Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Floyd Sinclair.... umm, I mean Floyd Mayweather, is a solid favorite to beat Ricky Hatton, for many reasons.

So, therefore, Floyd doesn't just have to win, he needs to be convincing. Against Oscar, Floyd definitely won, but the fact that it was a competitive fight left some people saying that Floyd wasn't as dominant as he should have been.

So... how dominant does Floyd have to be for it to be considered a successful performance?

Does he need to KO/TKO Hatton? Does he have to win 9 rounds to 3? 10 rounds to 2?
Mayweather's fight with Oscar was competitive in that he doens't have the power to dominate like Roy JOnes jr. or guys liek that. It was every bit the boxing lesson Whitaker gave Chavez. Being able to dodge almost every punch a fighter like Oscar throws while landing half your punches is amazing, and a sign of dominance IMO if the guy is a defensive fighter like Mayweather. He did what he wanted to in that fight except maybe finish it before the 12th round ended while Oscar did get him to the ropes, which Floyd allowed, he didn't land even close to as much as he wanted to.
I agree with this for the most part. I thought Floyd clearly won the fight by a comfortable margin and was in control the whole time.
I thought it was an A+ performance defensively. His main goal was to nullify Oscar's left hook, and he did that for the entire 12 rounds.
But if Floyd was an A+ on defense, I thought he was only a B or B- offensively. We all know Floyd doesn't have KO power at 154, but I expected him to land and throw more punches than he did. He didn't really open up until the last few rounds, and even when compubox had him landing 50% or more, a lot of the punches weren't landing flush, Oscar was partially blocking them.
If you watch the 11th round, Floyd was nailing Oscar with flush power shots, I expected Floyd to have several rounds like that, but he didn't really.