Quote Originally Posted by Lionheart Lacy
hi all,

i have been quiet about this subject for awhile but enough is enough. when mayweather clearly beat oscar de la hoya, i was hearing stuff like, it was a close fight, it was a split decision which was absolutely disgusting. worst yet, even fighters thought it was a close fight, guys like ricky hatton.

at most i gave ODH 3 rounds. if you know abit about boxing and defense, then you'll know oscar was hardly landing anything when he threw a flurry, and was rocked by a counter right, so he became abit shy after that. but ppl like ricky hatton, seem to think that it was a close fight. IT WAS NOT. and those that say it was just dont know anything about boxing.

yes i'll agree the rounds were tense, and could of gone either way at times, but mayweathers defense was too much.

and on saturday i predicted calzaghe would outpoint kessler, he would out work him.

that wasnt the story for the first 7 rounds atleast. in round 4 kessler rocked calzaghe pretty bad, he looked in control. i WAS EXTREMLY SHOCKED AT HOW KESSLER COULD STAY WITH CALZAGHE PUNCH FOR PUNCH. mikkel was even beating joe to the jab many a times.

after round 7, calzaghe started using the hit and run tactics, great tactics to win a fight, especially if ur fast like calzaghe or a mayweather did against de la hoya.

kessler was getting of with wicked combos, rocked calzaghe on numerous occasions, i was also impressed with joe's chin, very strong. anyone lesser would have gone down.

after round 8, kessler seemed too tired, calzaghe basically outworked him, kessler fought in spurts, when he did, he was effective, i HAVE NEVER SEEN A FIGHTER GET OF WITH COMBOS ON JOE LIKE KESSLER, NOT EVEN EUBANK. HE WAS LANDING HIS JAB AND HIS ACCURACY WAS AWESOME.

yes he lost the fight but people are saying, he dominated, the papers said it was an easy UD. no it wasnt. and in a rematch in copehagen, kessler has a HUUUUGE chance of winning.

if anyone knows kessler then please tell him to not get worried about this loss, it was against a great fighter, and he lost in style. he is a great fighter.

basically what i wanted to get clear was....mayweather - de la hoya fight should not have been scored closely, mayweather clearly won.

and kessler put up A GREAT GREAT FIGHT against calzaghe, his hands were up and he was able to keep up with joe throuhout, he will be back and unify the division. i think joe was afraid of kesslers power. a few times he thought about theowing his slapping flurries but was always caught and rocked, so he decided to use his hit and run, an occasional flurry.

kessler is an awesome fighter.




Sorry to sound like the rest of the pack and I am not trying to pick on you but what you wrote sounds more like Blind devotion to a fighter then actual boxing knowledge

It was a close fight I had Floyd ahead by 2 rds but it was in not way a one sided affair in Mayweathers favor....

I have also heard some people blame Oscar for losing in some ways rather the Floyd beating him...DLH at times became too concentrated on landing the big shot and taking Floyd out then anything....If he would have let his hands go more without worring about landing the power so much there is a very good chance the fight would have gone his way by a larger margin then Floyd won it by...

Not making excuses for Oscar by any means Floyd won fair and square but it was not by way of dominance....The way you are talking Floyd made DLH look outclassed and a fool...That was not the case in any way