Boxing Victor Ortiz

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Even though Ricky Lopez does not look a day over 12, he is a killer in the ring and has won 10 amateur titles. He recently turned pro, and so far in three fights he has already recorded two knockouts. In this video we talk to him and his roommate, Victor Ortiz, about the life of a boxer.

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Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

Many experts think Victor Ortiz, who is currently ranked third by the WBA, is the next boxing superstar. Is he poised to be the next Oscar De La Hoya? In this video we talk to him about it as he prepares for his June 27th fight against Marcos Maidana, a fighter who has 25 wins, 24 of which are by knockout.

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It's the kind of place your GPS navigator might have to stop and ask directions to.

Sitting on the wide plains of west Kansas roughly halfway to nowhere, there's little to distinguish the quaint Midwestern town of Garden City from the constellation of others just like it. Except, that is, when boxing's top prospect wins a bout, and "Garden City!" comes racing out of his mouth with a big enough boom you might think he was trying to talk to Kansas without paying the phone bill.

Because for Victor Ortiz, the otherwise anonymous Garden City is a place of memories.

It's where his mother left him when he was seven.