Cardinal Sin

The cardinal sin in boxing is that YOU DON'T QUIT, it's not fair, but it's the reason why every time I see an MMA fighter quit I think to myself, there's nothing better than boxing.

Regardless of what Golden Boy tries to tell all of us, Victor quit. Again I don’t' blame the kid, he only knows how hard those punches hurt.  The fact that Golden Boy Promotions is trying to act as if the referee is the one that stopped the fight is flat out insulting to everyone that has two working eyes.

Past Greats

In this sport to reach the very top and in order to capture the imagination of fight fans you have to be able to give more than it's reasonable. That's the reason we talk about the great show of courage Cotto had against Clottey and why we criticize Clottey for not wanting to give more. That's the reason why guys like Gatti and Vargas had such huge followings because they would give much more than they should. 

The interesting thing about boxing is that you can give more than it's expected of you like Vargas, Gatti, Corrales and Cotto have and it's still not near enough to be mention with the all time greats This is because there's somebody out there that had more skill and was willing to also sacrifice that much to be remembered.

Bad Investment?

At the end of the day you look at the investment Golden Boy Promotions made on Ortiz and you have to say to yourself, they can get him a new trainer, they can rebuild his reputation, but when they put him in the ring again with somebody that ask of him to give more than it's reasonable, will he do it? I can't say if he will or not, but what I can say is that in the boxing world you don't reach the expectations that have been set for Ortiz without having to say yes I will give more.

The bad news for Ortiz and Golden Boy Promotions is that there are bigger fish out there than Maidana, and these fish will ask more questions of Ortiz, questions that Ortiz might simply not be willing to answer.