Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Victor Ortiz was face to face Friday on the evening of their world title fight welterweight, having trained their bodies to the toughest peak.
Ortiz pressed his forehead on his challenger, Mayweather pushed forward. For emphasis, Mayweather's hand grasped at Ortiz's neck, jamming a finger in the jaw of Champions.
The most important fact of the day was that Ortiz, 24, weighed the welterweight limit of 147 pounds, while Mayweather 34 (41-0, 25 KOs) weighed 1461 / 2.
Establish why this confrontation happened, was speculation.
"Mayweather is very nervous, he knows he will be having the toughest fight of his life," coach of Ortiz, Danny Garcia said.
"The distractions are things you see when you lose focus," Ortiz manager, Rolando Arellano said. "Mayweather can do what ever he wants .... We got one thing on our minds, and for a fighter who made 41-0 legendary, it is a clear sign of insecurity and inadequacy."
Chief advisor of Mayweather , Leonard Ellerbe, blamed the escalation on Ortiz's immaturity.
"The guy has never been on a stage like this before," Ellerbe said. "He finally realized,'I will be fighting Floyd Mayweather great'. "
"Floyd, as always, cool and quiet. You could see the nerves of the kid by looking into his eyes."
The fighters were then represented at the meeting with the Nevada State Athletic Commission rules and the World Boxing Council.
At the meeting Arellano told WBC supervisor Chuck Williams, Keith Kizer, Executive Commission that Mayweather "gain an unfair advantage," and commits an "abuse of rules" with his elbows, and he turns his back to lure opponents into deduction of points possible.
"The committee has assigned one of the most experienced referees in the world," Williams said Arellano veteran referee Joe Cortez.
Garcia warned that if he does not realize Mayweather Cortez "dirty" tactics.
"What will happen if I tell Victor to hit Floyd in the [privates]?" Garcia asked. "If he wants to fight dirty, we will fight dirty.
"We will win this fight. Whatever."
Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KOs) has stiffened, and Mayweather head games continue until the first bell.
On Friday, Mayweather's father, Floyd Sr., stood by the weigh-in stage and the fighter paid no attention to him , who threw the elder Mayweather out of his gym before several weeks in an expletive-filled exchange which was filmed by HBO.
"He can bring anybody he wants to" Danny Garcia said. "We are going to fight the same way that we planned."
