Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz

Victor Ortíz

Victor Ortiz is an American professional boxer of Mexican descent and the former WBC welterweight champion.He was previously in the light welterweight division, where he held the USBA & NABO title....

, billed as Star Power, was a championship fight for Ortiz's WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 title. The bout was held on September 17, 2011, at the MGM Grand

MGM Grand Las Vegas

The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The MGM Grand is the third largest hotel in the world and largest hotel resort complex in the United States in front of The Venetian. The MGM Grand was the largest hotel in the world when it opened in...

 in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

 and televised via HBO PPV. As a part of a split-site doubleheader, the broadcast also featured the Saul Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gomez

Saul Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gomez

Saul Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gomez was a Light Middleweight fight for the WBC World title. The fight took place in Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States on 17 September 2011 on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Victor Ortiz pay-per-view broadcast...

 Light Middleweight

Light middleweight

Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

 championship bout taking place at the Staples Center

Staples Center

Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...

 in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

.

The Fight

From round one, Mayweather used his speed, skills and accurate right hand to tag Ortiz repeatedly. Mayweather seemed in control through the first three rounds (judges scores: 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 for Mayweather), but in the fourth round, Ortiz found some success, landing a few shots and stinging Mayweather before bulling him into the corner. Then Ortiz rammed Mayweather in the face with an unintentional headbutt

Headbutt

A headbutt is a strike with the head, typically involving the use of robust parts of the cranium as areas of impact. Effective headbutting revolves around striking a sensitive area with a less sensitive area, such as striking the nose of an opponent with the forehead...

, busting open a cut

Wound

A wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured , or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion . In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.-Open:...

 on the inside and outside of Mayweather's mouth

Mouth

The mouth is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food andsaliva. The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane epithelium lining the inside of the mouth....

. Referee

Referee (boxing)

The referee in the boxing is the individual charged with enforcing the rules of that sport during a match.-The role of the referee:Referees have the following roles:*Gives instructions to both boxers before the fight...

, Joe Cortez

Joe Cortez

Joe Cortez is a Puerto Rican boxing referee who has worked many important world title bouts.-Biography:Cortez moved to Puerto Rico during his childhood. Living there, he became fluent in Spanish. Cortez had a good amateur boxing career, winning various Golden Gloves tournaments from 1960 to 1962...

, immediately called timeout and docked Ortiz a point for the foul

Foul (sports)

In sports, a foul is an inappropriate or unfair act by a player as deemed by a referee. A foul may be intentional or accidental, and often results in a penalty....

. Ortiz -- seemingly acknowledging his wrongdoing -- hugged Mayweather in the corner and even appeared to kiss him. Cortez motioned the fighters back together to resume the fight. But with Cortez looking away from the fighters, Mayweather unloaded a left hook

Hook (boxing)

A hook is a punch in boxing. It is performed by turning the core muscles and back, thereby swinging the arm, which is bent at an angle near or at 90 degrees, in a horizontal arc into the opponent...

 and a flush right hand to Ortiz's face. Ortiz dropped and was unable to beat Cortez's count as the crowd of 14,687 -- clearly an Ortiz house -- went absolutely wild.

"In the ring, you have to protect yourself at all times," Mayweather said. "After it happened, we touched gloves and we were back to fighting and then I threw the left hook and right hand after the break. You just gotta protect yourself at all times."

"Time was in. The fighter needed to keep his guard up. Mayweather did nothing illegal."- Joe Cortez

"It was a tremendous performance by Floyd. He is the new WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 champion, absolutely, no question about it."- Mauricio Sulaiman, secretary general of the WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

"I had no issues with that. I don't know why people are making a big deal about that."- Keith Kizer, chairman of the Nevada State Athletic Commission

Fight earnings

Mayweather will be paid a guaranteed $25 million, which can go as high as $40 million depending on the pay per view numbers, and Ortiz will be paid $2 million.

Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz generated buys from 1.25 million homes with a value of $78,440,000 in pay-per-view

Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...

 revenue. These numbers make the event the second highest grossing non-heavyweight pay-per-view event of all time.

Main card

• Welterweight Championship bout   Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs.   Victor Ortiz
  Victor Ortíz
  Victor Ortiz is an American professional boxer of Mexican descent and the former WBC welterweight champion.He was previously in the light welterweight division, where he held the USBA & NABO title....
  
  
  • Mayweather defeats Ortiz via Knockout at 2:59 of the fourth round

• Light Welterweight Championship bout   Erik Morales
  Erik Morales
  Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...
  
   vs.   Pablo César Cano
  Pablo Cesar Cano
  Pablo César Cano García , is a Mexican professional boxer and the current NABF Light Welterweight Champion. Cano is signed with Oscar De La Hoya's Boxing Company Golden Boy Promotions...
  
  
  • Morales defeats Cano via Technical Knockout at 3:00 of the tenth round.

• Light Welterweight bout   Jesús Vargas vs.   Josésito López
  Josésito López
  José Manuel López is an Mexican American professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division and is the current North American Boxing Federation Light Welterweight Champion.-NABF Light Welterweight Championship:...
  
  
  • Vargas defeated López via Split Decision (95-94, 94-95, 96-93)

Preliminary card

• Welterweight bout   Dhafir Smith vs   Said Ouali
  Said Ouali
  Said Ouali is a Belgian professional boxer at welterweight. His nicknames include "Prince", "The Crowd Pleaser" and "The Maaseik Sledgehammer" .- Early life :...
  
  
  • Smith defeats Ouali via Technical Knockout (Retirement) at 3:00 of the seventh round.

• Super Middleweight bout   Adonis Stevenson
  Adonis Stevenson
  Adonis Stevenson is a Canadian boxer who was born in Haiti, who goes by the nickname "Superman".Stevenson is currently the WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title holder, and the Canadian super middleweight title holder. On August 1, 2008, at Windsor Station in Montreal, Canada,...
  
   vs.   Dion Savage
  • Stevenson defeats Savage via Technical Knockout at 1:57 of the first round.

• Super Middleweight bout   Marco Antonio Periban
  Marco Antonio Periban
  Marco Antonio Peribán is an undefeated Mexican boxer in the Light Heavyweight division. He is signed with Oscar De La Hoya's Company Golden Boy Promotions...
  
   vs.   Carson Jones
  • Periban defeats Jones via Unanimous Decision. (80-72, 79-73, 79-73)

• Lightweight bout Anthony Crolla
  Anthony Crolla
  Anthony Crolla is an English boxer who has fought in the super featherweight and lightweight divisions. He won the English super featherweight title in October 2010 with a victory over Andy Morris and the British title at lightweight in February 2011 with a win against John Watson.-Early...
  
   vs.   Juan Montiel
  • Crolla defeats Montiel via Split Decision. (78-74, 77-75, 75-77)

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