Floyd Mayweather: Is He Too Distracted to Focus on the Victor Ortiz Fight?

As the September 17th fight between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz draws near, the big question on most of the boxing community's mind is if Mayweather is too distracted to fight Ortiz. I think the answer is, "No."

Yes, Mayweather has more than the usual problems on his hands, and that creates a bigger stress on him than he has had before other fights.

Even though there are more distractions, I feel Mayweather will be more ready to fight when September 17th rolls around than ever before.

Here are the three main reasons why I think Mayweather is not too distracted to not only fight, but win easily against Ortiz next weekend.

This Is Nothing New to Mayweather

Distractions plaguing Floyd Mayweather while entering a fight seem to be commonplace within the last few Mayweather fights.

Although he has multiple court dates and family drama on his shoulders this time around, the seemingly insurmountable problems will only be a minor bump in the road for Mayweather.

Mayweather will enter the fight with only the fight on-hand on his mind, leaving the court drama in his attorneys' hands and the family problems in the gym.

The Ring Is Mayweather's Shrink

As demonstrated in the past, once Mayweather steps inside the ring, all of his outside problems seem to vanish from his mind, making it seem like the boxing ring holds some sort of therapeutic healing for Mayweather.

Every punch Mayweather lands is one step closer to levelness inside Mayweather's world. Ortiz will be a formidable opponent but will end up being another shrink on whom Mayweather will release his frustrations.

Look for Mayweather to look as sharp as ever, as it seems the more problems that Mayweather has before a fight, the better he performs.

Keeping His Record Unblemished Is Too Important to Mayweather

As anyone who follows boxing knows, Mayweather is not shy about letting people know he is 41-0 and hopes to retire with zero loses.

Once Mayweather hears the bell ring for Round 1 to begin, Mayweather's mind forgets about everything—well, maybe not money—and zeros in on getting that next win and keeping the number at the end of his record at zero.

In the end you should expect a Mayweather who looks as sharp as ever, as one thing is more important to Mayweather than money: keeping his undefeated record intact and keeping his legacy unblemished.