Mayweather vs Ortiz result...vid

Hmmm... I don't know. I saw an intentional head butt first. The first rule of boxing is protect yourself at all times and if you intentionally foul someone you should expect to be fouled in return. If someone punches you below the belt the proper response is to punch them back below the belt. That is the mentality of all the great boxers from the past.

Don't misunderstand me. I believe in being a good sportsman and I never intentionally fouled anyone in competition. I know someone will say 'two wrongs don't make a right' but Victor should have known better than to headbutt Floyd and after he did he should have known never to let his guard down or take his eyes of Floyd.

not sure i would call mayweather vs ortiz controversial(watched this morning). ortiz threw out 3 head butts intentionally, the last being the most obvious. he failed in the 4 ways:

1)he was in the ring with FLOYD MAYWEATHTER JR., enough said.
2)he threw 3 cheap shot headbutts
3)he kissed mayweather on the cheek after wards
4)he dropped his guard after the ref moved away

game over

the best part of the whole thing was the merchant interview afterwards
"if i was 50 years younger i would kick your ass"

golden

chicken shit move on mayweathers part. i know your supposed to keep your hands up at all times. but, mayweather has no respect for his fighter, or for boxing. sad. he knew what the situation was,and he still did what he did. damn shame.

The referee calls a timeout, you STOP fighting. That's how it works. No, it's not part of the in-ring instructions. That's why they have pre-fight instructions in the dressing room. You've probably heard them refer to those 10,000 times as well. They don't go over every rule in the ring. In the ring they typically say, "Obey my instructions."

You should really take a look at the fight. Ortiz headbutts Mayweather. The referee calls a break, takes Ortiz by the hand and walks him around the ring, telling each judge to deduct a point. He then walks him to the center of the ring and lets go of his hand. Referee Cortez then looks towards someone (presumedly the timekeeper) and is trying to communicate something to him/her while Ortiz hugs and continues apologizing to Mayweather. Everything is real friendly at this point until Ortiz turns his head and looks at someone outside the ring. Mayweather then punches Ortiz, twice. Cortez is still looking away. He never even saw the punches being thrown.

Now, when a timeout is ended, the referee stands between both fighters, separates them by a few feet, signals and says "Box" in a loud voice. This tells both fighters it's time to fight again. This didn't happen here.

I agree with you, Floyd should have been DQ'd. Cortez screwed up, didn't have full control of the fight for a few seconds, and the bout ended. He screwed up and had to react quickly. Didn't have time to think about what had just happed and made a mistake. Simple as that

I would absolutely agree with you there. If Ortiz had protected himself this would not have happened. However, that's like blaiming the victim for being on the receiving end of a crime. EG, If YOU had not gone into that hotel room with Mike Tyson at 2am, then YOU would not have been raped. Why would YOU go into that room otherwise? It's unreasonable for YOU not to expect to get YOURSELF raped under those circumstances.

I see the point you're trying to make, however it's still a weak argument. I will say this, the more I watch the fight the less of a problem I have with Floyd Mayweather. This was all Joe Cortez. He just doesn't look sharp or even interested the whole fight. He actually screwed up his little, "I'm firm, but I'm fair" catchphrase. Plus, he actually left out the standard, "Protect yourself at all times" instruction. (I'm not saying it wouldn't still be in effect, but that's a MAJOR ommission. Like a cop forgetting to mirandize you.

He never saw the puches that put Ortiz down, nor did he start the count. Guy on the outside began couting, Cortez stared at him and picked up the count. You gotta wonder, if the fight had been re-started why wasn't Cortez watching said fight?

The ref called a time out. shortly after and before the KO he made a weak signal to get back to fighting. He brought his hands together as he always does to signal continuing the action. It was definitely some weak officiating.

Both guys threw cheap shots Mayweather was on his way to destroying Ortiz as it was. Really it was the best thing that could have happened to Ortiz. If the fight had gone on he would have been smoked, but instead he gets this "controversial" ending that allows everyone to stay behind him with all of the what ifs. He may even get a rematch in the future and make another 2+ mil.