Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205

Let me say this...& this is just my opinion & we all know that mine opinion is like an asshole...no wait...what I meant was...forget it...anyways...heh heh heh...Oscar lost the first Mosley fight...but I was ringside at the second one...& Oscar got robbed.
That fight - the second - was just about when I started watching boxing seriously after a lapse of many years. I was couch-side, not ringside - but remember being dismayed by the decision. I thought it was de la Hoya's also. So did the wife but she's just keen on Oscar for some reason.

Point remains though since styles make fights - Mosley's speed was a major factor in his fights with Oscar. Floyd's faster than Mosley and faster than Oscar; at least at lower weights where Floyd shines. Oscar needs to bring the fight inside, watch that he's not open to Floyd's right, and land.

He needs to own the fight and take it to Floyd, not let Floyd flutter, poke for points and run.

He'll have to work harder than Floyd will to make this happen. Floyd can win on points by just staying outside and doing his normal fight and flee without burning up a lot of energy. Oscar will have to use more energy to close on Floyd as well as land effectively.

Guess I'm concerned about Oscar running out of gas if he doesn't do a lot of successful "owning" of the fight in a consistent manner from early on. I'd be surprised to see de la Hoya pull it out in the championship rounds if he hasn't been deploying his energy very well earlier on, and if the fight isn't at least roughly even by that time.

A natural outcome of this fight is Floyd UD with his poke and prance, but if Oscar can manage to "surprise" Floyd and follow up effectively, a TKO in Oscar's favor mid-late rounds would be a pleasant result.