Ortiz and Mayweather agree to fight ~ I visit the Rocky statue

A couple of days ago, Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz decided to fight each other on  September 17, 2011.  Ok.  So let's state the obvious.  This is not the boxing match that people want to see.  Mayweather v Pacquiao would be a dream come true.  However, with Mayweather's legal troubles and the inability to agree on terms for drug testing ~ it seems unlikely that the dream match-up will ever occur.

I was at the Pacquiao v Mosley fight in Las Vegas.  I'm a Manny Pacquiao fan, but I was bored during that latest match-up.

I watched the Andre Berto v Victor Ortiz fight and was impressed with what I saw.  My friend, John, who knows about boxing anticipated that Berto would win that match.  Obviously he was wrong and surprised with the outcome of the fight.  I remember Berto used the ropes numerous times to stay up against Ortiz.  It was a great fight! 

I don't know that much about boxing, but I'm curious about the Ortiz v Mayweather match-up...  I hope it's a good one.

On another note, I'm in Philly.  Yesterday, I stopped by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  Here's a picture of the Rocky statue and I.


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Ortiz defeated Berto ~ Ortiz is the new WBC welterweight champion

I had completely forgotten that Victor Ortiz was fighting Andre Berto tonight.  I wanted to watch this fight for a couple of reasons.  1) I can't wait for Manny Pacquiao v Shane Mosley and this fight was going to serve as an appetizer, and 2) I have a friend, John, who loves boxing and thinks highly of Berto.

I saw a tweet from Dan Rafael and immediately switched from the Portland Trail Blazers v Dallas Mavericks game to HBO for the fight.

I'm not going to do a post for the fight, but for those of you that want a summary, here are my (Twitter user: TheWirk) round by round Tweets.  The most recent ones are towards the top.  Enjoy and catch the replay, if you can.  It was a good fight!

• i was right ~ congrats to ortiz! now back to basketball... #berto v #ortiz
• i have #ortiz winning and beating #berto. announce the winner so i can go back to basketball #blazers v #mavs!
• fight over - i give it to ortiz #berto v #ortiz
• ortiz looks like he's one round away from victory. this is a great appetizer for the #mosley v #pacquiao fight on 5/7! #berto v #ortiz
• berto kept backing up until he found the ropes to hold himself up. ortiz bringing the offense. #waitingforbertotofall #berto v #ortiz
• i know nothing about scoring boxing, but i have ortiz as the winner so far... #berto v #ortiz
• 11th to come #berto v #ortiz
• berto just hit the mat, but it wasn't a knockdown. we have a slugfest now! #berto v #ortiz
• it's the 10th and ortiz just lost one point for the punch to the back of the head... announcers don't seem to agree. #berto v #ortiz
• 9th round... ortiz keeps hitting berto behind his head ~ the next time he loses a point. #berto v #ortiz
• @danrafaelespn you weren't kidding! you can hear the crowd's boos when they show mayweather on tv #berto v #ortiz
• berto in corner being told to go for the body. the 8th starts NOW #berto v #ortiz
• both guys are def fighting and in it to win it now... berto just did a weeble wobble impression, and did not fall down. #berto v #ortiz
• getting ready for the 7th... #berto v #ortiz
• berto is bringing the offense now! ooooooooooooh ~ ortiz just knocks down berto! #berto v #ortiz
• in the 6th and down goes ortiz! #berto v #ortiz
• #mayweather sitting by the ring for #berto v #ortiz... closest he'll be to a ring tonight than he'll be on 5/7 for #pacquiao...
• it's the 5th & #ortiz has #berto on the ropes again. announcer says, "berto is fighting this fight like he needs one fight to change it all"
• berto told "stop bouncing and start boxing" #berto v #ortiz
• berto is using the ropes to stand up #berto v #ortiz
• ortiz is going to have this 4th round FOR SURE #berto v #ortiz
• ortiz looks to like he's in it to win it. throwing and landing more punches than berto... berto looks tired. #berto v #ortiz
• ortiz seems to be smiling in the ring.. def more offense coming from him. #berto v #ortiz
• start of the 3rd round... #berto v #ortiz
• i think berto better wake up... #ortiz looks like he has more fight in him now... pun intended. oooh ~ #berto just knocked down ortiz!
• #ortiz knocked down #berto already... 1st round.
• @danrafaelespn omg, thanks for this tweet. i just flipped to the fight! #berto v #ortiz

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