Bob Arum hit out at Jamaine Ortiz’s approach to his fight with Teofimo Lopez earlier in the week.
Lopez was clearly upset by his opponent’s efforts, where he switched to an orthodox style against the champion.
Lopez won on points and looked towards a fight with Terence Crawford after being heled back in his attempts to show his talents in Las Vegas.
Arum was similarly disappointed.
“It was really terrible,” Arum told BoxingScene.com.
“I mean, we didn’t know this would happen. We’ve had [Ortiz] fight some big fights for us and he was always very competitive, a good warrior. This wasn’t a fight. He was running around the ring. That isn’t boxing.
"I don’t know how the officials scored it as close as they did. At most, I gave [Ortiz] two rounds, maybe three rounds. But people are paying good money to watch good athletic competition, and this was disgraceful.”
Contrasting the showing with Shakur Stevenson’s performance against Edwin De Los Santos on November 16, also in Las Vegas.
“I just thought with Shakur, he didn’t engage very much,” said Arum.
“But he wasn’t running around the ring like a track star. And Shakur definitely won the fight. That was never an issue. But [Ortiz], I mean, what the hell was he thinking?
"You don’t fight like that. Maybe you do it for a few rounds to get your opponent frustrated, but you don’t do it for 12 rounds. And then for the guy to think he won the fight, he wasn’t landing any punches and Teofimo was landing occasional punches.”
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