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Originally Posted by El Gamo
I hope thats true,he could certainly provide for many more good fights! What did you think of his fight with Baldo Sweetpea? I ask because I was hugely dissappointed,I was seeking a boxing masterclass against a limited opponent and got that! You think the Oscar fight will be the same?
I thought thru the first 5 or 6 rounds, Mayweather was delivering a masterful boxing performance. Speed/finesse fighting at its best. Ring generalship, effective punches, defense, the works. Some people will never like that style, but if you like the sweet science aspect of the sport, then you liked what you saw.
I thought he shut it down over the second half of the fight and basically ran out the clock. Whether that was because he hurt his hand like he said he did, or whether he just wanted to play it extra safe, I don't know the reason. But his strategy definitely changed.
He still won every round, but he didn't win the last 6 in the same impressive manner that he won the first 6.
As for the DLH fight, I expect it to be a technical chessmatch, which may bore some fans. One thing you have to realize is that DLH is supposed to be the puncher in this fight, and that is a role he's never felt comfortable in.
DLH is instinctively a boxer, not a brawler. His best performances in big fights were the first 9 rounds vs. Trinidad and then the performance against Vargas. In those fights, he had to be the technical boxer, because Trinidad and Vargas were bigger punchers. DLH feels most comfortable in that role and he can fight extremely well when he's in that situation.
He does not feel comfortable playing the role of the strong puncher chasing around a faster opponent. Against Pernell Whitaker (who is a good comparison for Floyd), DLH was supposed to be the strong puncher who could overpower the smaller faster Whitaker. He doesn't feel comfortable doing that. Instead, he was tentative and tried to box with Whitaker, and it turned into an ugly technical fight. I'm not even arguing over who won. Even the people who thought DLH beat Whitaker had to admit that he didn't look good doing it.