Who is the tougher opponent, Ortiz or Marquez?

[Rantcatrat]

P4P Marquez is a better fighter than Ortiz but how good is he at welterweight.

His only fight at welterweight against Floyd Mayweather, he looked terrible. Being that it was Floyd though, you could point to it being more of a bad matchup for him than the weight or a combination of both.

One thing was clear in that fight was Marquez didn't have power. Mayweather laughed at his punches and i think in his previous fights with Pacquiao that the reason he had so much success was because he was able to get Pacquiao to respect his punching power combined with the fact he had excellent timing, good footwork and he could land in combinations.

What we do know about Ortiz is that his speed, size, ability and most importantly his power have carried up to welterweight and as proof, he is coming off his best win against a top welterweight in Berto who he beat decisively.

Based on their credentials at welterweight, Ortiz is the tougher opponent but if Marquez is able to perform against Pacquiao like he did in their previous fights, he's the tougher opponent.

Did Marquez hit Mayweather once during that whole fight? He's hit Pacquiao before and I believe he'll hit Pacqiuao again, not enough to win, but enough to make it interesting for a few rounds.