Thank God They Didn't Give it to De La Hoya

This was a great night for boxing. Good undercard, particularly the Bautista fight. The main event was a pretty good fight. It wasn't a brawl, but it was a close fight between two great athletes with excellent skill level. The action was good, and it ultimately put the spotlight on boxing for a very large audience. One fight can't "save" the sport (I put quotation marks because I don't necessarily think boxing need to be saved) but it definately helps a whole hell of a lot. I was worried when one judge had it 115-113 for De La Hoya. If De La Hoya had been given the decision, that would have been a horrible rip-off. I thought that was a pretty clear cut Mayweather win. I wanted De La Hoya to win, I'm a De La Hoya fan, and I had him winning against Quartey, Whitaker, and in the second Mosely fight. However, that really would have been terrible if that fight had went to the golden boy. For that type of rip-off to happen on such a big stage in front of so many viewers would have really put a dagger into all the positive things that happened for the sport.

Comments (18)

EasyE

It was a good fight but Oscar got robbed. He was right, to take the belt you should have to clearly beat the champ and Floyd did not do that. are you joking? Floyd easily won 8 rounds.

19y ago

Technical_Skill

Get over it. Let's move onto better things everyone. ok lets talk about how one guy on boxing scene had the fight 116-114 de la hoya, was he using an abacus or something? lmao.

19y ago

brently1979

So im gonna ask you again, Did oscar do enough to take the belt from sturm? Did hatton do enough to take the belt from Collzao? Nope. Get over it. Let's move onto better things everyone.

19y ago

Technical_Skill

You can make an argument that Oscar did not beat sturm, but we are talking about last night's fight right now. The only rounds Mayweather clearly won were 1, 5, 9, 10. , Mayweather only won 4 clear rounds? So when he nearly floored dlh in the 12th that was his round? What about the 11th when he hurt DLH bad with a body shot? Im sorry i dont believe you can score a boxing fight.

19y ago

Technical_Skill

Your bang on the botton there Fella...To take the belt you have to come to fight..that wasnt enough from Mayweather..I am not saying Mayweather aint a great fighter but it was not enough, He never imposed himself in this fight at all So im gonna ask you again, Did oscar do enough to take the belt from sturm? Did hatton do enough to take the belt from Collzao? Nope.

19y ago

SonnyG8R

So how did oscar do enough to beat sturm and become 6 weight world champ? You can make an argument that Oscar did not beat sturm, but we are talking about last night's fight right now. The only rounds Mayweather clearly won were 1, 5, 9, 10. Rounds 3 and 11 could have gone either way. The best Floyd should have gotten was a draw, in which case Oscar keeps the belt and certainly gets the moral victory.

19y ago

typeone

19y ago

Irish0910

What do people think of the judge who had it 115-113 for DLH? Do you guys not think he should be investigated? I think that judge was horrible. Floyd clearly won. Oscar just didn't fight his fight, he fought floyds fight.

19y ago

typeone

It was a good fight but Oscar got robbed. He was right, to take the belt you should have to clearly beat the champ and Floyd did not do that. Your bang on the botton there Fella...To take the belt you have to come to fight..that wasnt enough from Mayweather..I am not saying Mayweather aint a great fighter but it was not enough, He never imposed himself in this fight at all

19y ago

Technical_Skill

I don't think he should be investigated, but I think he should be kept away from judging fights were there is a large crowd rooting for one guy. The only way in my opinion he could have that fight for De La Hoya was if he was heavily influenced by crowd noise. Ok, i think it was an attempted screw Job, seriously unless he has a guide dog that helps him to score the fight, there is no way you can score that 115-113 DLH, fuckin el man these guys are ringside and have the best view in the building. lol.

19y ago

Southpaw16

What do people think of the judge who had it 115-113 for DLH? Do you guys not think he should be investigated? I don't think he should be investigated, but I think he should be kept away from judging fights were there is a large crowd rooting for one guy. The only way in my opinion he could have that fight for De La Hoya was if he was heavily influenced by crowd noise.

19y ago

bishop2006

I'm not black Yeh ur a ***git that cant shut the fuck up,nearly everyone on the board enjoyed the fight,when they make a thread,u keep cumin in talking shit an putting it down,go to the wrestling forum

19y ago

SonnyG8R

I think I fell asleep... :) The Hernandez - Juarez fight was the one that was really boring.

19y ago

Technical_Skill

It was a good fight but Oscar got robbed. He was right, to take the belt you should have to clearly beat the champ and Floyd did not do that. So how did oscar do enough to beat sturm and become 6 weight world champ?

19y ago

SonnyG8R

It was a good fight but Oscar got robbed. He was right, to take the belt you should have to clearly beat the champ and Floyd did not do that.

19y ago

Technical_Skill

What do people think of the judge who had it 115-113 for DLH? Do you guys not think he should be investigated?

19y ago

bishop2006

I think I fell asleep... :) Oh please just shut the fuck up will u? u come in every thread dissing the fight,i enjoyed watching it,every person in my house did,it was a good fight,not a war,but a good entertaining fight,ur not a true boxing fan,ur just a dumbass that wants to see nonstop action with two guys laid out on the floor

19y ago

Southpaw16

Honestly EliteSoldier, do you really like boxing? Are you a boxing fan? Because this was a pretty good fight. Both guys are good boxers, this was never supposed to be a brawl. It was close. There were very little clinches. Tactically it was very interesting. It had a lot of drama going in which helps. And of course both guys fought very well with solid game plans and a lot of skill. It wasn't Ward-Gatti or Corrales Castillo, but this had a lot of elements of a very good fight. I'm just thinking that your the type of guy who is never going to find a tactical boxing match to be entertaining.

19y ago