photo by: Nick Krug

WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz waves to the Hoglund Ballpark crowd after being introduced during KU's game against Wichita State on Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

Remember the boxer from Garden City who wears Jayhawks on his trunks and lights up rooms with his smile?

His name is Victor Ortiz and, yeah, he watched the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight a couple of weeks ago — at least some of it — and came away less than impressed by Mayweather’s easy victory.

See, Ortiz, who lost to Mayweather via a controversial knockout in September of 2011 that started with a dirty headbutt by the diehard KU fan and ended with Mayweather rocking him with a couple of shots that no one expected including the official in the ring, has not quite gotten over how the biggest bout of his life came to a close.

The fourth-round drama ended what was shaping up to be a terrific fight and left a bitter taste in Ortiz’s mouth.

On Wednesday, Ortiz, 28, spoke out about the fight through a contributed piece on the web site theplayerstribune.com dubbed “Disputed.”

It’s a candid look at Ortiz’s feelings about his lost shot at glory, his true feelings about Mayweather as a person and a fighter and a clear indication that he wants a rematch and believes he is owed one.

Here’s a look:

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/floyd-mayweather-rematch-victor-ortiz/