Mayweather V. Ortiz
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Arum: Ortiz Wanted a Way Out, So He Fouled Floyd
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK — Count Bob Arum among those that think Floyd Mayweather Jr. shouldn’t have hit Victor Ortiz when Ortiz’s hands were down Saturday night.
“That was a cheap [bleeping] shot,” Arum said of the left-right Mayweather combination that ended their WBC welterweight title fight in the fourth round. “And the referee [Joe Cortez], who didn’t know what he was doing … what do you mean, he told the timekeeper, ‘Time in?’ Shouldn’t he have told the fighters, ‘Time in.’ It was horrible for boxing, horrible.”
Arum, Mayweather’s former promoter and longtime antagonist, also suspects Ortiz’s intentional head-butt earlier in the fourth round was the former champion’s way of indicating he didn’t want to continue in a fight he was clearly losing.
“Why do you think he butted him?,” Arum said before a press conference to promote the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito rematch Dec. 3 at Madison Square Garden. “He just wanted to get out of there, in my opinion. That was such a flagrant foul that it was like a guy looking to get disqualified. And after what happened to him, you would expect him to arise in protest. But he’s grinning like ‘The Cheshire Cat,’ because he’s finally out of there.
“For whatever you want to say about Mayweather, about it being a cheap shot, and the referee for screwing it up, there are no medals on Ortiz. Ortiz demonstrated a lot of what he demonstrated in the Maidana fight.”
Arum referred to Ortiz quitting in the sixth round of his junior welterweight title fight against Argentina’s Marcos Maidana in June 2009 in Los Angeles. Unlike the Ortiz-Maidana fight, Arum added that the controversial conclusion to Mayweather’s win against Ortiz actually impacted him and his promotional company, Top Rank Inc.
“I was having a meeting [Tuesday], and I’m not going to name the company, but with a major, major sponsor that was ready to put a million dollars into boxing,” Arum said. “They were flying in a marketing director and so forth. This guy, unfortunately, was at the fight on Saturday, because he had been invited by a friend of mine in Las Vegas. They don’t want to touch boxing after what they saw on Saturday. Now, you may say ‘Protect yourself at all times,’ but they don’t want to know from boxing after what happened. And I don’t blame them.”
If Arum knows Ortiz was looking for a way out.
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK — Count Bob Arum among those that think Floyd Mayweather Jr. shouldn’t have hit Victor Ortiz when Ortiz’s hands were down Saturday night.
“That was a cheap [bleeping] shot,” Arum said of the left-right Mayweather combination that ended their WBC welterweight title fight in the fourth round. “And the referee [Joe Cortez], who didn’t know what he was doing … what do you mean, he told the timekeeper, ‘Time in?’ Shouldn’t he have told the fighters, ‘Time in.’ It was horrible for boxing, horrible.”
Arum, Mayweather’s former promoter and longtime antagonist, also suspects Ortiz’s intentional head-butt earlier in the fourth round was the former champion’s way of indicating he didn’t want to continue in a fight he was clearly losing.
“Why do you think he butted him?,” Arum said before a press conference to promote the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito rematch Dec. 3 at Madison Square Garden. “He just wanted to get out of there, in my opinion. That was such a flagrant foul that it was like a guy looking to get disqualified. And after what happened to him, you would expect him to arise in protest. But he’s grinning like ‘The Cheshire Cat,’ because he’s finally out of there.
“For whatever you want to say about Mayweather, about it being a cheap shot, and the referee for screwing it up, there are no medals on Ortiz. Ortiz demonstrated a lot of what he demonstrated in the Maidana fight.”
Arum referred to Ortiz quitting in the sixth round of his junior welterweight title fight against Argentina’s Marcos Maidana in June 2009 in Los Angeles. Unlike the Ortiz-Maidana fight, Arum added that the controversial conclusion to Mayweather’s win against Ortiz actually impacted him and his promotional company, Top Rank Inc.
“I was having a meeting [Tuesday], and I’m not going to name the company, but with a major, major sponsor that was ready to put a million dollars into boxing,” Arum said. “They were flying in a marketing director and so forth. This guy, unfortunately, was at the fight on Saturday, because he had been invited by a friend of mine in Las Vegas. They don’t want to touch boxing after what they saw on Saturday. Now, you may say ‘Protect yourself at all times,’ but they don’t want to know from boxing after what happened. And I don’t blame them.”
If Arum knows Ortiz was looking for a way out.
Compubox really fucked up on the floyd-ortiz punch numbers. They said in round 4 Ortiz only threw 27 punches. re-watch that round and you'll see Ortiz threw between 47-50 total punches (not including half assed "pawing" jabs). This is why they need to re-watch the tape and have official numbers.
anyways, I liked when floyd let his hands go at the start of the round. He rarely does it but when he does, man....he needs to do it more
anyways, I liked when floyd let his hands go at the start of the round. He rarely does it but when he does, man....he needs to do it more
you don't count the oversea PPV's. When you bring up pac, or floyd or whomever you don't include German PPV numbers or whatever other country has it on PPV because it's not distributed through america. When you talk about HBO ratings you don't bring in UK ratings etc.
Besides, that's all Ricky Hatton anyway. He actually ended up getting paid more money than floyd because he got all that UK PPV money. Same with against Pac.
Besides, that's all Ricky Hatton anyway. He actually ended up getting paid more money than floyd because he got all that UK PPV money. Same with against Pac.
Compubox really fucked up on the floyd-ortiz punch numbers. They said in round 4 Ortiz only threw 27 punches. re-watch that round and you'll see Ortiz threw between 47-50 total punches (not including half assed "pawing" jabs). This is why they need to re-watch the tape and have official numbers.
anyways, I liked when floyd let his hands go at the start of the round. He rarely does it but when he does, man....he needs to do it more
anyways, I liked when floyd let his hands go at the start of the round. He rarely does it but when he does, man....he needs to do it more
damn, they just removed it from youtube. There was this really cool video of the fourth round and they did slow mo any time any punches were thrown. Watching that, Ortiz actually did a lot better in that round than I initially thought...he slipped some punches with head movement, and did land clean a number of times.
sucks it's been removed. I'm sure it will be back on eventually.
sucks it's been removed. I'm sure it will be back on eventually.
*puts tin foil hat on.
Anyone else find it kind of suspect that Floyd's broad placed a bet the day of the fight on a KO victory for her man in you guessed it......Round 4?
http://www.nesn.com/2011/09/floyd-mayweathers-fiancee-shantel-jackson-won-2000-by-placing-fourth-round-knockout-bet.html
Anyone else find it kind of suspect that Floyd's broad placed a bet the day of the fight on a KO victory for her man in you guessed it......Round 4?
http://www.nesn.com/2011/09/floyd-mayweathers-fiancee-shantel-jackson-won-2000-by-placing-fourth-round-knockout-bet.html
