“It started with Ortiz. Ortiz blatantly headbutted him…let’s be honest about what happened, he couldn’t hit this guy. He couldn’t hit this guy and he couldn’t make it the kind of fight that he can handle. Mayweather was too fast, too smart, too slick with his punches, too consistent, too steady and too confident, and he started to dominate the fight. Mayweather was dominating the fight and he was on his way to knocking him out and on his way to picking him apart and undressing him piece by piece and Ortiz started unraveling…I feel that Ortiz looked for a way to get out of the fight and his way to get out of the fight was to headbutt…he looked at the referee to do what he tried to get him to do the first time he committed the headbutt. He was looking for him to disqualify Floyd. He was looking for help. He was looking for a way out of the fight instead of acting like a fighter,” stated ESPN commentator and world-class trainer Teddy Atlas, who broke down Floyd Mayweather 4th round knockout of Victor Ortiz this past Saturday. You don’t want to miss what else he had to say about the fight, both fighters, and much more.
PC: You have several catchphrases, Teddy. One of them is, “Always behave like a fighter inside of the ring.” Victor Ortiz had a lapse and didn’t behave like a fighter during the biggest fight of his career against Floyd Mayweather and was knocked out for it. What did you think of the 4th round knockout?
TA: Look, you can’t touch on one thing without touching on another thing, and the other thing is, the way we got to the place where there is a controversy, supposedly, with the knockout is because of what Ortiz did. It’s not because of what Mayweather did. Let’s be honest here, and I know there are a lot of haters out there and all of that crap, and I don’t have tolerance for that, I don’t have time for that, there are more important things in this freaking world than that crap, so put that aside, leave that in your freaking garage somewhere; it started with Ortiz. Ortiz blatantly headbutted him. This is a physical business, but it’s a mental business, and if people don’t understand that, then give yourself a chance to learn it. Put some gloves on and get into the ring and see what happens to you mentally and see what happens to you emotionally when you are in that ring. When you finish, you may say, “How did I let myself do that?” Because you were under pressure, you were scared, and mentally, you were influenced in a way that you never understood you would be influenced before. That’s what happened to Ortiz. Ortiz got in there…let’s be honest about what happened, he couldn’t hit this guy. He couldn’t hit this guy and he couldn’t make it the kind of fight that he can handle. Mayweather was too fast, too smart, too slick with his punches, too consistent, too steady and too confident, and he started to dominate the fight. Mayweather was dominating the fight and he was on his way to knocking him out and on his way to picking him apart and undressing him piece by piece and Ortiz started unraveling.
