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Well done Oscar too.
An amazing event and a great fight between two of the very best fighters of the last decade or so. A credit to the sport!
No problem with the decision, it was very close... I had Floyd winning, but I can honestly say I wouldn't have begrudged Oscar the decision victory either.
Pay respect to both men!
totally agree regardless of what you think of his mouth the boy did good stood his ground and didnt run.
great night for boxing IMO more please ;)
I blamed gatti for looking bad against mayweather for not mounting any kind of offence, but when i see oscar have the same trouble landing clean shots, i really see how elusive mayweather is. De la hoya faded and did not launch enough offence. he missed a lot. He looked like a c class fighter even though he is the elite.
gotta say if oscar had not have faded towards the latter rounds he would've clinched it :( gutted tho lol completely. really did wanna see PBF take a beating tonight
If the rules of karma didn't tell me i wasn't allowed, I'd CC you cause it was a great night for boxing. It's gettign light here now, but I'm not sure how much I'll catch up on my sleep. Oscar was definitely head after eight of nine rounds, and it was the finish that swung it for PBF.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saddo
I had PBF 117-113, but the fight was a tactical bore in my opinion. When the story of the night is Floyd Sr., something is terribly out of kilter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saddo
i had mayweather ahead 115-113. good fight
both fighters displayed aggression and defense. de la hoya defense was pretty impressive
mayweathers offense wasn't the best. the fight would have been more one sided if mayweather was more active
Yes, well done Floyd a very good performance IMO. It was a good fight. I had no expectations of a slug fest as would any sensible observer. I appreciate it for what it was. In intriguing tactical contest.
I have to agree with Ted the Bull. It can't be called a fight. It was a tactical and boring boxing match.
They each took a couple decent shots but i agree it was kind of a bore b/c neither was ever in any serious danger. Floyd fights how he knows he can win. he is pretty much unbeatable that way. But he is not going to make the fight and the style does not please many fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted The Bull
115-113 for PBF was the correct score for sure, Oscar faded again and lost the fight in the later rounds.
I had him losing 9 through 12, he did well early and backed Floyd up, most of Floyd's punches were blocked so don't believe the punch stats. Floyd just went into the all time great list with this win while a lot of people may re assess Oscar's legacy as far as super fight wins are concerned..he is 0-5 in super fights folks!
I had it 115-113 PBF he fought great and for the most part stayed off his bicyle so people cant complain that he ran. Oscar put on a show in the early and middle round with a couple nice fluries and Floyd was spectacular at the finish.
Much respect boss, I know you was picking Oscar..CCQuote:
Originally Posted by Saddo
I had it 115-114 for PBF. Was more entertaining than I thought it would be, but not great.
I want it for OScar to Win but he bring it and PBF worked with it.
PBF is the recognize Best in myu eyes even if I hate the MOFO he is the man. Nor Cotto, Hatton, Williams will beat this smart mouth he is too much for anyone. go ahead and make boxing a favor and retire
Well I recon ODh had it by a point but then again I do score some rounds even as many who score dont.
In my reckoning you have to do alot more than Floyd did to take a championship away from a champ especially when you go backwards for over half the fight.
I give it to Foyd though,he has bigger balls than I ever thought he had.
If it was a fifteen rounder he would have stopped ODh.
Close one 4 sure,he didnt 'take' that belt though ,no way.
I kinda agree with you. But Oscar didn't do enough to keep his belt IMO. He waited until Floyd got to the ropes and shoeshined him with flurries. He didn't control the action, he didn't fight AT ALL in the middle of the ring, he didn't jab. IMO, he fought exactly like Diego Corrales except he did more when he got Floyd on the ropes. He followed Floyd around the ring not jabbing or doing anything and flurried on the ropes. When Floyd landed punches on ODLH, you clearly saw them. Oscar just tried to flurry on the ropes and steal rounds with some flurries in the last 10 seconds. Basically, he fought when Floyd allowed him to fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Floyd won, but it wasn't a really impressive win, he actually did run alot.
yep oscar was trying to conserve some gas hopefully to prove he can still be strong enough to last till the very last round. Turned out he did last, but still he faded, enough for floyd to pile up points on the last three rounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by albsur2006
de la hoya came on point if he fought anyone else he wouldve killed them .... hate to say i told u so but good jb to floyd and dlh great fight iam happy i won money and i dont see how ppl say delahoya won .....
men lie women lie, numbers dont
Yeah Tough call, Although Floyd won the first,
I didnt see m/any major shots off Floyd in the first half of the fight and I didnt see m/any from Oscar in last 6 rounds but I did see Oscar moving forwards for the first half and some of the second with Floyd not catching him hard at all while being on the back foot.
Better fight than I thought it would be!
I think there would be fairness at play if it was a draw.
there might be a rematch, but i won't change my prediction, it's still PBF UD. The difference though, this time oscar's performance will degrade even more. i believe at this stage of his career this is the best he can do to someone like floyd. His mind would like to argue that, but his stamina/body won't agree no matter what..
I don't understand why both fighters would worry about conserving themselves for a decision!It seems to be how ya fight anymore but if you think about it,isn't the reason you fight is to wipp your opponents a.ss!
I don't care if you knock you're opponent out or not but you're gettin payed millions why not come out and fight to you're potential?leaving it up to judges is dumb,to much corruption in Boxing!
sadly all the people who dont know boxing said the fight sucked balls, not sure why, i thought it was nice, and about 1 billion times better then i expected but ODH still won
yes floyd, well done.. well done for doing boxing a favor by retiring.. at least we wont hear from your loud mouth again.. he will be remember in the books as a p4p best but in the hearts of real fight fans a dog that could bark but no bite
That was a good fight, Floyd is so damn slippery, even ODLH couldnt get him, all you people that think he won are smoking crack, you must count glancing blows as scoring shots...Floyd shut him down most of the fight and De La Hoyas supposed power couldnt do jack to Floyd. People will find a way to hate on Floyd , but he put on a clinic, and that entrance was great.
The funniest part of the fight was when Roger was working the corner telling Floyd to jack him up...I could give that advice...wth was that..just jack him up was his advice...lol
I like both fighters as technical fighters. Oscar had this fight. He just didn't have the stamina or strategy to pull it off. Every time he pushed mayweather back on the ropes and swarmed him,he had some success. But then he decides to stop doing this and tries to outbox mayweather in the middle of the ring. Wrong strategy. Oscar tried to lean in most of the night without throwing punches. I've said all along, the way to beat mayweather is to do what glencoffe johnson did to roy jones, swarm and stick like glue for the full 36 minutes of the fight. Oscard did at times, but they were few and far between.
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roger mayweather seems like he could actually be legally retarded, which is an IQ of under 70 or some shit, motherfucker could be getting handicapp parking in hiis undeserved benz, someone should tell hij about that shit
Roger mayweather, if not drunk last night, is one of the best sober babblers i have ever heard.
Well said i totally agree with this post!...apart from I had De La Hoya ahead but i don't begrudge the victory going to Mayweather
However it did leave a slightly bitter taste in the mouth...it was my first time seeing a full-fight of Mayweather as a pose to some youtube highlights and i really wanted to see wot he could do but he just seemed a tad negative and unwilling to mix it, which is understandable with a bigger stronger oponent...but still...it didn't stop leonard when he fought hagler