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Mayweather's finished, I'll destroy him - Ortiz

ESPN staff
August 21, 2011
Victor Ortiz: 'I think Floyd Mayweather has a few defeats already' © Getty Images
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WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz has launched a blistering attack on next opponent Floyd Mayweather Jnr, who he fights on September 17.

The unbeaten American is regarded, alongside Manny Pacquiao, as the best fighter in the world - but despite Mayweather's celebrated reputation, Ortiz is refusing to pay him respect.

Instead, he has vowed to slowly dismantle Mayweather, who will be fighting for the first time in over a year when he steps into the ring in Las Vegas next month.

"I'm going to destroy him, round by round, until the knockout," Ortiz said on boxingscene.com. "I think Mayweather has a few defeats already, but they aren't on his record - Jose Luis Castillo and Oscar de la Hoya beat him. He was good at 130lbs, but the day I arrived to 147lbs, he was finished."

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