Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz

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Tale of the Tape

Floyd Mayweather
birth date 1977-02-24
division welterweight
stance orthodox
height 5′ 8″ / 173cm
reach 72″ / 183cm
alias Money/Pretty Boy
country United States
residence Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
birth place Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
birth name Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr.
won 41 (KO 25) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 0 = 41


Victor Ortiz
birth date 1987-01-31 / age 24
division welterweight
stance southpaw
height 5′ 9″ / 175cm
reach 70″ / 178cm
alias Vicious
country United States
residence Oxnard, California, United States
birth place Garden City, Kansas, United States
won 29 (KO 22) + lost 2 (KO 1) + drawn 2 = 33
rounds boxed 145 KO% 66.67

Fight Night
Event Venue
Las Vegas, NV Saturday 9/17/2011
MGM Grand Arena

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Mayweather hopes for Pacquiao but set for Ortiz

NEW YORK — Unbeaten US fighter Floyd Mayweather will end a 16-month layoff against southpaw Victor Ortiz in September but still hopes to give fans a long-sought showdown with Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather, 41-0 with 25 knockouts, will face World Boxing Council welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, 29-2-2 with 22 knockouts, on September 17 at Las Vegas with an eye toward another southpaw, Pacquiao, after that.
"After this fight, if I'm able to negotiate a Pacquiao fight, it could happen," Mayweather said. "(Ortiz) is a southpaw. That could lead to the Pacquiao fight. If it does or it doesn't, I'm not going to stop fighting."
Most of the fights on Mayweather's agenda are legal ones. He faces three court cases, including charges from an incident with an ex-girlfriend that could bring up to 34 years in prison, plus a defamation lawsuit from Pacquiao.
Asked how that federal lawsuit could affect negotiations for a Pacquiao fight, Mayweather said, "I'm not sure at all."
"You go through ups and downs in life. If that's how he feels, things happen. If he wants to go to court for defamation of character, that's up to him."
Pacquiao argues that his reputation was damaged when Mayweather accused him of being a dope cheat in his push to have "Pac-Man" take blood tests close to the date of a fight, something the Filipino star has steadfastly refused but something that is also not required by any US boxing oversight group.
"Hopefully Manny Pacquiao steps up to the plate and takes the test so we can fight," Mayweather said. "I'm waiting for the fight to happen. I'm taking one step at a time."
Ortiz and Mayweather will be undergo extra blood and urine tests beyond usual levels before their fight. Mayweather had similar rules in place before his most recent fight, a victory over Shane Mosley in May of last year.
"I've been missing the sport," Mayweather said. "I'm happy to be back performing for the fans."
Mayweather said he is trying to shrug off the court cases to focus on fighting Ortiz and that because he is a fighter, he might be seen as guilty in incidents involving physical contact before all the facts are given to a jury.
"They are already saying I'm guilty with no photos or pictures of anything," Mayweather said. "I need to see some pictures and see some proof of what I have done. All of this is just hearsay.
"All I need to do is go out there and stay focused and focus on what is in that squared circle."
Mayweather, who said he has played basketball but not worked out in the ring recently, put himself in the champion's shoes with his unbeaten record although it will be only Ortiz who owns a title when they climb into the ring.
"He's trying to dethrone me," Mayweather said. "My job is to go out there and fight like I always do."

Source: AFP: Mayweather hopes for Pacquiao but set for Ortiz

[doi]

Mayweather is going to have a somewhat tough "tune-up" fight against the WBC Champ Vitor Ortiz.

hopefully after this fight and Pac-Marq III, Pacquiao vs Mayweather will go forth...

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Mayweather is going to have a somewhat tough "tune-up" fight against the WBC Champ Vitor Ortiz.

hopefully after this fight and Pac-Marq III, Pacquiao vs Mayweather will go forth...

Im picking on Mayweather for this one and hopefully mega 100 million dollar showdown with Manny Pacquiao

[PaYaSo]

the only chance Ortiz can win this fight is to try to put Floyd on the ropes or in the corner so that Floyd will not have a chance to spot and run. Otherwise Floyd will school Ortiz in this fight.

Floyd is an intellegent fighter, Ortiz needs to do is fight intellengently as well he needs to do is put him in the ropes then land some combos then clench. boring gyud nga fight but for sure Ortiz will win this one if mgminaro pud.

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just want to share article ive read this morning

PACQUIAO HAS GLOBAL APPEAL, MAYWEATHER IS NOT EVEN CLOSE
By Don Donatello



Demographics: USA
Whites – 223,553,265 72.4%
Blacks – 38,929, 319 12.6%
Asians – 14,674,252 4.8% – (Filipinos Alone – 4,000,000 1.5%)
Other – 10.2%
Total USA Population: 308,745,538
Let’s get something straight. Manny Pacquiao has GLOBAL reach and appeal, Floyd Mayweather mainly appeals to some of the Black demographic in America, In Manny’s country, he is at almost 100% of nearly 102 million people in support. Even if all the Blacks supported Floyd, which they don’t, it would only be 12% of the total population of the USA at 38.9 million.

In the USA, where both of them hold their fights, there are about 38,929,319 Blacks, and about 4,000,000 Filipinos. Yet, Manny is in a dead heat in PPV numbers with Floyd Mayweather jr. Manny is the only fighter in the history of boxing to go over 1 million PPV sold for four straight years, Mike Tyson is the closest rival at 3 years in a row.

If Pacquiao was born and raised in the USA, Mayweather would be eating his dust at every turn. Mayweather would not be on the same level as Pacquiao, he would be #10 in Pacquiao’s harem, at second tier.

Big business are run by very smart people. Corporations want the best, most influential, and most popular personality that has the most reach and connection to the public to endorse their product, like Michael Jordan and Lebron James for example. Manny has the top Corporations as his client to endorse their products. Nike, HP, KFC, McDonalds are just a few that use Manny to endorse them.

Pacquiao is a very smart man. He does not have an education in the traditional sense, but he is a highly intelligent person. No one pulls himself from extreme poverty and rises to the very top tier of their country without intelligence. Manny chose his own path, he made his own way, he left home as a boy and conquered the world. His name is golden in big business.

I can’t say the same about Floyd Mayweather. His path was chosen for him. Someone held his hand and led him to boxing. Instead of having insight and knowing that a good image brings in endorsement money, he complains that Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao has endorsement deals and he doesn’t.

Gee, Floyd, you’re not even smart enough to figure out why the endorsers are staying away from you.

Source: PACQUIAO HAS GLOBAL APPEAL, MAYWEATHER IS NOT EVEN CLOSE « Now Boxing

[Gone_rouge]

Demandign kaayo ang side ni Gayweather in terms sa bahinay sa boxing promotion..... if dili matuman dayon ug pmasangil nga steriods si packman...

hibaw-an na aitik nya.... IHMO

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basin lain gusto ni MAYWEATHER mga bai, basin gusto cya ug bug-no ni pacman..

[istiban tini-il]

sure sad ko c mayweather ang mka daog kai para 100M ayaw nila ni pacquiao

[kelv]

bacn pag human na pd aning awaya ky moannounce na pd c mayweather ug retirement.