Well, this part because open to debate, and I'm sure you'll agree there. There is a profound truth that the number one rule, above everything else is this: protect yourself at all times.
I am a firm believer in this rule because it is a fight, and things like a stray punch at the bell can happen.
But Floyd was doing some of his own more subtle dirty stuff inside with his elbows, whereas Ortiz was being mangy but in more overt ways. Floyd being so incredulous that he felt he had to sucker punch a guy for something that he himself was a part of speaks more to entitlement than it does anything else.
If Floyd was willingly engaging in those little dirty things on the inside, why would he feel so indignant?
That's a legitimate question, and if one were to overlook it, then they'd be courting ignorance out of bias for their own preferred fighter, in which case, their position seems rather invalid.
I've been wondering the answer to this question for a while: why would Floyd be so indignant when the opponent was simply giving back what he himself was willfully engaging in?
Wait was Floyd headbutting Ortiz? What was Floyd engaging in that warranted a blatant intentional headbutt? Tieing up is NOT illegal, and it's the referees responsibility to separate them when they get tied up, even when one guy initiates it. "Little dirty things" as you call it versus an intentional headbutt, come on dude, are those the same??? To you really think that? I'd be a little pissed too if I was playing within the rules (with referees policing), and my opponent deliberately did something to me that is not only outside of any rules of engagement but can also potentially cause permanent physical damage. You can't possibly try to whitewash these as the same.
Get over it man, Ortiz was in a fight with the most Elite boxer on the planet and was not mentally prepared to deal with the shit he hadn't even known existed before on the inside. He was frustrated and wanted to make Floyd pay somehow for his frustration and the only thing not tied up was his head...
You keep saying sucker punch but the clock had started, the referee waved them to fight, they hugged once and he punched on the first break, like he does a lot. And if you follow Floyd's history he did the same thing in the Gatti fight on a break, he hit Gatti before he expected it, Gatti wanted to complain and dropped his hands and Floyd jumped in a clocked him. Thus getting a legit Knock down.
As far as indignant, hmm looks more like a guy that comes to the ring ornery and ready to fight and will make you pay for being lazy and not protecting yourself when you should. You guys cry too much about Floyd.
I ask again.....how should he have handled it? How do you expect a world class fighter to enter the ring as a nice guy or as a killer.
It was Ortiz's fault for being an unprepared bonehead getting caught in a relaxed state. You don't think Miguel Cotto wouldn't have hit Ortiz like that? Or Canelo, or Keith Thurman or Errol Spence after the first hug with Ortiz still standing there with his arms wide at his waist?
That was just stupid......but you guys would rather Floyd said, "put your hands up, lets go, you ready, come on???"
Ok so the argument could be, well it wasnt sportsmanlike, maybe he should've waited until Ortiz was REALLY ready to reconvene.
Well dude, it's BOXING! You don't get points for being a nice guy in the ring. As long as it's within the timed regulation during a round and the punch is legal and after a ref has said or signalled "go" then it's all game, you get caught slippin that's your fault not the other guy.
I just don't see how THAT particular KO can be considered a suckerpunch when there are MUCH MUCH better examples already posted in this thread.
