FightHype.com was on hand as WBC welterweight champion held an international conference call discuss his upcoming September 17 title defense against undefeated pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather. "Floyd who? That's it! Everything will be discovered and told September 17th when a man's career ends, and a new man's begins. And let me clarify for you, victor Ortiz will begin his reign on his throne and I'm going to bring a cane for a good friend; make sure his back ain't hurting too much or something," Ortiz commented and you don't want to miss what else he had to say about Mayweather, the fight, and much more. Check it out!
On the build-up and media attention for this fight...
"I know where I'm going with this whole thing. I know why I became world champion and I for sure know that I will be champion for many years to come."
"I learned how to not care about anything like that, and that was thanks to the media. I won't even explain or get into why I'm saying what I'm saying in that derogatory way. I just...I don't really care. The media, it helps...I'm not there to impress or make something more of myself. What you see is what you get. At the end of the day, I'm still the same me. I'm going to keep working hard and I'm going to keep reigning."
On making 140 pounds as opposed to making 147...
"I never had trouble making 140. The media, for some reason, took it out proportion; completely mixed it around in the media and, of course, they wrote what they thought if they were me and them in my shoes would be like. So whatever they felt they needed to put out in the media, they did. And of course, the media is always very negative because they sit around all day long, day in and day out, feeling sorry for themselves. That's not my fault. I mean, I'm sorry that you don't have a life. Like really. I, on the other hand, was making 140 pounds eating 6 times a day, sleeping, even snacking, once in awhile, Snickers here and there. And of course my coaches don't know that, but if they didn't know, they do now. Now at 147, I play around. When I say play around, I'm not saying I go out and eat hamburgers and McDonalds every day, but I do, once in awhile, maybe, possibly, occassionally, without my coaches knowing, I may somehow hit on a nice burger. I mean, not that I'm going to do that right now, or have I? That's the question. But other than that, I don't know, the media is just the media. What are you going to do?"
On whether or not his power will translate from the Berto fight to the Mayweather fight...
"Um, (laughing), that was probably the funniest question I've ever received. How can you not transfer over power into another fight? That's kind of funny to me because, as far as I'm concerned, if you're born as a puncher, it's not your fault you're born as a puncher. It kind of just happens, so as far as that goes, the power will definitely carry in."
"I believe the fight September 17th will say it all."
On the premeire episode of 24/7...
"I didn't watch the actual 24/7, but I caught a glimpse of what my brother does out in Kansas. That was more interesting to me than 24/7 itself. I kind of just wanted to see what my brother does on a daily basis."
"I didn't watch the 24/7. It was just something that, I was having such a great day that I didn't really feel like hearing a little kid run his mouth, so I was just like, eh, I'd rather not. I'd rather not waste my time on listening to some kind of negative stuff coming my way."
"I'll watch it after. After ending the streak, I'm sure I'll sit back and I'll need something to do, so that will probably be on my to-do list."
On Floyd Mayweather and the fight...
"I really don't know that much thus far. All I really know and want is, I want the actual Floyd Mayweather to show up. I don't need a Mayweather that's lost speed or lost power, lost age. He's got that beautiful mouth of his that never stops, so in doing so, I want the best Floyd that's out there."
"Floyd who? That's it! Everything will be discovered and told September 17th when a man's career ends, and a new man's begins. And let me clarify for you, victor Ortiz will begin his reign on his throne and I'm going to bring a cane for a good friend; make sure his back ain't hurting too much or something."
"I've always been the underdog in everything I've done in my life and just the way I've grown up and even in boxing...when I went out looking for Floyd and he finally accepted after a month of me begging, I was like, 'Wow, alright!'"
"Here's the thing, 41 of those fighters that he's fought, none of them were me, so somebody's in trouble."
On getting advice from Oscar De La Hoya...
"Oscar and I have a great relationship. It goes beyond friends, the way I feel anyway. It's more like I see him as a big brother and anything he's gotta say, I'm open to listen to, but at the end of the day, we both gotta know and realize that, hey, I'm in camp, I have a great team, and I have to be under a command."
"Whatever they say goes, but I am open to hearing whatever my man Oscar has to say. You know, I love Oscar like a big brother, you know, and I will always listen, but at the end of the day though, it comes down on my team and what they think are the keys and ways to beating him. But don't get me wrong, Oscar's always been a great part of me, so I can surely respect that."
On why he thinks he'll be the first to beat Floyd Mayweather...
"He's overdue; he's way overdue. He's not supposed to be here. He's definitely not supposed to be a 147-pounder and I'm going to see to it that he knows that."
"Floyd is a good fighter, but I've always thought he wasn't great. Ever since I was a kid, you know, when you're a little boy, you sit back and you say, 'Wow, that guys is good. That guys is great.' Oscar was one of those for me. Mosley was definitely one of those for me. Bernard Hopkins was one of those for me. In his prime, Zab Judah was one of those for me, and Floyd, not in his prime, not in his come-up, not in his anything he's ever been that way, so I'm definitely not impressed, for one, and I'm not a person who's going to hold any respect like those other 41."
"I'll show you everything September 17th."
"He can't adjust to everything. 41 of his fighters...he's fought the same way every fight, every single fight, except anaylsts are too blind to see that he actually fights the same way every fight. Now, I don't really care what he's got to bring, you know, he's done. The moment they mentioned Victor Ortiz vs. Mayweather, he was done, period!"
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