Tuesday, September 6, 2011

good talk

Oh you Rock and Rollers. On Sept. 17 Victor Ortiz fights Floyd Mayweather at Welterweight, 147 lbs., at the MGM in Las Vegas in what's supposed to be the 4th highest grossing pay per view ever. Victor Ortiz is 24 and a half while Floyd is 34 and a half, Victor is an 8-1 underdog but greatly undervalued which is why I bet pretty good on Vic winning, a minimal risk which would pay a whole lot. Abandoned by first his mother at 8 and then his father at 12 Victor and his siblings basically raised thblemselves. Victor has a year and a half at Ventura College and uses very good grammar, he doesn't get into trouble and has recently become a spokesman for Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Victor put his brother through college and does real goody things. In Victor's first fight at 147 as a 4-1 underdog he took the undefeated and highly regarded Andre Berto's WBC Welterweight Title winning an undisputed decision. Victor looks entirely different at 147 compared to 140, looks much bigger and stronger and much more so than Floyd. Emanuel Steward said that Mayweather has never dealt with such a dynamic of a much younger quick and relentless pursuer and finisher who hits hard with both hands. The boyish smile belies a fighter who will eagerly bludgeon a man to the canvas. Floyd is considered by many to be the finest pure boxer of all time using his rolling shoulder defense to block punches and will make an opponent miss with a faint (feint) movement will simply standing there. Floyd must have lost something by this time Victor 5 weeks before the fight did a triathalon at Camp Pendleton swimming 500 yards running a 5 K and cycling 30 K's supposedly finishing 9th out of a thou. In boxing particularly in the major fights the judges have been bought off and if Mayweather is able go stand after 12 he will no doubt be awarded the decision even if Ortiz obviously did better. There's huge money in Mayweather advancing and not so much should it be Ortiz, other than that I'd rate it an even fight that is with fair judging. As it is I don't think Mayweather will be able to entirely escape Ortiz' heavy blows and I see Ortiz stopping Mayweather in the 11th.

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