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Floyd Mayweather Knocks Out Victor Ortiz in The Fourth
Floyd Mayweather Jr took the WBC welterweight title from Victor Ortiz with a fourth-round knockout on Saturday.
A few thoughts:
I was impressed by Mayweather’s performance. He was able to continually back up an opponent that was 10 years younger and weighed 14 pounds more in the ring.
(Mayweather came in weighing 150 pounds. While Ortiz rehydrated to 164.)
Now on to the finish:
The Headbutt
Mainstream media outlets talking about how “controversial” the finish was. The only thing “controversial” was Ortiz’s headbutt.
Ortiz’s headbutt was a ridiculous foul. Possibly on par with Andrew Golota or Mike Tyson’s “bite” move, but of course no one is talking about that.
Basically, Ortiz mentally self destructed. His headbutt was out of frustration, because he saw the writing on the wall.
Over here at The G Manifesto, we are not mainstream. We spit The Truth.
People are talking about how Mayweather won dirty, but it wasn’t even dirty.
If you want to see How to Win Dirty, check out Pernell Whitaker: How to Win Dirty (interestingly enough, against Floyd’s uncle and trainer, Roger “The Black Mamba” Mayweather.)
When Mayweather dropped and finished Ortiz, it was when Ortiz was apologizing to Mayweather for the second time.
Mayweather had already accepted one apology, which is more than he had to do.
The second apology was unnecessary and at that point Mayweather thought correctly that it was “either him or me”.
And you best believe Mayweather didn’t think it was going to be “me”.
Anyone who thinks differently or that the move was dirty hasn’t been around boxing their entire life.
Let me take all the sports writers in the world to Boxing School:
First rule of boxing: Protect yourself at all times.
Second rule of boxing: When there is an advantage, you take it.
And it really shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone that has followed Mayweather’s career.
Sportsmanship is something for little suburban kids on the soccer field.
This is Boxing.
This is Life.
And for anyone to say, “events like this tarish boxing”, doesn’t know their boxing history. Boxing has always has “crazy” controversial events and Boxing has always been a sport in “crisis”.
Hell, in recent history, when Riddick Bowe fought Evander Holyfield, someone parachuted into the ring:
In the “Golden Era of Boxing” opposing camps sometimes “drugged” their opponents water bottles.
I would say last night was pretty tame.
This, along with former three division champion Erik Morales (52-7, 36KOs) stopping previously undefeated Pablo Cesar Cano (22-1-1, 17KOs) is just another example of 70’s babies superiority over 80’s babies.
Mayweather’s Post fight Outburst:
For anyone that missed it:
“You never give me a fair shake, alright, so I am going to do you a favor and let you talk to Victor Ortiz,” Mayweather said. “You never give me a fair shake. You are [expletive] and HBO should fire you. You don’t know [expletive] about boxing. You ain’t sh*t.”
To which Larry Merchant responded:
“I wish I was 50 years younger,” said Merchant. “I would have kicked your *ss.”
This seemed like a pretty un-classy move for Floyd. Keep in mind though, that this tension between Mayweather and Merchant has been building up for years. Merchant has been incredibly biased toward Floyd, and I am somewhat surprised that this didn’t happen sooner.
Give Merchant credit for toughness though. Remember that Merchant is from Brooklyn.
Bottom line is that the general public will hate Floyd even more after this fight.
Which, if he can ever get in the ring with Manny Pacquiao will only add more fuel to a raging fire.
You have the ultimate villian (Mayweather) VS the ultimate good guy (Pacquiao).
So I finished up my Northern Ireland trip, here are some highlights:
– I haven’t been to Northern Ireland since I was ten years old, so it was great to see family even though the weather is pretty bad in summer and the food is the opposite of dynamic.
– Most of my family is in West Belfast, East Belfast, a small farming town north of Belfast and a small town on the coast.
– I was absolutely amazed at how many weapons my cousins had. Especially the cousins at the family farm. These cats were loaded for bear. Tons of antique weapons as well. And an old hog barn was turned into a machine shop with multiple lathes for making silencers and other gun parts. Pretty dope stuff.
– I was able to get some good sparring sessions in with my cousins; many of whom I hadn’t boxed since I was ten years old. They all claim that they beat me back then, but I remember differently. The latest rematch was a little tougher. Many of my cousins are huge powerlifter cats now. With red hair to boot. I think I have a bruised rib.
– I was also amazed at the amount of Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. The place is chock-a-block. The drug trade is flourishing there. And the insurance scams. It was also amazing to hear about the amount of informants. Pretty ugly scene.
– Got to see the sight of my Grandfather and Great Uncles Boxing Gym that they used to run. It is not there anymore. Now it is a park with a monument. At least it is not a Starbucks.
– The Mason Clan actually has a castle on the ocean in Northern Ireland. Supposedly, it was owned by somebody in our family. Sadly, that is no longer the case. However, the coastline in Northern Ireland is breathtaking.
– I definitely dig Belfast more than Dublin.
– Even with all the family activities and dinners, I had enough time to swoop a wee fly red head Irish girl. Smooth.
Boxing Tricks in order (in the words of the video creator):
1. High Elbow Block
2. Head Pull
3. Shoulder Roll
4. High Guard, Drop-Jab
5. Forearm Crush
6. Leaning Right
7. Opening Guard
8. Push Tactics
9. Head & Hooks
10. Slap Hook on the Inside
(This is the reason a lot of Floyd’s opponents “forget to use the jab” against him.)
However, I do it a little different, with a lead jab, pullback, then the right over top of the opponents jab. But that is neither high heels nor hacked up deals.
Since with The Salsa Swoop Move, you “pull back” when you act like you don’t know salsa and you “land” the right over the top when you “pick it up quick”.
