Hey how do you all score this round?

[Andre]

For the record, Floyd fought with an injured shoulder and still fought close enough to get the benefit of a doubt..

I didnt know that. Thanks.

Not that it should of made a difference to the score.

[FinitoElDinamita]

For the record, Floyd fought with an injured shoulder and still fought close enough to get the benefit of a doubt..

I didnt know that. Thanks.

Not that it should of made a difference to the score.

Yep, makes no difference at all but I just wanted to point out the fact that Floyd fought well through adversity which goes unnoticed when speaking of this bout. Castillo deserves all the praise but at the same time, I think he fought as well as he did due to FLoyd's injured shoulders.. He was basically fighting a 70% of Floyd and the rematch proved just that.. If castillo somehow had Floyd's number and knew how to fight him, then the rematch should have been just as competitive but it wasn't even close so I think the first fight had more to do with Floyd's injury more than anything else.

BTW I saw your scorecard and it's more than respectable..

[J_C]

Floyd Mayweather Jr clearly.

Although i see it different it just shows why boxing is such an intriguing sport, everybody has a different opinion.

What may seem clear cut to 1 person can seem the opposite to another depending on how events are interpreted. Love it!

Me too, love it.
Reason i put this here is because I read the comments under the whole fight on utube and its 50/50 and many are calling others out and all that crap, but Floyds fans of course see it different than his detractors. Still there are real fight fans who dont give a fuck who wins (may the best man win) and they are slightly split on it too it seems.

I see Floyd hitting air with most of the high jabs or checked on Castillos gloves and all but two body jabs are checked by Castillo either moving back already bodily or caught by the elbow. I see him as the aggressor and I see him counter with harder shots on two different close engagements between the two.

I do see Floyd as more skillful and fluid in movement being evasive under attack, but Castillo scores the harder connecting shots and he is the champion defending and he is the hunter in the fight.

I dont want to come across as an arse because you seen a decent enough chap Andre, but what has the bit in bold got to do with anything? Whenever I hear anything about that sort of way of scoring a fight (youve got to take the title from the champ sort of chat) I have to call in to question the opinion of the scorer. What has Castillo being the champ got to do with anything in scoring the fight. The belt is vacant upon the first bell sounding.

[Spicoli]

Castillo. Floyd was reactionary fo the most part and punching from the backseat. Pick your poison. Castillo had few long rights near end and actually lead a few earlier, I also give him a nod for inside punching while they were tied together. Thought he worked harder

[p4pking]

Pretty well everyone who fights Mayweather works harder though, that's part of his game. Agree with most of the posts in this thread, if ever a 10-10 round is deserved this one fits. Giving one man the nod really speaks more to personal taste than any other factor imo(which lead me to first think Mayweather, in truth), it was a very uneventful round compared to any other in the fight.

[Andre]

Floyd Mayweather Jr clearly.

Although i see it different it just shows why boxing is such an intriguing sport, everybody has a different opinion.

What may seem clear cut to 1 person can seem the opposite to another depending on how events are interpreted. Love it!

Me too, love it.
Reason i put this here is because I read the comments under the whole fight on utube and its 50/50 and many are calling others out and all that crap, but Floyds fans of course see it different than his detractors. Still there are real fight fans who dont give a fuck who wins (may the best man win) and they are slightly split on it too it seems.

I see Floyd hitting air with most of the high jabs or checked on Castillos gloves and all but two body jabs are checked by Castillo either moving back already bodily or caught by the elbow. I see him as the aggressor and I see him counter with harder shots on two different close engagements between the two.

I do see Floyd as more skillful and fluid in movement being evasive under attack, but Castillo scores the harder connecting shots and he is the champion defending and he is the hunter in the fight.

I dont want to come across as an arse because you seen a decent enough chap Andre, but what has the bit in bold got to do with anything? Whenever I hear anything about that sort of way of scoring a fight (youve got to take the title from the champ sort of chat) I have to call in to question the opinion of the scorer. What has Castillo being the champ got to do with anything in scoring the fight. The belt is vacant upon the first bell sounding.

The reason I wrote it is because the people who are siding with Floyd specially on utube over the whole fight, seem to consider him the champion here and so he can coast. He came for the title not the other way around. It doesnt effect my scoring I wouldnt give the nod just for it either; its a comment covering what makes up a small percentage of how people think though.

I scored it Castillio one clean hard professional style hit more than Floyd on this round, fuck the dancing.

I've still had to watch it a number of times cause you think ohh maybe Ive missed something there but I have him in front, every time Ive watched it even using the pause button to see if theres decent contact.. but hey that just me.

[Andre]

Its funny because the top comment on one of the series in this fight on uutbe says Anyone who scores round three for Castillio doesnt know shit about boxing and it has the most thumbs up of all comments.

Got me thinking , (these are fan boys posting) but not always, its fascinating just how wide some other people see things!

Thought here was a good place to test the water without emotion or fanaticism .

[InTheNeutralCorner]

Floyd Mayweather Jr clearly.

Although i see it different it just shows why boxing is such an intriguing sport, everybody has a different opinion.

What may seem clear cut to 1 person can seem the opposite to another depending on how events are interpreted. Love it!

Me too, love it.
Reason i put this here is because I read the comments under the whole fight on utube and its 50/50 and many are calling others out and all that crap, but Floyds fans of course see it different than his detractors. Still there are real fight fans who dont give a fuck who wins (may the best man win) and they are slightly split on it too it seems.

I see Floyd hitting air with most of the high jabs or checked on Castillos gloves and all but two body jabs are checked by Castillo either moving back already bodily or caught by the elbow. I see him as the aggressor and I see him counter with harder shots on two different close engagements between the two.

I do see Floyd as more skillful and fluid in movement being evasive under attack, but Castillo scores the harder connecting shots and he is the champion defending and he is the hunter in the fight.

I dont want to come across as an arse because you seen a decent enough chap Andre, but what has the bit in bold got to do with anything? Whenever I hear anything about that sort of way of scoring a fight (youve got to take the title from the champ sort of chat) I have to call in to question the opinion of the scorer. What has Castillo being the champ got to do with anything in scoring the fight. The belt is vacant upon the first bell sounding.

It really is unfair if a round that looks like a draw is given to the boxer because he is the champion. But this is how they do it in boxing, isn't it? You have to beat the champ to be the champ because in a draw the defending champion retains the belt. So the belt being vacant upon the first bell sounding does not apply.

[FinitoElDinamita]

True.the challenger doesnt exactly have to knock out the champion to win but he must be very convincing to get the benefit of the scoring.

[stebs]

Round 3 starts at 1.45. How do you score it?

Tough round to score, but with watching only one time I would give it to Castillo only because of his aggression and I think he landed the only solid punch of the round.

Doesn't mean I'm right, it's just what I seen in the one viewing of it which is the same as the judges get to see it. I think the uppercut Castillo landed in rnd 4 was better then anything landed in rnd 3

[amat]

I penalize some fighters for being aggressive against a 'boxer' but not being intelligent and not really doing anything. This is a case of the opposite. I don't think Floyd was really trying to do anything but figure Castillo out a little bit. It's Youtube so the quality isn't great but I don't think Mayweather, or Castillo, controlled anything. Still, I would probably give the round to Castillo.

[johnsebastianmiran]

What defines what a fight is going to look like is when the saying comes to pass,"The fight begins in the third round." Mr. Castillo won the round on quantity landed. The rest of the fight Floyd didn't really do much and press row had him losing. I didn't really see the fight until my third sitting. All I can say about the rest of the fight is it takes more than footwork to take a title especially when you get hit with forty to fifty more punches than your opponent.

[erics44]

it was a very close round, i thought floyd landed more punches

[Master]

I give the round to Castillo because he was the aggressor, landed seemingly better punches, was champion and Floyd is an ass. Simple.

The fight I had Floyd winning.