"If Victor Ortiz believes in himself and Oscar De La Hoya believe in Victor Ortiz, I bet 'em both $2.5 million a piece," stated an always confident Floyd Mayweather as he took a brief break from working the heavy bag to inform everyone in attendance that he's more than willing to see just how confident his opponent, as well as his promoter, really are about their chances to be the first to defeat him. Immediately, the room went silent as Mayweather made it clear that he's being serious about his offer. He would then go on to reveal that the $2.5 million bet for Ortiz was a double or nothing offer as it equalied the total guarantee of his purse for this fight.
"And that's a wager. I got a $5 million bet. I got a $2.5 million bet to Oscar, you know what I'm saying? Then you know he can buy more product because he got vices," Mayweather continued, taking an obvious shot at De La Hoya's recent admission to alcohol and cocaine abuse. "So then we got Victor Ortiz, I seen him in Victoria Secrets outfits, so how we can handle this is this, you know your payday is $2.5 million Victor, so you go and bet your $2.5 and Oscar is going to put $2.5 up on it. So I got a $5 million bet right now," he added.
Obviously, we highly doubt that Ortiz will be willing to take Mayweather up on his offer since this payday will be the most he's ever had in his career. That being said, perhaps Oscar De La Hoya will be willing to put his money where his mouth is given the amount of money he's earned throughout the years of his Hall of Fame career.
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