The fight between Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather had all the promotion of a highly anticipated mega fight as have so many memorable and not so memorable fights have had in the past. Despite coming into the fight as the WBC Welterweight world champion Victor Ortiz entered the ring this past Saturday night as a huge underdog to the former multi-time world champion Floyd Mayweather. For the young twenty-four year old Ortiz this was an opportunity to once again defy his critics and catapult himself into Boxing?s elite pound for pound ratings with a victory over Mayweather.
Many fans and experts alike believed that although this fight was for Ortiz? Welterweight championship that this was a way for Mayweather to prepare himself for a much hoped for collision with Manny Pacquiao in 2012. Some however felt that Mayweather could possibly have been taking Ortiz lightly, which fueled the anticipation for this fight more as some believed that Ortiz would surprise Mayweather and that this would be a much more dangerous encounter than Mayweather and his supporters thought..
