It's unlikely and I'm rooting for Mayweather BUT boxing needs Ortiz to win.
There are two big time superstars in boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Both are clearly in the last days of their careers. One of them is fighting another guy on his last legs of great fights, Juan Manuel Marquez, and doesn't seem in a hurry to fight any of the young, hungry welter or jr welterweights.
The other is fighting a young, strong, at times exciting fighter who could appeal to a wide spectrum of fans, Victor Ortiz. Once (if) Floyd fights Manny, then it's over. After they fight, even if they have a two, three fight series, that would be it for big money fights in boxing. And after they fight and make tons and tons of money, neither of them would have much reason to keep fighting and risking their safety.
Now, say Vic beats Mayweather. This wouldn't be like the Castillo near loss where only the hardcores saw it and he was able to bounce back and dominate a rematch. This would be a loss in front of over a million buying fans and countless more in theaters and bars and barbershops (where I saw his last couple fights). While it would kill a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, it creates a Ortiz-Pacquiao fight and it could lead to an Ortiz-Khan fight and that's not even mentioning an Ortiz-Mayweather rematch.
An Ortiz win opens up a whole lot of possibilities that don't exist if Mayweather does what he's expected to do.
Mayweather didn't become a big crossover star until he beat the previous biggest crossover star, Oscar De La Hoya, in front of a huge audience.
Just a thought.
There are two big time superstars in boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Both are clearly in the last days of their careers. One of them is fighting another guy on his last legs of great fights, Juan Manuel Marquez, and doesn't seem in a hurry to fight any of the young, hungry welter or jr welterweights.
The other is fighting a young, strong, at times exciting fighter who could appeal to a wide spectrum of fans, Victor Ortiz. Once (if) Floyd fights Manny, then it's over. After they fight, even if they have a two, three fight series, that would be it for big money fights in boxing. And after they fight and make tons and tons of money, neither of them would have much reason to keep fighting and risking their safety.
Now, say Vic beats Mayweather. This wouldn't be like the Castillo near loss where only the hardcores saw it and he was able to bounce back and dominate a rematch. This would be a loss in front of over a million buying fans and countless more in theaters and bars and barbershops (where I saw his last couple fights). While it would kill a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, it creates a Ortiz-Pacquiao fight and it could lead to an Ortiz-Khan fight and that's not even mentioning an Ortiz-Mayweather rematch.
An Ortiz win opens up a whole lot of possibilities that don't exist if Mayweather does what he's expected to do.
Mayweather didn't become a big crossover star until he beat the previous biggest crossover star, Oscar De La Hoya, in front of a huge audience.
Just a thought.
c/s 100% . ortiz pulling a buster douglas would do more harm than good because it would take some of the luster off the "super fight" . 
So its Pac and May until further notice. People are so blowed by the way boxing has lost its grip over the last few years, and Im always on the fighthype.com threads daily...going the hell off!
