Floyd Mayweather Is Great and Did Not Have to Sucker Punch Victor Ortiz

Millions more have now either seen or heard about the infamous controversial knock out of Victor Ortiz last Saturday by the lightning fast hands of Floyd Mayweather. If you didn't catch it live then chances are your family, friends and co-workers all have described it in full to you by now.

It seems everyone has their opinion on what we all can agree was a legal sucker punch that knocked out Ortiz when Floyd decided to take advantage of an apologizing opponent who had has his hands down and was promptly hit by two big bombs he never saw coming.

The vast majority are criticizing Floyd Mayweather for his unsportsmanlike character and not allowing Victor to regain his guard after apologizing and hugging it out with the undefeated American superstar.

As I pointed out in this previous piece, "10 Things We Learned From Mayweather-Ortiz," there was a lot of drama that weekend in Vegas as a result of the way Mayweather won.

Walking back from ringside to the post-fight conference I bumped into former WBC light middleweight champion and the first Contender champion Sergio Mora, who shared with me that these types of dirty incidents is why he sometimes wishes he did something else instead of boxing.

Before Ortiz or Mayweather came out to speak to the media, I had a chance to chat with former WBO/IBF light welterweight champion Paul Malignaggi. He explained to me that for all the fans and media who are blaming Floyd for all the drama, that it takes a fighter to understand that you have to protect yourself at all times. He went on to explain, very passionately, that once you get in the ring, there's no turning back and you have to go all-out.

So for all the criticism and hating going on against Mayweather for the way he won against Ortiz that night, I think more importantly both fans and haters are forgetting that Mayweather is just so good that he does not have to resort to cheap shots or dirty fight tactics inside the ring.

From an objective eye, one can not deny the brilliance of Floyd's superior skills, ring generalship and near-perfect defense he was showing that night—and virtually every time he steps in the ring.

Floyd often starts off slow and even gives away the first round or two if his opponent is aggressive enough to go for it. Ortiz was respecting Mayweather and feeling him out in that first round, even dancing and back pedaling for moments of the early rounds, which is the biggest mistake to do against Mayweather.

Look, no one will outbox Mayweather. No one. Therefore the only way to beat him is to knock him out or hurt him so bad that he's hesitant to open up and counter you.

As soon as I saw Victor was showing Floyd respect and feeling him out from the opening bell, I knew Floyd already had this fight won.

Floyd is the type of fighter who just gets better and better as the fight wears on; he becomes stronger and faster, and most dangerous is the fact that he figures out his opponent after a round or two and knows how to break down and beat him up.

This is why Floyd Mayweather is so great and did not have to resort to a sucker punch knock out.

Floyd would have either won every single round or TKO'd Ortiz in the later rounds had he not thrown the two-piece sucker punch seen/heard/talked about around the world.

Had Floyd not gone that route he would have received a world of difference in credit and praise from the media, fans and, yes, even the haters.

So for the casual fans who do not really follow boxing have more fuel to the fire of disliking and hating on one of the greatest fighters who has ever laced them up.

When Mayweather fought Ricky Hatton he could have easily won a unanimous decision, handing the British superstar his first career loss, but instead he executed one of the most beautiful knock downs we haven't  seen in a long time by what he calls a check hook, ultimately winning the via 10th-round TKO.

I feel the reason why he did execute the beautiful stoppage was because he felt he was unfairly criticized for always winning an easy decision, or even running over from his opponents. This impressive win over Hatton was to silence all of those critics, and it did at the time.

Remember how everyone thought Floyd was the man after that big impressive win? Imagine if he sucker punched Hatton instead that night and scored a knock out. Most would view that win much differently. That is why again Floyd can not complain for the Ortiz bout.

Dirty fighters often need to resort to dirty tactics because they lack the superior skills and ring intelligence that Mayweather has.

Fighters like Bernard Hopkins and even Evander Holyfield often used dirty tactics such as headbutting, testicle punching, rabbit punches so much that we began to just accept it. And yes, I'll even be so bold to say these guaranteed future Hall of Famers would not need to resort to dirty tactics if they had the skills and talent that Mayweather has.

So again Floyd cannot complain about all the criticism for deciding to throw those two infamous fighting-ending sucker punch bombs to an apologizing opponent who had his hands down and was  upon awaiting the referee, mostly because he did not have to resort to that. Floyd would have eventually defeated Ortiz by either outclassing him, as he was already doing in the fight, or even stopping him in the later rounds.

Had Floyd took the high road then the media and fans would have saw just how great he truly is that night, much like the night he stopped an undefeated Ricky Hatton, instead of looking for any excuse to rip him in half.

Floyd cannot question why all the fans and media are picking on him, when he could have easily beaten Ortiz with his brilliance instead of with such controversy.

In the end, Floyd's business acumen allows him to embrace the villain role, knowing full well it sells when he turns it up. But at the same time, you cannot get overly sensitive and emotional and complain about all the hate, as he plays the villain so convincingly well.

Floyd has been continually insulting Victor Ortiz via Twitter ever since the fight calling him "Victoria Ortiz." His almost two million followers laughing and egging him on made "Victoria Ortiz" a world-wide trend on Twitter recently.

Floyd's almost two million followers should not only show him support, but they need to start encouraging him to just fight Manny Pacquiao once and for all. Floyd retweets many of his followers who praise him and tell him he's the greatest, but he just acts like he doesn't see all those mentioning Pacquiao.

So in a message to Mayweather's 1,720,000 plus followers, start trending "JustFightPacquiao" instead of trending ridiculous immature trends such as "Victoria Ortiz."

Let's get that hash tag #JustFightPacquiao trending instead on Twitter.

Floyd will either respond to his millions of fans, or he will go on vacation from Twitter.

Remember, Floyd is great, but we need him to remind most of us just how great he can be in the ring, fighting the other great fighter of this era.

#JustFightPacquiao

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