Boxing Insider caught up with ?Vicious? Victor Ortiz this weekend to discuss his upcoming fight with Andre Berto, drug testing, and much more!
Boxing Insider: Hey Victor, how?s it going?
Victor Ortiz: ?It?s going well! It?s going good, how are you??
Boxing Insider: Good! So can you tell me how training camp has been going so far?
Victor Ortiz: ?Training camp is never easy. I wish it were, but it?s actually not. So as far as that goes, I?m ready to prove again why I belong in the top-elite in the 147 lb division on February 11th.?
Boxing Insider: Now coming off of such a big mega-fight against Floyd Mayweather with the press-tour and everything, is there somewhat of a letdown going into a fight that?s not on that level? It?s still obviously a big fight, but it?s not a mega-fight like a Floyd fight. What are you doing to deal with not being in the same spotlight, so to say, that you were in your last fight?
Victor Ortiz: ?I don?t mind it. At the end of it all, there?s a ring, there?s ropes, and there?s an opponent. So it?s the same thing.?
Boxing Insider: I know you?re looking forward to Berto and you?re not thinking back?but can you share some of your thoughts looking at the whole incident with Floyd?
Victor Ortiz: ?I have no comment on Floyd or anything in the past. I?m just thinking about my coming fight, and that?s what it is.?
Boxing Insider: Ok. So what?s going to be different this time against Berto? You went down a couple times in the first fight. What are you going to do to avoid the shots that he was able to catch you with?
Victor Ortiz: ?I went down once. The referee called a false knockdown; the first one. So if anyone should be worried, it should be Berto, because now I?m a full 147.?
Boxing Insider: Going into the last fight with Berto you had so much fire, you had something to prove. Do you feel just as much fire this time around?
Victor Ortiz: ?Definitely. I?m definitely ready. I won?t be counted out. No matter how well I do or anything, at the end of the day I?m going to do whatever. I?m ready.?
Boxing Insider: So what else have you been up to since we last saw you? How has life been outside of the ring?
Victor Ortiz: ?Well, not much has changed. I?m still the same guy, that?s it. You know, just taking it day by day. I?m just trying to become something in this world.?
Boxing Insider: You?re doing Olympic-style drug testing for this fight as well. What?s your opinion on Olympic-style drug testing? Does it bother you at all? Is it annoying?
Victor Ortiz: ?It doesn?t bother me one bit. I know I?m a clean fighter. I don?t need any substances to beat someone, so at the same time?I don?t find it a big deal??
Boxing Insider: Is your team going to be the same for this fight? Same everything?
Victor Ortiz: ?Yeah definitely. I love my team.?
Boxing Insider: Finally, do you have anything else to say to all the fans out there? What can we expect from Victor Ortiz in 2012?
Victor Ortiz: ?I don?t really have a whole lot to say?just expect another win!?
