SOON ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE NSAC
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 13 Jan 2012
NSAC's Keith Kizer.
According to Victor Ortiz when he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr, he got so frustrated by the elbow tactics of Floyd that he foolishly attempted to break Floyd?s nose with an intentional headbutt to avenge the ?fouls? he perceived as deliberate and totally ignored by referee Joe Cortez.
Of course by now we all know what happened that night at the MGM after Ortiz made that foolish move.
He was eventually sucker-punched by Floyd Mayweather Jr and was knocked out. In the process he lost his WBC welterweight title to his opportunistic and unsportsmanlike opponent.
Because Ortiz readily admitted that he deliberately tried to break Mayweather?s nose, his statements were all over the internet thus, caught the eye of the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC).
Therefore when his rematch with Andre Berto was finalized by the Golden Boy Promotions for February 11th at the MGM in Las Vegas, Ortiz was required by the NSAC to appear before them and answer some questions before a license to fight in the State is issued to him.
The commission wanted to be assured that Ortiz will not behave that way again in his future fights in Nevada.
Ortiz after showing remorse and promising to play clean in his future fights was granted a ?one-fight license.?
The ?one fight license? in effect puts him on probation.
If he behaves himself, he will earn a more permanent license.
That brings us to Floyd Mayweather Jr?s case.
Is Mayweather?s case, albeit non-boxing related but determined as ?criminal? a lesser offense than that of Victor Ortiz?
Will the Commission asks Mayweather to appear before them to explain, and perhaps like Ortiz, made to promise that he will never do what he did again?
I have a feeling that because of the criminal conviction, Mayweather will be asked to appear before the Commission to request for his license.
The NASC has no choice but to require that appearance otherwise they will be criticized for inconsistency in their stand against boxers who violate certain rules in boxing and/or the laws in the community.
Given that, will they issue the same ruling as they did for Ortiz?
Mayweather unlike Ortiz was convicted for a criminal act. I am not a lawyer much less a legal expert, but I feel that if the NSAC gave Ortiz a ?one fight license? as some sort of a probation, I believe that Mayweather should be treated no differently.
Mayweather should only be given a ?one fight license? for his supposedly May 5th fight.
After paying his debt to society, if he does not get in trouble again with the law and keeps his nose clean, then he can return and appear before the Commission and request for a license in case he fights again. (In November against Pacquiao? I wish !)
Mayweather should not be treated differently in Nevada just because he brings lots of money to the State when he fights.
If head-butting an opponent deserves a probationary period via a ?one fight license?, then beating a woman and in front of children should at the very least deserve the same.
Anything less is an insult to all the women out there and to the common sense of people who believe that domestic violence should never be tolerated in this world.
So sooner or later, as the ?planned? fight of Mayweather against a yet undetermined opponent comes close to Mat 5th, the NSAC will be on the spotlight because of the Mayweather license issue.
I hope NSAC will bite the bullet and do what is right ? that is limit Mayweather to a ?one fight license? and require him to shape up before a more permanent one is given to him
That is the only right thing to do!
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