LAS VEGAS — Victor Ortiz is man with many resumes. Movie roles are on one. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is on the other.
Ortiz left the studio and went back to work Saturday on the resume that includes his wild loss to Mayweather
It went off almost as if it had been rehearsed.
Ortiz (30-5-2, 23 KOs) was back at the MGM Grand with a predictable victory, without a head butt and with an impressive third-round stoppage of Manuel Perez (21-11-1, 4 KOs), with whom he knocked heads during Friday’s weigh-in.
But no head games were necessary in the ring. Perez, of Denver, never had much of a chance. Ortiz’ hand speed began to find its mark in the opening round and finished Perez with a succession of blows at 51 seconds of the third.
“If you ain’t first, you’re last,’’ said Ortiz, sounding a lot like the Ricky Bobby character in the film Talladega Nights.
Yeah, Ortiz can act. Maybe, he can still fight, too.
Tokyo junior-middleweight Yoshihiro Kamegai (25-2-1, 22 KOs) walked through Oscar Godoy (13-4, 6 KOs) of San Jose, Calif, Saturday in an early bout on the Showtime-televised card featuring Amir Khan-versus-Devon Alexander at the MGM Grand.
Actually, Kamegai could have walked over him, too. Godoy offered no opposition, hitting the canvas three times, twice in the second round. At 1:58 of the fourth, Godoy was finished, unable to get to his feet before referee Jay Nady reached the count of 10.
Kazakhstan cruiserweight Beibut Shumenov (15-2, 10 KOs), back at work after a one-sided loss to Bernard Hopkins, threw the day’s first punch in front of a lunch time crowd at the MGM Grand, scoring a 5th-round TKO of overmatched Robert Thomas Jr. (14-3-1, 9 KOs) of Beckley, WV.
Tokyo junior-middleweight Yoshihiro Kamegai (25-2-1, 22 KOs) walked through Oscar Godoy (13-4, 6 KOs) of San Jose, Calif, Saturday in an early bout on the Showtime-televised card featuring Amir Khan-versus-Devon Alexander at the MGM Grand.
Actually, Kamegai could have walked over him, too. Godoy offered no opposition, hitting the canvas three times, twice in the second round. At 1:58 of the fourth, Godoy was finished, unable to get to his feet before referee Jay Nady reached the count of 10.
Kazakhstan cruiserweight Beibut Shumenov (15-2, 10 KOs), back at work after a one-sided loss to Bernard Hopkins, threw the day’s first punch in front of a lunch time crowd at the MGM Grand, scoring a 5th-round TKO of overmatched Robert Thomas Jr. (14-3-1, 9 KOs) of Beckley, WV.
