Second Times a Charm

Almost 10 months ago Kansas native, Victor Ortiz (29-3,22 Ko's) found himself sitting in his corner dazed and confused, glaring across the ring as Floyd Mayweather walked around the ring triumphantly after a controversial knockout. In September of last year Victor Ortiz had the biggest bout of his professional career squaring off against one of the best pound for pound Boxers in the history of Boxing Floyd Mayweather. The night didn't go well for Ortiz to say the least. Ortiz who had some decent attacks in the early stages of the bout lost his cool in the 4^th round launching himself headfirst into Mayweather causing Referee Joe Cortez to break the two fighters up. When action resumed Ortiz felt it necessary to apologize numerous times to Mayweather, when the two men came together Mayweather sent Ortiz down to the canvas with two big punches, ending the night and the world championship shot for Victor Ortiz.

But since then life has returned to normalcy for Ortiz, well somewhat normal. At the beginning of the year Ortiz was set to take on another welterweight foe in Andre Berto who he had waged war with and beaten not even a year ago. But just before the fight Berto tore his bicep postponing the fight till June 23^rd. Then in May another issue arose as Berto tested positive for a banned substance pulling him out of the June 23^rd bout. Like his career in 2011, Ortiz's life seemed to be on a run away train not knowing where to go or where it would lead to. Desperately Ortiz and his camp then looked for a new opponent to fill Andre Berto's spot. One man did answer the call, a fellow (29-4, 17 Ko's) Welterweight Boxer Josesitio Lopez came to the table and the fight was still on for June. Lopez who is facing his own ups and downs just coming off a loss against Jessie Vargas, promises to wage war, but so does Victor Ortiz. 

For Ortiz there is one simple thought in mind get another world championship fight against a top pound for pound fighter. Ortiz's shot may come sooner though then he thought, as During his camp Ortiz reached a mutual agreement for a September 15^th bout against Canelo Alvarez. If Ortiz is able to beat Lopez then Alvarez he will have set himself up for another title shot. First things first however Ortiz must get through Josesito Lopez tomorrow night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Like most Ortiz bouts of the past (Maidana, Berto, Peterson) this bout promises to be another good one with a lot of action. Ortiz will look to capitalize on angles and landing his right hook against Lopez. If he can do that it could be a short painful day for Lopez at the Staples Center. 

No matter how you look at it we are all in for a treat tomorrow night. Ever since losing last September Ortiz has been dreaming of another shot to make history become world champion, and he won't let anyone take that from him this time.  His next shot could be right around the corner and Ortiz swears to not make the same mistakes again. Could we be seeing the birth of a Hall of Famer? If Ortiz pulls off the big one, absolutely we are.