Your Thoughts/Opinions/Observations And The Like On Mayweather-Ortiz?

Just watched Ortiz's part of the post-fight presser(I'll post it when I get the chance), just reaffirms my(and many others) belief that he's just a fragile fighter mentally.

I can't believe that it took until the last minute or so for somebody to ask him why he was so jovial despite just being controversially knocked out in the biggest moment, on the biggest stage of his career. His answer of crying it all out in the shower I don't buy, he was acting too casually, his "just happy to be here" attitude was so obviously apparent. I didn't even bother counting the amount of times he said "well, stuff happens, y'know", it was just bizarre all round.

I really like the guy, both in the ring and from what I've seen of him as a person. But this sport really doesn't seem his things, it's all well and good being a light-hearted guy, been the way he was acting, it's just not right. It's a risky demeanour to have in boxing, the kind of care-free persona he exudes, it's not always going to work in your favour.

Even when he was calling for a rematch, he was hardly vehemently demanding one, almost saying it merely because his manager had already done so prior to him speaking. He even looked baffled when asked a reason for a rematch other than as a means of financial gain for Floyd, he couldn't even think of saying due to the fact it was an "injustice", all he could think of was saying that he had nothing growing up and that he barely got paid here.

He says he'll be a champion again within 6 months, but I doubt he even wants that to be the case, much less believes it will happen. His heart, nor head seems to be in the game at all, he even admitted that he was happy "for this opportunity", not realising that he was champion, a champion should not be grateful for an opportunity, he gives opponents the opportunity to challenge, which was the case here.

Coming out with stuff like Berto was faster and stronger than Mayweather, and agreeing with one utter mong who said that he thought Victor was winning the fight and that Floyd's "***** move" saved him, it was just strange all round. He clearly doesn't have it up top to go with his obvious abilities, I hope he has it up top to question whether he wants to continue with this or not though. I like him, I really do, and I'd hate to see him get badly damaged in the long run simply because he's fragile mentally.

I'm on my iPod now(reason for possible grammar errors, my apologies), but I will post both parts(Ortiz's and Mayweather's) whenever I get the chance.

 

Thing is, from what I've seen IB Ortiz want exactly lamenting Cortez was he? Maybe I've missed something but he strikes means the only person from his entire team that hasn't lost it at what transpired. Post-fight interview with Merchant, his team is hootin' and hollerin' during the replay and he says "nah, it's ok though". Post fight presser, "misunderstanding". He said he felt the result was unfair, of course he would, what do you expect him to do?

I couldn't give a shot whether or not he's lied about his "past", I couldn't care less about his past anyways, and never really bothered listening to him about it, considering the sheer amount he's constantly droned on about it. Watching interviews and the likes with him, just strikes me as somewhat naive, and an alright guy outside of the ring. He has a "story" that assists his promoters, that has no real bearing on my opinion of him. I don't believe him to be that good an actor that this entire attitude, or persona he has is completely fake.

 

I feel as though I should clarify what I said in relation to Mayweather's timing and reflexes as it seems to have been interpreted incorrectly by some people, which makes sense seeing as, looking back, I didn't exactly make my point crystal clear for all to see.

I am not suggesting that either his timing or reflexes are ''shot'' or have slipped drastically or anything of the sort, I'm merely saying that, Floyd Mayweather has set a standard throughout his career, and, in my opinion, against Ortiz neither his reflexes nor his timing were at that extremely high standard.

He got hit by shots, actually ducked into punches before they were thrown, the kind that wouldn't have really had a hope of landing on the man previously. Rather than attempting to evade a punch when he could see what it was that was coming towards him, he was slipping and rolling trying to predict what was going to be launched at him, which he hasn't had the tendancy to do in the past.

His timing, I don't think I have to really delve into. As I said, despite his high connect %, it was the margins he failed to land his lead right and left hook by that were striking, not the regularity in which he was able to connect. Plenty of times over the short duration the fight lasted he was falling short and veering to the side with his punches by pretty sizeable distances.

I'd like to reiterate that this is simply in comparison to the standard he has set. I still believe it to be an excellent display, I still believe him to be a great fighter, they were just things that, in my opinion, weren't up to the gargantuan level he has set over the years is all.