I cannot believe that anybody who watched that fight can justify the outcome. Not only was it and incredibly bad m9oment for boxing it was insanely dangerous. Mayweather is undoubtedly a huge talent but his career is marred by bad judging and some very suspicious refereeing, the Hatton fight springs to mind. Last night the rules state that if the ref has not said box the fighters cannot throw punches, the result is a point deduction or if severe enough a disqualification. Thats the rules guys. The ref had not said box and Ortiz being the kind of fighter he is, actually turned to the ref after the first punch landed to see what was going on. The fact of the matter remains that the title should be stripped, the match should be a no contest and everyone should stop harping on about that headbutt. Nowhere in the boxing statute books does it say if you are the victim of foul play you get a Joker that allows you to even things up a bit. The ref should never be allowed to oversee a bout again. especially a Mayweather bout. I would say the whole thing smacks of Superfight fever and the fear of losing future bouts with Kahn and perhaps Pac. I never really liked Mayweather purely because as a man he is so repugnant and he went a long way to proving me right last night. A disgrace to the sport and to the best weight class within it.
What a stupid article, Ortiz got what he deserved, he intentionally headbutted mayweather which he should of been Disqualified for then he got what he deserved by getting knocked out. Don't forget the way it ended was all down to Ortiz if he hadn't of been a dickhead and headbutted mayweather then that situation would never have risen so it's his own fault
Ortiz has his own self to blame for what happened last night. 1st he intentionally headbutted Mayweather because he was getting battered at that stage and running out of ideas. 2nd, a boxer always knows to keep their guard up regardless of whether the ref said box.
Ortiz deserved to be punished for another 6 rounds at least, and Mayweather is well capable as shown in the first 4 rounds. What Mayweather did was cheap and tarnished his victory, it was in my eyes wrong wether he was headbutted or not. Cortez was looking away when it happened and a stronger Ref may well have DQ Floyd and rightly so,
It was a cheap shot, well two cheap shots. Doesn't show boxing in a good like. But Ortiz was very naive, what was his problem with wanting to hug and kiss Mayweather during the fight.
For once I'd actually say that Mayweather was the ONLY man in the ring who can hold his head high. Ortiz was outclassed, threw a dirty headbutt, then overdid his apology and forgot to defend himself, but he covered himself well in the post match interview. The real culprit was the ref, after bringing the boxers together to touch gloves, he backed off and didn't see another thing happening until he started his count, there was another apology, a cuddle and a laugh before Mayweather threw a punch and still the ref wasn't watching, the whole thing was his fault. It's perfectly set up for a rematch sometime around christmas, with another giant payday and almost certainly the same result, I can't stand Mayweathers attitude, but IMO he's easily the best pound-for-pound boxer of his generation.
Your spot on there the real villan in all of this is Joe Cortez he is a total joke and has been for a couple of year's now.
It was a cheap shot, two cheap shots. Not good for boxing. Ortiz was mainly at fault, was too interesting in hugging Floyd and forgot he was in a boxing match, very naive. Ortiz proved again how mentally fragile he is.
[video=youtube;KyTme7uM2jU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyTme7uM2jU&feature=player_embedded#![/video] If you look at 0:25 the ref brings his hands together, which i believe means box on. Ortiz was his own worst enemy. The first thing you learn must surely be to guard yourself at all times. Ortiz did not do this and was on the end of Mayweather's well aimed punch.
No one can have any complaints about how it went down, ortiz got knocked out because of his actions, if he hadn't of headbutted floyd that situation would never have happened, he caused it floyd finished it, end of discussion. Thing what makes me laugh though is theres more talk about mayweather doing what he done than what ortiz done, if it was the other way round no one would care less about what ortiz done they'd only care about the headbutt if floyd done it but it's one of them situations where you either love or hate floyd and the haters will always try and find something to slate him about.
That's weird because I know a number of Floyd fans that are disgusted by what Floyd did. And I have showed the clip to non boxing fans and they have felt that it is wrong. Steward must be a hater as well, he was so shocked in what Mayweather did, he did not even comment on it. Sucker puncher someone is not on whether it be in the ring or in life, why defend it?
