This is the first fight for Vicious Victor aka "Literally A Tree, Bro" since his loss to Robert Guerrero last August, and just his second in over four years since his draw with Devon Alexander. At a glance, a soft-touch stay-busy tuneup seems perfectly appropriate. And yet in Manuel, his opponent on the Benavidez vs. Lemieux undercard on Saturday, the PBC matchmakers truly seem to be taking the proverbial pis$. Homeboy has as many non-wins as wins, and one fewer victory by stoppage than defeats by stoppage. Sum record of 20-19-1 (6), kayoed seven times. Woof.
If he can't get this done, he will be heading for baby sprig fig leaf status - as this will be a failure where a good many (Brian Carlos Castaño, Justin DeLoach, Alantex Fox, Artur Akavov, Cameron Krael, Serhii Bohachuk, and Elijah Lorenzo García) have succeeded, all of them in considerably less time than the ten round scheduled here.
Ortiz "should" be able to win this. This is the type of fight he should of taken before the Guerrero fight to dust off some of the cobwebs.
