Ortiz ready for his fight against Mayweather

Hundreds of Ortiz supporters attended the LA press conference at Nokia Plaza in Los Angeles. It is the second day of press conference tour to promote the Mayweather vs Ortiz bout on September 17 at the MGM Grand Arena Las Vegas Nevada.

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer welcomed the media and fans who attended the said press conference, and made introductions for the fight on September 17 entitled "Star Power". While Schaefer is introducing the event, Ortiz interrupted it and responded "I am the star and the power". taking the challenge in fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. Ortiz replied Ellerbe's statement and said "It's not a challenge when you are the champ". This fight will be the first title defense of Ortiz as the WBC Welterweight Champion. This fight would not be easy for him because his against one of the best pound for pound boxers in the World, the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Ortiz also announced during the press conference that on September 17, 2011 the same thing will occur what happened last September 17, 1985, when Julio Cesar Chavez Knocked out Roger Mayweather. Ortiz offers this fight for the mexican fans. Ortiz won the WBC welterweight belt on his last fight against Andre Berto via unanimous decision. Ortiz came out strong during that fight and won a tough and competitive bout. Before, Ortiz was criticized during his performance against Lamont Peterson which came out to a draw. Boxing analyst wonder that he had lost his killer instinct after his 2009 TKO loss to Marcos Maidana. But against all odds Ortiz proved them that they wrong as he defeated the undefeated Welterweight Champion Andre Berto, and now he's going to fight the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. Ortiz stated that he is ready to fight Mayweather and he's willing to show the Mexican fans what they want, knocking out Mayweather. Mayweather vs Ortiz - agreed to have a drug testing under the U.S. Doping Agency (USADA).

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Mayweather Vs Ortiz Pacquiao You're next

Floyd Mayweather Jr. had a grand entrance but quite tensioned during their press tour in Los Angeles California, for his upcoming fight "mayweather vs ortiz". Throughout his speech Mayweather clearly stated that he w`nt a fight against Manny Pacquiao. "We only want to fight the biggest and the best out there, and Manny Pacquiao, you're next!," Mayweather said.

Mayweather vs Ortiz - during an earlier press conference, Mayweather announced that he absolutely wanted to fight against Pacquiao, as the fans are craving for their match. But after this statements Mayweather said that the fight with Ortiz will not going to be that easy and this fight will going to be a tough fight for him. Mayweather also announced that his ultimate goal is to take the title from Victor Ortiz, and then move on to Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather said also that he could not fight Pacquiao immediately into the boxing ring after a 16 month break from boxing. Well, this match against Ortiz will be a tune-up bout for him. Ortiz is also a southpaw just like Manny Pacquiao that's why this match would help a lot in preparation for his fight with Pacquiao soon. Mayweather remained focused despite facing a series of controversies from an ex-girlfriend and also one which involves Pacquiao. Just recently Mayweather was accused that his bodyguards beat up a fan in Las Vegas parking lot just for asking him when he will fight Pacquiao.

The welterweight champion Ortiz is fresh from his championship win against the unbeaten Andre Berto. Ortiz said that Mayweather is too disrespectful for looking forward to a match against Pacquiao. Ortiz also announced that he is already tired hearing Mayweather statements that he's going to fight Pacquiao. Ortiz was Pacquiao's sparring before and he said that he's open in fighting Pacquiao after Mayweather. One of Pacquiao's current sparring partner before David Rodela said that a match-up between Ortiz and Pacquiao would be a great fight. Pacquiao's coach Freddie Roach also told Rodela that Ortiz is the best sparring partner of Pacquiao he had ever seen. The fight is between mayweather vs ortiz, but Pacquiao's name is being mentioned many times during the press conference, what's going to be the result of this fight will going to be so interesting on who will face Pacquiao after his upcoming trilogy against Juan Manuel Marquez.

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