LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather, Jr. leans forward. He’s talking to HBO’s Max Kellerman and sitting directly across from his next opponent, Victor Ortiz.
“…what I always tell them…”

The cocky smirk makes the day’s thousandth appearance, and the Mayweather haters brace themselves for what’s coming next. “They put 41 in front of me …”
Mayweather leisurely leans back as if surveying his kingdom. “…and 41 came up short.”

On cue comes that million-dollar smile that his fans love and his haters hate. In addition to hating what he said and how he said it, the haters seethingly despise the truth of what he just said.

This Saturday, September 17th 2011 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Floyd “Money” Mayweather (41W, 0L) will face off against the young and hungry “Vicious” Victor Ortiz (29W, 2L and 2D).

This is one of Mayweather’s most interesting fights in a long time. It’s interesting because of who he’s fighting… well, more to the point, because of certain traits that the fighter he’s mixing it up with has.

Let’s look at the top intriguing factors that have boxing fans chatting:

“Ortiz is younger, bigger, stronger and hungrier. Mayweather has been out of the ring for almost a year and a half-AND he’s 34 years old.

Sentinel picks Mayweather in a unanimous decision.