Mayweather cannot sit on the rank any longer?

After almost two year layoff, Floyd "Money" Mayweather is back to take his privilege among the pound for pound elite boxers with his Mayweather vs Ortiz. He has received much condemnation after not entertaining any prospective offers after a decision wins over Shane Mosley in May of 2010. However as Manny Pacquiao maintain his supremacy of the welterweight division and boxing as a whole, Mayweather cannot sit on the rank any longer.

His opponent is no sprawl however not nearly at Mayweathers' level. Victor Ortiz is best known for his most current victory over Andre Berto last April. Both fighters were down multiple times in what showed to be an electrifying fight. Although Ortiz showed his strength, he was also caught with shattering power punches in the fight and is known for being defenseless in the ring. Nevertheless Ortiz and Mayweather will be an exciting fight of this year.

Mayweather has established time and again a layoff does not disturb him, as he conquered Juan Manuel Marquez in 2009 after almost two years away from the ring. There goes Ortiz only real chance in this fight. Although he has a tough chin, Ortiz will need to find the vague Mayweather adequate to wrench out a decision, closely impossible given Floyd's defensive expertise. Berto looked slow and flat footed, while Mayweather can hang on the ropes and still make you miss, a real defense expert. Mayweather probably will win with his weird timing, landing left right combinations and finding openings, disassembling his opponent over time.

For Ortiz, he must put on the heaviness and hope Mayweather is distressed as Andre Berto and Lamont Peterson were. Although it’s a strange one, Ortiz only tells one way and that is onward, to try and adjust styles against the best technical boxer. While Floyd shakes off the rust, Ortiz requires going to work in the early rounds as Mosley did. While Mosley was incapable to maintain his offense into the later rounds, Ortiz is the younger stronger man and in his physical prime, different from Mosley.Although not pleasing to the average fan, a clash like this is paradise for the boxing purists.

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