Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz

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Star Power
Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather.jpg
DateSeptember 17, 2011
Venue MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the line WBC welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Victor Ortiz Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Nickname "Vicious" "Money"
Hometown Oxnard, California, U.S. Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Purse $2,000,000 $25,000,000
Pre-fight record 29–2–2 (22 KO) 41–0 (25 KO)
Age 24 years, 7 months 34 years, 6 months
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 147 lb (67 kg)146+12 lb (66 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC
Welterweight Champion
The Ring
No. 2 Ranked Welterweight
WBC
No. 1 Ranked Welterweight
The Ring No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
5-division world champion
Result
Mayweather Jr. wins via 4th-round KO

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz , billed as Star Power, was a professional boxing match contested on September 17, 2011, for the WBC welterweight championship. [1]

Contents

Background

Mayweather photographed at the Mayweather-Ortiz press conference on June 28, 2011 Floyd Mayweather, Jr. June 2011.jpg
Mayweather photographed at the Mayweather–Ortiz press conference on June 28, 2011

Having defeated Andre Berto by unanimous decision in April 2011 to win the WBC welterweight title Victor Ortiz was linked to both a rematch with Berto and a rematch with former conqueror Marcos Maidana. [2]

However on June 7, Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced via Twitter that he was set to challenge Ortiz on September 17, ending a 16 month absence from the ring. [3] This would be Mayweather's first world title bout since his victory over Ricky Hatton in 2007.

The bout was held at the MGM Grand in Paradise, Nevada, Nevada and televised via HBO PPV as part of a split-site doubleheader, the broadcast also featured the Canelo Álvarez vs. Alfonso Gómez light middleweight championship bout taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. [4]

The fight

From round one, Mayweather used his speed, skills and accurate right hand to tag Ortiz repeatedly. Mayweather seemed in control through the first three rounds (judges scores: 30–27, 30–27, 29–28 for Mayweather), but in the fourth round, Ortiz found some success, landing a few shots and stinging Mayweather before backing him into the corner. Ortiz hit Mayweather in the face with an apparently intentional headbutt, busting open a cut on the inside and outside of Mayweather's mouth. Referee Joe Cortez immediately called timeout and penalised Ortiz a point for the foul. Ortiz, seemingly acknowledging his wrongdoing, hugged and kissed Mayweather in the corner. Cortez motioned the fighters back together to resume the fight. The fighters touched gloves and Mayweather seemed to half-heartedly return another hug from Ortiz. Then, with Cortez looking away from Mayweather, and as the fighters separated from the hug, Mayweather caught Ortiz with a left hook. Ortiz was stunned by the punch and, still not raising his hands to defend himself, was hit with a flush right to the face. Ortiz dropped straight onto the canvas and was unable to beat Cortez's count.

Aftermath

"In the ring, you have to protect yourself at all times," Mayweather said. "After it happened, we touched gloves and we were back to fighting and then I threw the left hook and right hand after the break. You just gotta protect yourself at all times." After the interviewer Larry Merchant pressed Mayweather on whether or not what he did was unsportsmanlike, Mayweather told the interviewer he never gives him a fair shake and should be fired. [5]

Fight earnings

Mayweather was paid a guaranteed $25 million, which could have gone as high as $40 million depending on the pay per view numbers, and Ortiz was paid $2 million.[ citation needed ]

Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz generated buys from 1.25 million homes with a value of $78,440,000 in pay-per-view revenue. These numbers make the event the third highest grossing non-heavyweight pay-per-view event of all time.[ citation needed ]

Main card

Confirmed bouts: [6]

Preliminary card

International broadcasting

CountryBroadcaster
Flag of Albania.svg Albania SuperSport Albania
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina TyC Sports
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Main Event
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BelgiumBe Sport 1
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia CTN
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Sport 1
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark TV 2 Sport
Flag of France.svg France Canal+ Sport
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Sport 1
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Eurosport
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Stöð 2 Sport
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia tvOne
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Sportitalia
Flag of Japan.svg Japan WOWOW
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Astro SuperSport
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Televisa
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Sky
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Viasat Sport
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Solar Sports/TV5/IBC-13 [7]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Polsat Sport
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Sport TV
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Al Jazeera Sports
Flag of Romania.svg Romania Sport.ro
Flag of Russia.svg Russia NTV Plus
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Sport 1
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Digital+
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden TV10
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa SuperSport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Primetime
Flag of the United States.svg United States HBO PPV
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Meridiano

References

  1. "Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  2. Rafael, Dan (April 17, 2011). "Victor Ortiz stuns Andre Berto". ESPN. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  3. "Floyd Mayweather to fight Victor Ortiz". ESPN. June 7, 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  4. HBO: Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz. HBO.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
  5. "Mayweather won fair and square". ESPN. September 19, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  6. "BoxRec - event".
  7. "AKTV on IBC September Schedule" (PDF). TV5. September 19, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
Preceded by Victor Ortiz's bouts
17 September 2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s bouts
17 September 2011
Succeeded by