The unbeaten Mayweather knocked out Ortiz at 2:59 of the fourth as he appeared to hit the champion during a break in the fight with a left-right combination while Ortiz had his hands down.
The referee had stopped the fight in mid-round just seconds earlier to deduct a point from Ortiz for head-butting Mayweather in the corner during a vicious exchange of punches.
Ortiz had just finished apologizing twice to Mayweather for the head butt and was looking to the referee for guidance when Mayweather surprised him with a sucker punch.
The MGM Hotel and Casino crowd booed the decision by the referee to give the victory to Mayweather, who had been winning the 147-pound fight by a slim margin through the first three rounds.
The 34-year-old Mayweather is now 42-0 with 26 knockouts and looked impressive early despite taking 16 months off since his last fight.
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