This is why I wasn't a huge fan of this fight. Neither boxer was as hungry as they were earlier in their career for the win and the accalaids. BOTH were going to make a f'n a** load of money - win lose or draw.... It was a fight where the loser had already won before the fight had already happened. Neither fighter was really laying down much to lose.
Both great fighters, yes, and if you could have paired these 2 up at different stages of their careers, it would have been like lighting 1000 pounds of Dynamite and running... But it almost seemed like a formality considering all the business and $$$ surrounding it. Under the conditions of what it was, and where these guys are now career wise, I never thought it was going to be as great a fight as it could have been. Which is sad really.... No one is to blame for this of course... Business is business, and boxing is boxing... The timing of these 2 guys careers and where this fight ended up in relation to that can't possibly be changed... I guess that's why their is a million threads in boxing predictions like "who would win out of blah blah in his prime and blah blah in HIS prime at 145"... What if's....
If Delahoya and Mayweather had both met during their missions to the top or even early in their championship reign when they would have died before letting someone beat them,, then watch the f'k out...

I'm probably the only one that saw it that way in the end,,,, I couldn't help having that feeling about it though...
I was originally laughed at here for presenting the idea that money is ruining some fights in boxing (my example was this fight).. Alas, as someone said above, payment on performance and effort and do-or-die attitude would have seen these guys paid $10.. It was little more than a glorified sparring session between business partners getting paids MILLIONS of dollars to duke it out however they wished for 12 rounds... Could ANYONE say there was any more to this fight than my previous sentence?

They are both probably cuddled up on a bed together right now hugging it out over a pile of $100 bills..