Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Victor Ortiz II | Exhibition - August 24, 2024

[Ruthless-RKO]

Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Victor Ortiz exhibition reportedly planned for August 24th

The Floyd Mayweather Exhibition Tour shows no sign of slowing despite its star turning 47 a few months back. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that “Money” will settle some finished business when he meets Victor Ortiz on August 24th in Mexico.

Mayweather (50-0, 27 KO) has not confirmed the matchup but did tease a “big announcement” for tomorrow with the hashtag #MayweatherMexico.

Ortiz (33-7-3, 25 KO) entered their 2011 showdown unbeaten in his previous six since a brutal loss to Marcos Maidana, most notably gritting his way past Andre Berto in Ring Magazine’s Fight of the Year. He got off to a decent start, but soon grew frustrated with Mayweather’s elusiveness and vented said frustrations with a blatant headbutt. After losing a point, he offered Mayweather a “no hard feelings” hug, then inexplicably went back in for a second hug.

Mayweather, in the moment that arguably put “protect yourself at all times” into the boxing lexicon, gently shoved Ortiz away before cracking him with a left hook. Ortiz turned to look at referee Joe Cortez, who was speaking to a ringside official at the time, and got knocked into Bolivian by Mayweather’s follow-up right cross.

Mayweather then shared one of his uncle’s favorite phrases with the pay-per-view audience by informing Larry Merchant that he “[didn’t] know sh*t about boxing.”

I’d make a statement here about how there’s no reason for them to make a sequel when the original was such a perfect comedy of errors, but when has that ever stopped Mayweather? He’ll keep doing this as long as they keep paying him and opponents keep lining up.

That said, if he’s committed to his world tour, it would be nice to see him make another pit stop in Japan and fight some MMA/kickboxing dude who’d genuinely try to tear his head off. I guarantee you Chihiro Suzuki would be up for it.

[gilgamesh]

Hell Victor Ortiz might try to tear his head off actually.

Here's a guy who is retired from Boxing, but is younger than Mayweather. He's known as the guy that got knocked out by Floyd after giving him a hug, and that's basically all he's known for to most non hardcore Boxing fans.

This could be his chance to redeem himself against Floyd after all these years. Maybe he'll Knee him in the groin then Kiss him on the Cheek this time

[Heldenjaeger]

Out of curiosity, who watches these exhibitions? Do they sell out? I saw Pacquiao also did something similar.

[joshj909]

Hell Victor Ortiz might try to tear his head off actually.

Here's a guy who is retired from Boxing, but is younger than Mayweather. He's known as the guy that got knocked out by Floyd after giving him a hug, and that's basically all he's known for to most non hardcore Boxing fans.

This could be his chance to redeem himself against Floyd after all these years. Maybe he'll Knee him in the groin then Kiss him on the Cheek this time

Ortiz is far and away the best boxer that Floyd has faced since Andre Berto in 2015. He's the only opponent that's actually a boxer.

Floyd is 47 and 9 years out from legitimate competition, however he always looks in great shape. Victor Ortiz is only 37 in comparison and was boxing professionally as recently as 2 years ago. Obviously Ortiz isn't the same guy as he was in his prime but he's an actual boxer who was once highly ranked.

Although Mayweather will be the favourite given the gulf in class when they were pros but Ortiz stands a legitimate chance here.

[margaret thatcher]

and the crowd goes mild

[tiny_acres]

Hell Victor Ortiz might try to tear his head off actually.

Here's a guy who is retired from Boxing, but is younger than Mayweather. He's known as the guy that got knocked out by Floyd after giving him a hug, and that's basically all he's known for to most non hardcore Boxing fans.

This could be his chance to redeem himself against Floyd after all these years. Maybe he'll Knee him in the groin then Kiss him on the Cheek this time

Ortiz is far and away the best boxer that Floyd has faced since Andre Berto in 2015. He's the only opponent that's actually a boxer.

Floyd is 47 and 9 years out from legitimate competition, however he always looks in great shape. Victor Ortiz is only 37 in comparison and was boxing professionally as recently as 2 years ago. Obviously Ortiz isn't the same guy as he was in his prime but he's an actual boxer who was once highly ranked.

Although Mayweather will be the favourite given the gulf in class when they were pros but Ortiz stands a legitimate chance here.

I would actually watch this one if it wasn't ppv.
Ortiz is his first real challenge on these exhibition fights

[gilgamesh]

Hell Victor Ortiz might try to tear his head off actually.

Here's a guy who is retired from Boxing, but is younger than Mayweather. He's known as the guy that got knocked out by Floyd after giving him a hug, and that's basically all he's known for to most non hardcore Boxing fans.

This could be his chance to redeem himself against Floyd after all these years. Maybe he'll Knee him in the groin then Kiss him on the Cheek this time

Ortiz is far and away the best boxer that Floyd has faced since Andre Berto in 2015. He's the only opponent that's actually a boxer.

Floyd is 47 and 9 years out from legitimate competition, however he always looks in great shape. Victor Ortiz is only 37 in comparison and was boxing professionally as recently as 2 years ago. Obviously Ortiz isn't the same guy as he was in his prime but he's an actual boxer who was once highly ranked.

Although Mayweather will be the favourite given the gulf in class when they were pros but Ortiz stands a legitimate chance here.

I mean it's an Exhibition so theoretically it's not supposed to be a real fight, but when you've got past problems with a guy I could see how you may take the opportunity to kick his ass whether you're supposed to or not.

[IKSRTFO]

This is getting out of hand

[Bobbyptsd]

What is it with people not understanding that exhibitions aren't "fights" in any real way.

[gilgamesh]

What is it with people not understanding that exhibitions aren't "fights" in any real way.

Honestly it kinda motivates you to be a Conman. I mean, goddamn it's just so easy to fool people. They're practically begging to be played for suckers.