Victor Ortiz, the WBC welterweight champion, is in a defiant mood ahead of his defence against boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jnr on September 17 and believes his fellow American has a record which has been manufactured in recent years. ?He?s good, but he?s not great,? said Ortiz.
Billed as a potential ?Fight of the Year? contender, Mexican-American power puncher Ortiz has no doubts that he will be the first man to stop the flashy, pound-for-pound king, ?Money? Mayweather.
Ortiz dazzled in his last contest, beating previously undefeated welterweight world champion Andre Berto in a thriller to claim his first world title. ?Vicious? Ortiz is certain he will dish out similar treatment in just over two weeks? time by turning many doubters into believers under the Las Vegas lights.
?He can?t adjust to me,? Ortiz said. ?I don?t care what he brings. He?s done. He was done when he signed to fight Victor Ortiz. He?s overdue [a defeat], he?s way overdue. He?s not supposed to be here. He?s definitely not supposed to be a 147-pounder and I?m going to see to it that he knows that,? he added.
