Wow it felt strange watching the fight and not being able to post until Monday morning...
Anyway, maybe my bar is too low, but I thought it was a good fight. I didn't enjoy seeing Thurman run "a la De La Hoya" during the last round. At least it was only the last round and not the last 3 rounds, like DLH did. Still, it looked ugly and he got booed lustily. Hopefully someday, when they're fixing other rules in boxing which turn people off, they'll address some way to avoid this sprinting contest in the last rounds.
Other than that, I thought Thurman did what he had to do to win the fight. He used his speed, and engaged in enough exchanges to make the fight very exciting. But again, that's just me. I thought Danny gave it his best shot, but should've pressed more in the 2nd half of the fight, as it became apparent he was falling behind. Mikeeod's point about Garcia being a 140-pounder must be considered also. Some of the shots he connected would've probably had more of an effect on someone other than a natural 147-pounder like Thurman.
I thought they acquitted themselves quite well, and my thought is I've had to pay for a lot crappier fights than this one I watched for free.
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