Star Power
DateSeptember 17, 2011
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBC welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Victor Ortiz
Nickname Money Vicious
Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Oxnard, California, U.S.
Pre-fight record 41–0 (25 KO) 29–2–2 (22 KO)
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 146+1⁄2 lb (66 kg) 147 lb (67 kg)
Recognition The Ring No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
5-division world champion		 WBC welterweight champion
Result
Mayweather Jr. wins via 4th-round KO

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz, billed as Star Power, was a championship fight for Ortiz's WBC welterweight title. The bout was held on September 17, 2011, at the MGM Grand in Paradise, Nevada, Nevada and televised via HBO PPV.[1] As a part of a split-site doubleheader, the broadcast also featured the Saul Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gomez light middleweight championship bout taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.[2]

The fight

From round one, Mayweather used his speed, skills and accurate right hand to tag Ortiz repeatedly. Mayweather seemed in control through the first three rounds (judges scores: 30–27, 30–27, 29–28 for Mayweather), but in the fourth round, Ortiz found some success, landing a few shots and stinging Mayweather before backing him into the corner. Ortiz hit Mayweather in the face with an apparently intentional headbutt, busting open a cut on the inside and outside of Mayweather's mouth. Referee Joe Cortez immediately called timeout and penalised Ortiz a point for the foul. Ortiz, seemingly acknowledging his wrongdoing, hugged and kissed Mayweather in the corner. Cortez motioned the fighters back together to resume the fight. The fighters touched gloves and Mayweather seemed to half-heartedly return another hug from Ortiz. Then, with Cortez looking away from Mayweather, and as the fighters separated from the hug, Mayweather caught Ortiz with a left hook. Ortiz was stunned by the punch and, still not raising his hands to defend himself, was hit with a flush right to the face. Ortiz dropped straight onto the canvas and was unable to beat Cortez's count.

"In the ring, you have to protect yourself at all times," Mayweather said. "After it happened, we touched gloves and we were back to fighting and then I threw the left hook and right hand after the break. You just gotta protect yourself at all times." Mayweather then told interviewer Larry Merchant that he should be fired and shouted many expletives at him after Larry Merchant asked if what he did was unsportsmanlike.[3]

Fight earnings

Mayweather was paid a guaranteed $25 million, which could have gone as high as $40 million depending on the pay per view numbers, and Ortiz was paid $2 million.

Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz generated buys from 1.25 million homes with a value of $78,440,000 in pay-per-view revenue. These numbers make the event the third highest grossing non-heavyweight pay-per-view event of all time.

Main card

Preliminary card

  • Welterweight bout United States Carson Jones vs Morocco Said Ouali
    • Jones defeats Ouali via Technical Knockout (Retirement) at 3:00 of the seventh round.
  • Super Middleweight bout Canada Adonis Stevenson vs. United States Dion Savage
    • Stevenson defeats Savage via Technical Knockout at 1:57 of the first round.
  • Super Middleweight bout Mexico Marco Antonio Periban vs. United States Dhafir Smith
    • Periban defeats Jones via Unanimous Decision. (80–72, 79–73, 79–73)
  • Lightweight bout United Kingdom Anthony Crolla vs. Mexico Juan Montiel
    • Crolla defeats Montiel via Split Decision. (78–74, 77–75, 75–77)

International broadcasting

Country Broadcaster
 AlbaniaSuperSport Albania
 ArgentinaTyC Sports
 AustraliaMain Event
 BelgiumBe Sport 1
 CambodiaCTN
 Czech RepublicSport 1
 DenmarkTV 2 Sport
 FranceCanal+ Sport
 HungarySport 1
 GermanyEurosport
 IcelandStöð 2 Sport
 IndonesiatvOne
 ItalySportitalia
 JapanWOWOW
 MalaysiaAstro SuperSport
 MexicoTelevisa
 New ZealandSky
 NorwayViasat Sport
 PhilippinesSolar Sports/TV5/IBC-13[4]
 PolandPolsat Sport
 PortugalSport TV
 QatarAl Jazeera Sports
 RomaniaSport.ro
 RussiaNTV Plus
 SlovakiaSport 1
 SpainDigital+
 SwedenTV10
 South AfricaSuperSport
 United KingdomPrimetime
 United StatesHBO PPV
 VenezuelaMeridiano

References

  1. ↑ BoxRec Boxing Records. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-18
  2. ↑ HBO: Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz. HBO.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
  3. ↑ "Mayweather won fair and square". ESPN. September 19, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  4. ↑ "AKTV on IBC September Schedule" (PDF). TV5. September 19, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
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