Duke McKenzie on Mayweather vs Ortiz

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Duke McKenzie on Mayweather vs Ortiz:

WBC Welterweight Title

When: 17th September Live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas

What: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Victor Ortiz

Where: All on Primetime: Sky channel 480, Virgin Media ‘On Demand’ and online at http://www.primetimelive.co.uk

 

As the Star Power Pay-Per-View draws closer we sat down with former IBF Flyweight and WBO Super Bantamweight Champion Duke McKenzie to discuss the upcoming fights, finally we spoke about the return of Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather to challenge ‘Vicious’ Victor Ortiz for the WBC Light Welterweight title.

 

Here’s what Duke had to say;

 

“It’s been a long time since we’ve been treated to a Mayweather performance. When Mayweather does fight everyone sits up and takes notice. The thing that surprises me about Mayweather is, being a former world champion I know what it takes to prepare your body and mind for a world title fight and he seems to go through long periods of inactivity and come back looking like he’s never been away from the ring. If you look back through the history of the sport at the fighters who do that ,you’ve got the good and the great. You’ve got good world champions like Lennox Lewis for example who was a good world champion and then you’ve got greats like Mayweather.”

 

 

“I’m a fan, like everyone else, of Mayweather and he trains like a dog, he trains so so hard. To stay as highly motivated as he is at the level he’s at it phenomenal.”

“Ortiz is a good fighter and he’s proved that by regaining the title. You can put the Maidana fight down to personal problem but the way he came back to beat the living daylights out of Berto shows just what level he’s at.”

 

 

“Mayweather has gone on record to say 41 have tried and no one has had the antidote. If you were to ask me as a former world champion what style I’d rather have, the best attacking fighter like say Pacquiao or the best defensive fighter like Mayweather, I would take being the best defensive fighter all day long. If you look at Mayweather he doesn’t look like a boxer, he’s so brilliant at what he does and he shows no signs of slipping.”

“You can’t step into the water without getting wet. When he boxed Shane Moseley and got caught in the 2nd round he totally closed him out. He made one simple adjustment, instead of carrying his left hand down by his waist he carried it up by his chin and he never took a clean punch all fight long and gave Moseley the boxing lesson of his life.”

 

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