I watched the whole card the next day on my mac. Morales v Cano was a fight where Morales displayed his warriorness, is that a word? Cano got the better of 'El Terrible' in the early rounds, where Morales was a bit uncomfortable with his younger scrappy foe, Pablo Cesar Cano. Erik Morales tooked control of the fight in the middle & late rounds when he got into his warrior mentality & began punishing Cano while deconstructing Pablo's face. At the end, Morales proved to be too much for Cano, when his corner put a halt to the bout, enabling Morales to score a 10th round TKO. Morales made history when he caputred a World Tilte in 4 weight divisions.
Alvarez v Gomes tooked place at Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Alfonso Gomez aggressively brought the fight to Canelo Alvarez. Despite being knocked down at the end of the 1st round, Gomez had Alvarez fighting very 'un-Canelo'-like in the early rounds. Canelo managed to work himself back into the fight while delivering his style of fighting the consists of combinations to the head and body. In the 6th round, Alvarez hurt Gomez with an uppercut that staggered him to the ropes, where Canelo met him with a barrage of combo's before the ref made, what seemed to be, an early stoppage to the bout. Nevertheless, Canelo successfully defended his title, much to the joy of the fans in Los Angeles.
Lastly, but not least, the main event, Ortiz v Mayweather:
By Andreas Hale and Anthony Springer Jr. at ringside
Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KOs) to claim the WBC crown in round four on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Ortiz had a good round two, but Floyd was back in charge in the third. After an Ortiz attempt at an intentional headbutt in round four, Cortez broke the action and deducted a point from Ortiz. Cortez called time back in and Ortiz went to Mayweather, embraced him and apologized, Mayweather then clocked Ortiz with two shots as he was stepping back and knocked him out.
My 2 cents on Ortiz v Mayweather:
I really think Ortiz initiated the whole thing. If you followed 24/7, Ortiz's camp was stressing how Mayweather was a 'dirty' fighter, cause he uses elbows. I would never have thought that Ortiz would be so overwhelmed by Floyd that he would stoop to fighting dirty, by throwing a deliberate head-butt. Even worse, the over affection that Ortiz showed to Floyd during the fight, which ultimately brought an end to Ortiz. I understand he was apologetic for literally losing his head, but Ortiz was in a fight, there was no need for him to lose focus, and that he did. He expected Cortez, who only God knows where his head was, to say something to Floyd after he supposedly 'sucker-punched' Ortiz. Floyd saw that Ortiz was completely un-focused at that point, leaving Mayweather no choice but to throw another punch that ended up destroying Ortiz. The moral of this for Ortiz & all fighters in general, is to "Protect Yourself At All Times", & more equally as important, never lose focus. Mayweather caught alot of heat by media members & fans, but I thought Ortiz deserved more blame for opening the door, with his deliberate head-butt. Mayweather has alot of haters out there, I don't like Floyd's antics at times, & don't like his defensive style of fighting, but I respect Floyd for what he has accomplished as a fighter. Also, alot of people began saying that Saturdays fight is why they hate boxing, but forget that they are still tuned in. Don't let Pacquiao v Mayweather happen, cause those same people that swore they would never watch another boxing match again, will be glued to the TV sets all into the fight.
.Noez!
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