Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
I'll copy and paste what i said in the other thread regarding Mayweather vs Oscar 2.


You know what makes me laugh and i have said this time and time again, people were saying it was a massive risk for Floyd Mayweather Jr to step up and fight ODLH who weighed almost 1 stone heavier on fight night. When the fight was over most people enjoyed it and see it as a close fight, i personally didn't see it that way but quite a few people did want to see a rematch. Now its considered a "Joke fight" i just don't understand people sometimes i really don't, yes there is better match ups for Mayweather to take but this still isn't a bad fight, and to be honest with you i can't see how you wouldn't want to watch this fight, the skill level in this fight is very high standard and i can't see how any true boxing fan wouldn't be intrigued by that but thats just my opinion.
I get your point and you formulate it very well. It seems like a lot of people consider Mayweather-DLH I a joke fight in hindsight which at the end of the day is merely stupid. There _were_ a lot of questionmarks beforehand - weight, height, Oscar's power, ringsize, gloves etc - that made this a fight worth waiting for. That extra amount of uncertainty, where a fight might genuinely go both ways - well, it was there. I had Mayweather as a clear winner on points going into the fight (also afterwards btw), but a lot of people believed different, and even I could acknowledge that with everything set to favour him, Oscar *might* just do the job. He couldn't, but that should be testament to Mayweather's qualitites, not merely confirm him as a fraud.

However, for a rematch the question marks aren't really there. Floyd can hang in there with 12 rounds, even at 154. Floyd can move around ODLH for 12 rounds without getting caught big time. Floyd is willing to do that, no matter what he says beforehand about knocking him out. In short, the surprises that we thought we might just be in for, well they seem very, very unlikely now. Add to all this that Oscar is not getting any younger, and probably not any hungrier either. The best we can hope for IMO is Floyd becoming sloppy, but I really would rather see him be serious on other challenges instead.

As for calling it a joke fight - even for a sporting point of view, Oscar is probably among the top 10 best opponents for Floyd, but it just seem so pointless anyway.