As most sports fans know by now the welterweight fight on Saturday night between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Victor Ortiz ended in great controversy. In the fourth round of the fight Ortiz illegally headbutted Mayweather and the fight was temporarily halted by referee Joe Cortez who docked Ortiz points for the headbutt. The two fighters were separated and warned by Cortez. Ortiz then went to Mayweather to apologize for the headbutt with a hug. After the hug, Ortiz had his hands down (an admitted no-no in boxing at any time) and was knocked out by Mayweather with a 1-2 punch of the left hand and then the right.
Technically, because of Ortiz’s multiple mistakes (one with the headbutt that led to the temporary halting and apology and two having his hands down) the knockout punch by Mayweather was legal, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it was right. Those who disagree with me should note that I didn’t say it was a dirty punch, because it wasn’t … but, it’s not the way that I would have done it, would have liked to have seen it done or, frankly, the way that it should have been done. Though legal, it was a cheap sucker punch on the part of Mayweather. If Floyd Mayweather is as good as Floyd Mayweather says he is than he doesn’t need to result to winning fights this way. Mayweather should have given up on the sucker punch and won that fight the way that true champions win fights … fairly.
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