When: Saturday, Sept. 17
Where: MGM Grand, Las Vegas
TV: HBO Pay-Per-View (6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET)
Weight: Welterweight (147 pounds)
Major title(s) at stake: Ortiz?s WBC
Also on the split-site broadcast: In Los Angeles, Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gomez, 12 rounds, junior middleweights (for Alvarez?s WBC title). In Las Vegas, Erik Morales vs. Pablo Cesar Cano, 12 rounds, junior welterweights (for vacant WBC title); Jessie Vargas vs. Josesito Lopez, junior welterweights, 10 rounds.
ORTIZ
The essentials
Age: 24
Height / Reach: 5-9 (175cm) / 70 (178cm)
Stance: Southpaw
Hometown: Oxnard, Calif.
Nickname: Vicious
Turned pro: 2004
Record: 29-2-2 (22 knockouts)
Trainer: Danny Garcia
Fight-by-fight: http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?cat=boxer&human_id=257314
The Ring rating: No. 2 welterweight
Major titles: WBC welterweight (2011-current)
Biggest victories: Carlos Maussa, Nov. 10, 2007, KO 1; Jeff Resto, Dec. 6, 2008, TKO 2; Mike Arnoutis, March 7, 2009. TKO 2; Antonio Diaz, Dec. 12, 2009, TKO 7; Nate Campbell, May 15, 2010, UD 10; Andre Berto, April 16, 2011, UD 12 (won title).
Losses: Cory Alarcon, June 3, 2005, DQ 1 (illegal punch after the break); Marcos Maidana, June 27, 2009, TKO 6.
Draws: Marvin Cordova Jr. Jan. 19, 2007, TD 1 (Ortiz was cut); UD 10; Lamont Peterson, Dec. 11, 2010, MD 12.
MAYWEATHER
The essentials
Age: 34
Height / Reach: 5-8 (173cm) / 72 (183cm)
Stance: Orthodox
Hometown: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Nickname: Money
Turned pro: 1996
Record: 41-0 (25 knockouts)
Trainer: Roger Mayweather
Fight-by-fight: http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?cat=boxer&human_id=352
The Ring rating: None
Titles: WBC junior lightweight (1998-2002); WBC lightweight (2002-04); WBC junior welterweight (2004-05); IBF welterweight (2006-08); WBC junior middleweight (2007).
Biggest victories: Genardo Hernandez, Oct. 3, 1998, TKO 8 (wins junior lightweight title); Diego Corrales, Jan. 20, 2001 (Corrales was unbeaten); Jose Luis Castillo, April 20, 2002, UD 12 (survives close fight); Oscar De La Hoya, May 5, 2007, SD 12 (highest-profile fight); Ricky Hatton, Dec. 8, 2007, TKO 10 (Hatton unbeaten); Juan Manuel Marquez, Sept. 19, UD 12; Shane Mosley, May 1, 2010, UD 12.
