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DeMarcus Corley
Mayweather moved up to Jr Welterweight to fight Corley, now coming into Mayweather fight. Corley had 1 loss early in his career and a loss to Judah, plus he had held WBO Welterweight title, and he had made 2 defenses before losing razor thin SD to Zab Judah. Corley was considered a tough game opponent, when the fight begun it looked like it was going to be another typical Mayweather beat down as Mayweather clearly won first 3 rounds, but in the 4th round Mayweather for the first time in his career was stunned by huge over hand right from Corley, and he rocked back to the ropes. Mayweather used his defensive skills to avoid Corley's punches and he took about 20 seconds to recover, he then begun to make his comeback and started to hammer Corley with right hands, in a back and forth 4th round in which both men were hurt, the round ended with Mayweather dancing about and raising his hands in the air celebrating what an amazing round it was. Now it appeared as if the fight would be tough, but after the 4th round Mayweather dominated Corley flooring him in the 8th and 10th rounds, to win lopsided UD.
After this fight Mayweather took on Cotto's sparring partner Henry Bruseles, now Bruseles was not considered good opponent or etc. And Mayweather easily won TKO in the 8th.
Arturo Gatti
After the Bruseles fight Mayweather took on Arturo Gatti, Now Gatti was considered good opponent but just short of the elite level, but Gatti was on nice winning streak at the time, beating Micky Ward x2 by decision, and beating Gianluca Branco by decision win for Vacant WBO Jr Welterweight title, Branco was 32-0, then Gatti had two good KO victories over Leonard Dorin who was 22-0, and against Jesse James Leija who was former World champion. Then Mayweather vs Gatti was on this was for Jr Welterweight World title and Gatti was making his 3rd title defense. From the opening bell it was a total one sided beating with Gatti getting dropped in the 1st round, after 6th round Gatti was getting totally embarrassed and destroyed, so his corner wisely stopped the fight while Gatti was on his stool and Mayweather won Jr Welterweight title.
Mayweather then moved up to Welterweight to fight Sharmba Mitchell, who was aged 35 but still he was good opponent, Mayweather had an easy time with Mitchell dropping him in the 3th round and then finally stopping him with a body shot in the 6th round.
Zab Judah
After the Sharmba Mitchell Mayweather fought Judah. Now Judah was considered a very skilled fighter, but with mental flaws. Often losing concentration in fights. Coming into Mayweather fight he was KO in 2 by Tszyu in embarrassing fashion, and he lost controversial 12 round decision to Spinks, but he then got himself together beating Rafael Pineda, and revenging his loss to Cory Spinks by stopping him in the 9th. With that victory over Spinks he added IBF, WBA, WBC, World titles to his collection, he was then considered one of the top Welterweights in the world. But in his next fight to the shock of everyone he lost to Carlos Baldomir, losing his WBC title in one of the biggest upsets in recent years. Unfortunately for Mayweather he already scheduled to fight Judah before Judah vs Baldomir happened. So Judah vs Mayweather happened and it was for WBO and IBF titles, Judah got off to a good start winning 3 rounds out of 4, he also floored Mayweather in the early going, but it was ruled no knockdown by the ref. But replays clearly show it was knockdown but the ref's decision is final so it was ruled no knockdown. After 4 rounds Judah was clearly winning the fight but then the fight turned around, Mayweather figured out Judah and started to dominate him, Judah's output got lower and lower, and he seemed to lose concentration like he had done in the past. In the 10th round with Mayweather clearly ahead now, he stunned Judah near the end of the 10th and seemed close to stopping Judah, but then Judah threw low blow followed by rabbit shot right at the end of the 10th, The ref then called time out both fighters went to neural corners, but then Roger Mayweather come into the ring not happy with Judah's fouling, then basically all hell broke loose and a big riot started, it took awhile to get every body under control, but the fight resumed, and Mayweather won clear cut UD in a exciting but strange fight.
Carlos Manuel Baldomir And Antonio Margarito Situation
I already told you earlier how Baldomir upset Judah for Welterweight title, but after Judah fight he also stopped Arturo Gatti in 9th, coming into Mayweather fight he was coming off two good victories over Judah and Gatti, there was a bit off controversy before the fight, with people accusing Mayweather of avoiding Antonio Margarito for 8 million dollars.
Mayweather fans will argue Margarito had not beaten anyone worth mentioning, plus Mayweather was also getting 8 million dollars for fighting recognized Welterweight Champion Carlos Baldomir.
Margarito fans will argue Mayweather looked scared of Margarito when asked about fighting him, also Margarito had held WBO Welterweight title and had made 6 defenses of his title, he also beat a good hard hitting, young respected name like Cintron in impressive fashion.
Whatever you believe Baldomir vs Mayweather still happened so lets move on, Baldomir was recognized as Welterweight champion and was coming off two good victories like i mentioned earlier, when the fight started Mayweather easily out boxed Baldomir winning every round in a boring encounter. With some of the crowd even walking out but Mayweather won lopsided 12 round UD.
Oscar De La Hoya
After the Baldomir fight Mayweather then moved up to Light Middleweight to fight Oscar De La Hoya. Now there was different opinions on this fight.
Some people believed Oscar De La Hoya was past his peak with a bad performance against Felix Sturm, and getting KO by Bernard Hopkins.
Other people would argue that those fights vs Hopkins, Sturm, were at Weight class Oscar De La Hoya wasn't comfortable at. Plus at Light Middleweight he had beaten Vargas, Campas, Mayorga, and lost controversial decision to Shane Mosley. In some of Oscar De La Hoya's finest performances.
Which ever way you want to look at it, the fight went ahead and it generated loads of interest. It was one of the biggest fights in years. So the fight started and Oscar De La Hoya would try and pin Mayweather on the ropes and use eye catching flurries to try and steal the rounds, But the only problem was that Oscar De La Hoya's flurries were missing most of the time and Mayweather was countering Oscar De La Hoya with good success, it seemed close after 9 rounds. But Mayweather then took over winning the later rounds, with Mayweather winning SD.
Ricky Hatton
Now coming into Mayweather fight, Hatton was 43-0 and had some good victories over, Tszyu, Castillo, Collazo. Some fans wern't quite sure on this match up.
Fans would argue that Hatton isn't an elite Welterweight, and he struggled badly in his only Welterweight fight Winning controversial decision against Collazo, plus his best wins come against fighters who were past there prime like Castillo, Tszyu.
Other fans would argue that Hatton didn't take Collazo seriously, and only had 5 weeks to train and he didn't have time to properly adjust to the weight. Plus when Hatton beat Tszyu he was rated P4P number 3, and also Castillo had never KO coming into Hatton fight.
Which ever side you was on the fight went ahead at Welterweight, Hatton would try and bully Mayweather onto the ropes and rough him up on the inside, but Mayweather was also effective on the inside. And to the surprise of many fans Mayweather was actually beating Hatton on the inside, after about 3rd round Mayweather started to take control showing his class he started to out box Hatton. In the 6th Hatton had point deducted for hitting Mayweather on the back of the head, the fight resumed and Mayweather still was out boxing Hatton on the inside. And in the 10th round he hit Hatton with a solid left hook and Hatton went face first into turnbuckle. He got up but obviously shaken Mayweather then went on the attack and hit Hatton with combination and Hatton fell backwards, and the ref stopped the fight.
Some people believe Cortez was unfair to Hatton not allowing him to work on inside, others believe that Cortez was cautioning both men and that he was fair.
Mayweather's record now stands at 39 wins, 25 KO, 0 losses,
With World titles in Super Feathweight, Lightweight, Jr Welterweight, Welterweight, Light Middleweight.
Also i want to bring up one last point which i started in my other thread which i started yesterday, fans never seem to be happy with boxers winning multiple World titles in different weight classes, nor do they seem happy with boxers dominating 1 division. If a boxer dominates 1 division they accuse him of facing weak opposition, if a boxer wins World titles in different weight classes. They accuse them of skipping through the divisions and not dominating that division.
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