Take your choice, fight fans.
I offer you the ?canned? quotes from a Golden Boy press release, all cleaned up and officially authorized by the Ministry of Impropaganda, concerning Victor Ortiz.
Then I offer you my imaginary and hopefully entertaining ?what Victor is really thinking? thought balloons.
You tell me which remarks are more reality based. Notice none of mine are SCREAMING AT YOU IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
The Oskie approved quotes go first:
“I didn’t fight the right fight and I didn’t execute the correct game plan to beat Maidana,” Ortiz said from his home in Oxnard. “I will learn from the mistakes I made on Saturday and not make the simple mistakes again, like trying to slug when I should box. I promise that next time, I will be more focused.”
“I made some comments after the fight that were an emotional response to the loss,” Ortiz continued. “I take full responsibility for my mistakes and actions, but I didn’t mean what I said. I am young, have things to learn and I guarantee you, I will be a world champion, MARK MY WORDS…Just watch me!”
Oscar de la Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions (Ortiz’ promoter) commented, “Victor is a 22-year-old kid and has a brilliant future ahead of him in boxing, but on Saturday night, he fought the wrong fight and he knows that. You have to fight a puncher like Maidana with your head, not your heart and guts. He got caught a couple of times trying to go for the knockout even though he was clearly winning the fight. I’m 100% confident that he will go back to the drawing board with his team and come back stronger and a better fighter as a result of this experience.”
Now for the juicier ones.
Hot quotes from Formerly Vicious Victor Ortiz:
1. How come this referee is letting this guy hit me in the front of and the back of my head? It?s very rude for my opponent to throw punches, especially in bunches.
2. HBO wants drama, I?ll give them some drama by packing it in. Give the Kellerman kid something to rap about, you know.
3. Doesn?t this jerk from Argentina know I am the GCO (Golden Chosen One)?
4. I?ve gone through Eduardo, Robert and now Danny Garcia. I?m hiring that actor Andy Garcia as my new trainer. Maybe we can make movies together. That?s safer.
5. I?m not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
6. That?s three opponents who floored me. They?re copycats. I thought de fense was de thing you put around de house.
7. This bout was supposed to be over after two rounds. I missed that sponsorship meeting with Coca Cola.
8. I thought Richard Schaefer, who?s from the Swiss Family but not Ribonson, got along with Maidana?s German promoters but this guy rolled on me like they rolled on Poland in 1939. I feel like an occupied territory.
9. Didn?t someone make Maidana read my glowing clippings or watch Oscar on ESPN comparing me to Manny Pacquiao?
10. This Maidana I guess he isn?t afraid to tinkle with (Shelly) Finkel.
11. I blame Schaefer for spending so much time with his stamp collection. Meanwhile, Maidana punched me like postage due. When Richard mentined philately, I thought he meant back east, that city where Bernard Hopkins comes from.
12. Well, Oscar quit on his stool against Manny, so there! My bossman is Mr. Bad Example!
13. Bonus round: Did you guys know my favorite jazz tune is ?Son Of Icebag? by the great Lonnie Liston Smith (no relation to Sonny Liston)?
