As promoter of both Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather, you would be forgiven for thinking that Golden Boy owner Oscar De La Hoya might tend to stay neutral when it comes to his thoughts on how the September 17th fight might go.
Not so in this case however, with Oscar firmly backing recently crowned WBC welterweight champion ‘Vicious’ Victor Ortiz to stop his own former opponent Floyd Mayweather.
All week in fact De La Hoya has been talking up Ortiz’s chances, and even claims that he will help him train and give him pointers on how to beat Mayweather:
“Victor Ortiz is strong he’s quick and full of energy and I’ll be right there I’n his ear giving him pointers I’n camp.”
“Mayweather has been inactive for over a year now and he’s fighting a young strong fast lion I’n victor. It’s not going to be victors strength or power it’s going to be his head and will that will beat mayweather”
De La Hoya and Mayweather fought in 2007, with Floyd winning a razor thin split decision. The bout also set a pay per view record that stands to this day of 2.4 million.
