Ortiz's injury update.

Best of luck to Vic ! The guy is a proper character and I enjoy his fights.

 

Arellano said Ortiz, a former welterweight titleholder, suffered the initial fracture during the fifth round of the bout but continued fighting until Lopez inflicted a second fracture with a clean left hook in the ninth round, after which Ortiz retired on his stool to give Lopez the major upset.

Arellano said that Ortiz's surgeon inserted a titanium plate in his jaw along with three screws during the two-hour operation. Ortiz's mouth was also wired closed and will remain that way for about two weeks during what is expected to be a six-week healing process.

Ortiz, however, is already thinking about his next fight, Arellano said.

During a visit with Ortiz on Monday morning, Arellano said Ortiz wrote down on a piece of paper "exercise the rematch clause" because he wants to face Lopez (30-4, 18 KOs) again, as is his contractual right, even though Ortiz likely won't fight for the rest of this year.

Ortiz (29-4-2, 22 KOs), who was fighting for the first time since losing his world title in a fourth-round knockout loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September, was ahead of Lopez on all three scorecards at the time of the stoppage.

"Victor broke the jaw in the fifth round. He felt a weird sensation because he couldn't close his mouth all the way," Arellano said. "So he was holding his glove underneath his jaw to keep it closed because it was hanging open. Victor fought four or five rounds with a broken jaw and every time he would throw punches, he would take his glove away from his jaw and it would just drop. He said every time he got hit on it, it felt like someone was slicing open his body it hurt so much. He didn't know what was going on."

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Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesVictor Ortiz suffered two fractures in the right side of his jaw during his loss to Josesito Lopez on Saturday night.

Arellano said Ortiz eventually began to gag on "thick blood in his mouth. The doctors said it was extremely dangerous because he had internal bleeding, which they said they could tell by the thickness of the blood. This was a lot more serious than anyone anticipated at first when we just thought he had a broken jaw."

After it was determined that Ortiz would need surgery, Arellano said he was transferred from the original hospital that examined him after the fight to the more advanced Cedars-Sinai.

Ortiz is expected to be released in the next couple of days, Arellano said.

Arellano said he would like to see Ortiz, 25, of Ventura, Calif., have the opportunity to avenge the loss to Lopez, a 27-year-old junior welterweight from Riverside, Calif.

"Of course, we want the rematch, just like Victor wrote down for me, but I just want to make sure this young man is OK," Arellano said. "It was an exciting fight and we were winning but it was just one of those things that happen in boxing. It's always unpredictable.

"Victor was down because the injury happened, but this is part of the sport. We know that we live by the sword and die by the sword, and we can't stand here and cry about it. You lick your wounds and move forward."

 

Troubling isn`t it ? Show you the level of intelligence on here with some people ...

 

The ESB warriors would be hospitalized with a sprained wrist and thats the truth.


No one one this site would fight for more than 5 seconds with a broken jaw.

 

Actually, my method is best:

Listen to everything Bob Arum has to say.



-then believe the exact opposite.

 

I believe this excuse that he first injured his jaw in the fifth round and then in the ninth, it got a lot worse. I've argued a few times that there are different levels of severity when a jaw gets broken. A hairline fracture is called a broken jaw and yet a fighter would be able to fight on with it. The problem, however, is if they get hit in the same place and that hairline fracture suddenly becomes a major break, which has got to end the fight.

I don't blame Ortiz for quitting. Not even 1% of me feels he should have carried on. This is a sport and it'd be ****ing stupid to risk his entire career because of a fight against someone like Lopez. It's just not worth it. Ortiz can now come back, win a rematch and have a long career. If he fought on, maybe we'd be saying "he has heart" but we could be following that opinion up with "and it's a shame we'll never see him fight again".

Ortiz did the right thing.

 

Good point. So, he probably deserves props for hanging in there for the few rounds that he did.

I still despise the guy, but man who doesn't want to see the rematch? Especially if Lopez can rack up one more big win in the meantime.

 

******s and kiddo's..

 

I believe it got really ****ed up in the 7th. The left hand uppercut from Lopez landed direct to the chin and he and after that round, he and his his trainer whispering to one another, saying he has to continue indicates something was wrong with Vic. He also then became very defensive, boxing, jabbing and moving which he had success in untill the left hook in the 9th finished what was left of his jaw. Also explains why his mouth was hanging open prior to that left hook.

 

All stemed from his over confidence after 4 decent rounds wit Floyd.
guess,he didnt watch Cotto expose Floyd

 

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lol I'm sure he would love to hear more of your boxing wisdom. I mean it's not like he showed any heart against Berto..

 

Best of luck to Ortiz. The kid has had some tough times both in life in general and inside the sport. Wish him the best and I hope to see him fight gain.

On the flip side. He's choice of boxing last weekend was all wrong right from the beginning. I could not disagree more why they chose that path when it was a perfect opportunity to explore a more defensive/cautious style against Lopez. The win was his even before the fight started. They should've planned better and worked around his inactivity and future plans.

 

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