Protect yourself at all times

Every single fighter in the history of the sweet science has word those words and likely, evey single fan in the history of the sports assumes those words are just lip service from the ref because what fighter in his or her right mind would not protect themselves in the ring?? Well, those words were put to the test this past weekend at the MGM Grand in Vegas and Victor Ortiz paid the ultimate price.



If you followed the show 24/7 on HBO leading up to this fight, you are well aware of the dramatic and emotional back story that followed Ortiz into the ring this weekend. If you don't know and are reading this right now, click on this link to read more. http://www.hbo.com/boxing#/boxing/fights/2011/09-17-floyd-mayweather-jr-vs-victor-ortiz/video/24-7-episode-4

This fight was clearly about more than two boxers climbing in the ring to fight each other, it was clearly more about personalities. On the one hand, we have an ego maniacal freak in Floyd Money Mayweather. Undefeated, bathing in cash and felony charges and on top of the world.
Then, you have a humble kid who has been through hell in his life and wants to fight in order to prove to the world that he is more important than his parents told him he was. But, his humility was tested in this fight and that headbutt he layed on Money May was dirty and what transpired moments after, was not dirty at all. Was it a cheap shot? Yes. Would Sugar Ray Leonard have done it to Larry Hagler? No. Was it as bad as Tyson chomping on Evander's ear? No, but it was legal.

At the end of the night we learned a few things. Money May will go to any lengths to win and get paid and Victor Ortiz has a lot to learn about the fight game if he wants to continue his career int he ring and the next challenge he faces is picking himself up off the canvas and learn how to recover from his own stupidity.