Garcia Tells Mayweather: I Want You To Fight Clean!

[WelshDevilRob]

Garcia Tells Mayweather: I Want You To Fight Clean!

 

By Ryan Burton

 

MGM Grand, Las Vegas - The final press conference for Saturday's mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz was pretty low key until Ortiz's trainer, Danny Garcia, took the dais. Garcia thanked Mayweather for giving Ortiz the opportunity to fight and also praised him as a great fighter. He did however question the 6 time champion's tactics and called him a dirty fighter.

 

"I want you to fight a clean fight. That is all that I ask," said Garcia. "You hold your elbows up and you throw your elbows. We want a clean fight," continued Garcia.

 

Mayweather shrugged off Garcia's comments and said that there is no such thing as a clean fight.

 

"We are in the ring hitting each other. It is a fight. There is no such thing as a clean fight, retorted Mayweather.

 

Floyd went on to point to his record as proof that he is doing something right when it comes to the way he fights and spun the question back at Team Ortiz.

 

"I am 41-0 aren't I? If you don't want a dirty fight then when I hit Victor and hurt him then I don't want him holding," said Mayweather.

 

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[McBride]

I think people quite often overlook the fact that Mayweather is more than comfortable with dirty tactics if thats how the fight pans out. We all acknowledge his skill but I think he is more than capable of looking after himself if things get iffy.

[londoner]

He does have a point about the elbows. Floyd does stick his elbows right up there. He uses them to defend himself and push opponents away. That isn't on. In fact some of the elbows in this video should have resulted in numerous point deductions. A clash of heads can result in a point deduction but elbowing someone in the face doesn't. Strange.

 

 

[Wheelchair]

Liberties are taken in the pro game, it's par for the course. Ortiz will just have to sneak a couple of crafty ones in first.

 

I remember a story told by Henry Cooper about another British heavy (who's name escapes me), this heavy would always heavily foul his opponents in the opening round, banking on the fact that the ref wouldn't throw him out of the fight early. His idea was to weaken his opponent with fouls while he could get away with it.

 

Of course, when we mention fouls and Audley Harrison, it meaning is different. That refers to scaredy-cat A-Force fouling himself! mlol/

[iamasadlittleboy]

Liberties are taken in the pro game, it's par for the course. Ortiz will just have to sneak a couple of crafty ones in first.

 

I remember a story told by Henry Cooper about another British heavy (who's name escapes me), this heavy would always heavily foul his opponents in the opening round, banking on the fact that the ref wouldn't throw him out of the fight early. His idea was to weaken his opponent with fouls while he could get away with it.

 

Of course, when we mention fouls and Audley Harrison, it meaning is different. That refers to scaredy-cat A-Force fouling himself! mlol/

 

It's a genius tactic, land a low one or two, the opponent will be carrying the pain through the fight and the worst you're likely to get is a telling off and him doing the same later on.

[londoner]

I have created a new thread on this subject.

 

Should Floyd be deducted points for repeated use of elbows?

 

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