Mayweather vs Ortiz: Victor and Trainer Garcia Not Paying Attention to Mayweather Saga
by Scott Christ on Sep 1, 2011 4:01 PM EDT
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Victor Ortiz and trainer Danny Garcia aren't concerning themselves with the Mayweather family saga we saw erupt on the first episode of HBO's "Mayweather vs Ortiz: 24/7," and Ortiz says he hasn't even seen the episode:
"It was just something where I was having such a good day that I didn’t really feel like hearing a little kid running his mouth, so I was like, I’d rather not waste my time listening to some kind of negative stuff coming my way. I took it for what it was and just enjoyed my day."
Garcia, who has issues with his own brother Robert which were noted during the episode, says he did watch, but considers it none of his business, and isn't expecting it to impact Floyd in the ring:
"I saw it. I was just laughing because I don’t really pay attention to that. Because that doesn’t mean that much. If they do have problems, it’s their business."
Obviously these two are taking the best angle for their own good, not paying much attention to the drama or letting themselves hope it will help once the bell rings on September 17. Mayweather and his father have had problems for years, and it has never mattered between the bells.
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I really like this attitude. There is always some element of psychological warfare before an actual fight, and dominance is a big factor in all human interactions (we’re primates, and primates are social animals, and awareness of social hierarchy is part of how we behave).
Ortiz has already fired a pretty good shot across Mayweather’s bow with his comments about finance, and it wasn’t simply a reaction to something the Mayweather camp said or did; it established a position.
I think that the 24/7 stuff is a load of crap, and Ortiz is exactly right to ignore it. If he watches this junk, it’ll just get into his head and complicate matters.
I still don’t think that Ortiz will win, but paying attention to Mayweather only as a fighter, and to himself only as a fighter, isn’t going to hurt. Ortiz has to stay focused, not get frustrated, expect a difficult time finding Mayweather, and just be patient.
I agree with that DrR.
I don’t know much about Ortiz. But, he wins my support with that kind of attitude and with those kind of comments. Like Scott says though, Floyd’s issues rarely matter in the ring.
Appearances must be extra-deceiving re Ortiz’s size. He looks much bigger than Floyd to me. Taller that the recorded stats would indicate, and noticeably thicker. Which can’t hurt.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
I had noticed some size disparity, but hadn’t given it much thought until now, although I may have registered it subliminally; I’ve always thought of Mayweather as being not much bigger than a jockey.
Given the difference in skill level here, I agree that being bigger probably won’t hurt Ortiz. Maybe this is one reason why, in spite of my better judgement (to the extent that I have any judgement at all), I seem to give him a little more than a snowball’s chance in Hell to give a reasonably good account of himself. I’ve been watching what Ortiz fights I can find, and I just can’t find anything that argues against a one-sided rout, however much I look for something, anything, to latch onto.
I have a very hard time being objective when it comes to Mayweather; I just despise him, and wish he weren’t so damned good.
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