Victor Ortiz returns Feb. 25; Oscar talks Margarito
by SC on Jan 26, 2010 10:52 PM EST
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Golden Boy's junior welterweight prospect Victor Ortiz looks to continue his path of "redemption" with a February 25 fight at Club Nokia, a total stay-warm bout against Hector Alatorre.
Ortiz (25-2-1, 20 KO) lost in a bad way last summer against Marcos Maidana in a terrific war of a fight where many felt that Ortiz simply quit, and then questioned his guts after his post-fight interview. To be fair, the interview was highly questionable to say the least.
But Ortiz, 22, says that's all in the past. He returned in December against veteran Antonio Diaz, winning when Diaz was unable to continue after six rounds. Ortiz looked quite tentative in the early part of the fight, but did pick it up a bit when he got comfortable.
Alatorre (16-8, 5 KO) is not the opponent that will tell us if anything's really changed with Ortiz. It's a fight he's beyond, to be honest. The 28-year-old Alatorre has lost eight of his last ten fights and is nothing more than a club fighter.
The good news, according to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, is that a "source close to" Ortiz says that after this, a fight with former lightweight titlist Nate Campbell looks to be next. Campbell recently signed a deal with Golden Boy Promotions and seemed to struggle badly moving up in weight last August against Timothy Bradley, a fight truncated when Campbell suffered an eye injury.
Ortiz-Alatorre will be broadcast on Golden Boy's "Fight Night Club" series, which has moved to Fox Sports Net.
Robert Morales reports from the Ortiz presser that Oscar de la Hoya expressed "disgust" at the coming return of Antonio Margarito, but I think if you read between the lines you can, as usual, note some weird inconsistency in what Oscar is saying.
"I'm disgusted. The fact that they're going over California ... to get a license, I'm very disgusted by it. ... When you're messing with somebody's life in that ring, you should be banned for life. That's my opinion. ... If Margarito just comes out clean and says, 'Look, I did this, I'm sorry,' then that's a different story. He's admitting it and that's fine. But admit it."
So in summary:
- Oscar is disgusted
- Oscar thinks Margarito should be banned for life, UNLESS
- Margarito admits he did it and apologizes, at which point it is "fine"
Anyone else have any major problems with the idea that an apology from Margarito makes glove-loading "fine"?
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Mosley admitted it
so that’s fine.
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Hitler was a confessed anti-Semite.
I guess that’s fine too.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
I disagree too
I think he should be banned for life.
+1
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jan 27, 2010 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
I assume you mean Oscar?
And that the ban should be “banned from expressing his stupid-ass opinions”….
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Half????????
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
75%??????? ;)
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
ODH is right about one thing
Margarito should at least own up to the crime. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s fine, but if he shows honest remorse, that’s a least a step in the right direction from a humanity standpoint.
Seems like Golden Boy didn’t like what they saw from Ortiz against Diaz if they are dropping the level of competition so far. I mean, you don’t take a lower level comeback fight, win by relatively easy stoppage, and then take another step down because that is the logical progression.
Sounds likely
I still think he has promise though, just needs to get past some mental issues.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jan 27, 2010 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
This is probably just to keep him fresh and warm for the Campbell fight, but if that winds up not coming off, then yeah, they’re being very cautious. The Alatorre fight is nothing.
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by SC on Jan 27, 2010 6:35 PM EST up reply actions
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