Victor Ortiz: Bradley Bound or Phenom Fallout?

By:Bennie Hayes

Even as a true admirer of the level of competition in and around 140 pounds, I can understand what the reasonable opposition to this fight are saying.

Timothy Bradley has just come off the most impressive fight of his career by beating the undefeated Lamont Peterson this past Saturday night to retain his WBO Jr. Welterweight title while maintaing a perfect record himself at 25 victories without a loss. On the other hand though, despite his convincing TKO victory over Antonio Diaz this past Saturday night, Victor Ortiz’s stellar expectations as Golden Boy Productions next true prizefighter have taken a backseat of late as his will power as a fighter is still in question due to the fact that he literally Quit his previous fight versus Marcos Maidana. That being said, there are variables.

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