Fresh Off His Bare Knuckle Win | Victor Ortiz | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 309
7/23/20261 hr 41 min
Former world champion Victor Ortiz sits down with Joe. Abandoned at seven, living alone as a kid, foster care, the fight that sent him to juvie, and the woman who changed his life. Then the title shot he chased against everyone's advice, going back to work the next day as champion, the Stallone phone call he thought was a prank, the Mayweather press tour, and the faith that rebuilt him.
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First 90 secondsVictor Ortiz· Guest0:00
One, two. [upbeat music] Hey, how are we doing? Hey. I'm good. How are you? Victor? Yes, uh- Or it's Chase. Hey. Alyssa. Nice to see you. Nice to meet you. So nice to meet you. Um- What can I grab you? I'm, I'm up for a coffee, just a black coffee on ice, if possible. Black coffee. Yes, ma'am. No ... What about, uh, cream, sugar? No, no, no, no. I'm kinda, I'm trying to watch my physique a little bit. [laughs] Watch your physique? Okay, come on now. Well- Okay, well, can you please have some chocolate? I, I saw the chocolates. Trust me, I was about to- Okay ... pocket one, when I was like- Yeah ... "You know what?" Take some. No, no, no, no, no. I can't. [laughs] Porque, why? I have some- You working that figure. Okay, the truth, the truth is- You tell me ... I'm a boxer. I'm a very, you know, big into the athletic scene, so- Okay ... just trying to cut some pounds. Okay. I have a prior engagement, so yeah. Prior engagement. Tell me about it. What do you have coming up? So I grab a, a box of strawberries and a box of, of- [laughs] ... all kinds of different veggies, and then I just put 'em from here to there, here to there. Yeah. And I just, you know, just box 'em up and that's- And you box them up. That's it. That's the kind of boxer- I'm a boxer, yeah ... you are. You're confusing me, Victor. [laughs] I don't know what you're talking about. No, I'm just joking. I'm totally kidding. What are you doing? All right, all right. Cheers. Cheers. Boom. [laughs] Boom. Yeah, let me take you over here to Joe. Come on over. All right. Joe, we have Victor. Hey, Joe.
Joseph Shalaby· Host1:18
Victor Ortiz.
Victor Ortiz· Guest1:19
How are you, brother?
Joseph Shalaby· Host1:20
Thank you so much for coming, bro.
Victor Ortiz· Guest1:21
Oh, it's a pleasure. Thank you for having me.
Joseph Shalaby· Host1:23
What's up, everybody? Welcome to a special episode of Coffees. I'm your host, Joe Shelby. I'm so honored to be sitting down with former champion,