in the out of court settlement.
I'd love that to happen. (I prefer Floyd to Pac) then we could get Pacquaio gatecrashing the after-fight interview Mosley/Hopkins style.
Because Ortiz is facing a complete *** already in Gayweather! It might make Gayweather think twice about fighting another brother in closet!
Work overtime on my legs for explosive power to cut off the ring. Lay traps for Floyd like lay out a jab, wait for his counter lead right, move to my left, and counter with a short right uppercut as he moves in. All in one motion. First couple of times might fail, but havent seen anyone try that on him. Jab to his body while moving to my right to avoid his right hand counter when Im not laying traps. I think making Floyd fight going forward is his achilles heel as long as you make him fight while he is NOT on his backfoot he wont be able to counter as well. When he does move forward its for a very short span of time, but for Victor he needs to time his punches right and if he can also fight off the backfoot to confuse Floyd, make him come forward and think your afraid. You cant outspeed him, but you can still lay traps. If that doesnt work plan B and swarm him, but I dont think Victor is a particular good swarmer as he is boxer puncher.