How Much More Nervous is Mayweather than Marquez On Fight Night?

Fight Predictions: Mayweather vs. Marquez by Abe Luciano Friday, September 18, 2009 Boxing Picks: Mayweather vs. Marquez Fight Preview: This is the biggest fight of the year, as everyone is anxious to see what undefeated champion, Floyd Mayweather will be like after such a long time away from the ring. Not to mention the fact that he won’t be fighting just any chump. Juan Manuel Marquez is without question a legitimate, dangerous and capable opponent to take on a guy like Money Mayweather. It’s going to be interesting to see what kind of gameplan Mayweather’s camp will employ for this mega-bout. Will he run a marathon like he did against the “Golden Boy” or will he come out to brawl? I think most know the answer to that! Nevertheless, according to Boxing Picks experts at SportsBook, Floyd Mayweather will enter the ring Saturday night as the sports betting odds favorite to make a successful return by defeating betting underdog threat, Juan Manuel Marquez . Boxing Picks specialists are also anticipating this fight to go the distance. At the time of this Fight Preview, the OVER/UNDER for Mayweather-Marquez was set at a total of 11½ rounds, with the odds makers favoring the OVER. But have you ever wondered what’s like in the days leading up to a huge fight like this one, how much more nervous is Mayweather than Marquez on fight night? Certainly, if there’s a guy that knows what’s like to be in the spotlight, and has handled the pressure of fights all his life, that’s Oscar Del La Hoya! Remember him, that's the guy that actually BEAT Mayweather and got robbed! In his blog this week, the Olympic gold medalist described what it’s like from the moment camp is closed, up the opening bell and beyond. Here’s just a little taste of that (excerpts from Oscar De La Hoya blog: Fight week): Once you get to Vegas, the butterflies get bigger and bigger. That’s when both the nerves and adrenaline start to kick in. Then, at a certain point, you start to get anxious. You start feeling moody and your attitude changes. Everything bothers you –- the fact you have to make weight, can’t eat the same, have to shed that last few pounds… Once you get to the last few hours before you go into the ring, once everything winds down, then it just becomes a blur. Everything happens so fast. You hear, “You have 10 minutes to go out to the ring.” Then you’re in the ring. Then you’re fighting. Then it’s over. It becomes a blur. You don’t think about it. You don’t think about anything except getting into the ring and fighting?