Now I’m going to mention what I consider Floyd’s closest fights and losses. I didn’t give these fighters rounds based on sympathy or because I like them more than Mayweather or whatever you wanna say. They earn those rounds because they did more work and landed more clean punches than Mayweather:
Cotto- I thought Mayweather won 7-5. Cotto landed more punches in rounds 3, 6, 8, 9 and 10. Cotto’s critics say he only landed the jab, that he didn’t do much more than that, and that he won only one and a half rounds. That’s a lie, not only Cotto landed like a million jabs, he landed a lot of body punches and he also landed right hands, hooks and uppercuts when he was inside Floyd’s guard and in the middle of the ring.
The reason he doesn’t get much credit is because first, the majority of mexicans don’t like him because of the rivalry. Cotto can beat Klitschko and they won’t give him credit.
Second, a lot of british boxing fans aren’t too fond of him either, I don’t know why. Maybe is because Cotto has a much better career than Ricky Hatton’s and they fought around the same weight class and that frustrates some of them.
And third, the media is not in love with him like they are with other fighters because of his personality. He probably told a couple of them to fvck off with their stupid questions and they got their feelings hurt.
Miguel Cotto is a killer, you pay him, he does his job and he goes home. He doesn’t care about the extracurricular stuff. You combine that with Floyd’s groupies and in their opinion Cotto lost that fight by 100 points.
Castillo 1- I thought Castillo won 8-4. He landed more punches in rounds 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. People say (the media and Mayweather fans) ”Oh the fight was close, could have gone either way”, I’m sorry but I just don’t see it. I can’t make a case for Mayweather winning that fight. Castillo clearly won.
Castillo 2- This is the fight that for a moment I start believing in Floyd’s invincibility hype. Jim Lampley said at the end of the fight something like (I’m paraphrasing) “Floyd Mayweather won more clearly this time” and everybody run with that statement like it’s a fact. Also, you have people saying all the time “Mayweather schooled him, he proved he was the better fighter and the first fight was a fluke”.
Watching the fight live I thought to myself this is a close fight, I can make a case for Castillo winning the fight. I was trying to convince myself that Mayweather clearly won the fight. But after watching the fight again and again, I thought Castillo won 7-5. He landed more punches in rounds 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12.
The 12 round was very close. Mayweather was clearly winning the round but in the final minute Castillo started landing more punches to the head and body and in the end JLC edge him by landing a few more punches.
If you think the fight was a draw or that Mayweather won a close competitive fight no problem, I’m not gonna argue with that. But to say Floyd completely dominated, embarrassed and schooled Castillo is a lie.
Maidana 1- I thought Maidana won 7-5. He out landed Mayweather in rounds 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 12. This was déjà vu all over again, similar to the Castillo fights. Just because Maidana has an awkward style and throws punches from weird angles doesn’t mean he was ineffective.
He landed a lot of body punches, right hands and jabs. Mayweather was holding and grabbing a lot like he did in the Castillo fights. Maidana did the right thing, ripping him with body shots and chopping right hands over the top with his free arm.
Unless you give Maidana zero credit for his work to the body and give points to Mayweather for holding and grabbing, I don’t see how anyone can say Floyd clearly won that fight. But who cares if Maidana loses, right? He already had a couple of losses, doesn’t have a huge fan base, so him taking another L on his record it’s no big deal.
Maidana 2- This is the other fight where a lot of people say that Mayweather prove without a shadow of doubt that Floyd was better. That “Maidana got schooled and that in the first fight Floyd was playing with him and didn’t took him seriously”.
Just because Maidana wasn’t in his chest the entire fight that doesn’t mean he wasn’t landing punches. I thought Maidana won 7-4 with round 10 even, because of the point deduction. Maidana landed more in rounds 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12.
If Maidana lands more total punches in a round: body shots, right hands over the top and jabs, but Mayweather lands a couple of good jabs to body, right hands and hooks in the middle of the ring and the crowd goes “Awww”, “Owww”, “Uwww”, that’s not enough to give the round to Mayweather.
Kenny Bayless completely overreacted with the point deduction, both were fighting dirty. Floyd likes to use his forearm, push your head down, put you in headlocks and pull your arm in the clinches. When he does that everybody says “Oh that’s a veteran move, smart, crafty, etc.”, but when Maidana uses his free arm to punch him in the head and body, just like Castillo did in their fights, everybody says he’s fighting dirty. What he’s supposed to do, let Mayweather hold and grab him all the time and he does absolutely nothing about it?
Maidana, Castillo and Cotto cut the ring off, closed the distance and made Mayweather uncomfortable. They didn’t let Mayweather do whatever he wanted. It’s no coincidence that those three gave Mayweather the most trouble and it wasn’t because Mayweather “wanted to please the fans”. Those are the only guys that imo came close to beat him (Cotto) or actually beat him (Castillo and Maidana).
The only reason you hear so much noise about his fights with DLH and Pacquiao is because the media is in love with them and they have huge fan bases. It goes way beyond the sport of boxing. I don’t think those fights are that hard to score.
Personally, I thought DLH won 4 rounds (2, 4, 6, 7) and Pacquaio won 2 rounds (4, 6). In the Pacquiao fight there are a couple of rounds where both landed very few punches, I mean like 5 punches or less. Mayweather landed a couple of more punches in those two rounds, but if you wanna give those rounds to Pacquiao for whatever reason, he still lost 8-4.