It?s been over three weeks since former welterweight champion Victor Ortiz surrendered his belt to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their Las Vegas duel. The controversy surrounding the fight?s ending has been played out at length?s end but the reality remains that it is back to the drawing board for Team Ortiz.
Victor?s trainer Danny Garcia was introduced to many in the boxing world during the lead up to the fight during HBO’s 24/7 series as viewers got an inside look at his history with Ortiz and the inner turmoil taking place within his family. Garcia has only spoken to his charge a few times following the loss, as Ortiz is currently vacationing in Paris, and feels that the fight with Mayweather was playing out better than he anticipated before the fight?s conclusion.
?I expected even worse,? Garcia said of the first four rounds of the bout. ?I always said that we wanted to get past the first four or five rounds because those rounds were the best rounds for Mayweather. After the fifth or the sixth round we were going to start pushing harder and harder.?
