Floyd - Oscar - Any chance of a letdown?

[ianwigley]

Folks

Is there any way this Mayweather - De La Hoya could be one huge letdown. How many times has a fight been hammed up to be the greatest ever, and then it's turned out to be nothing short of an average fight.

I've not seen as much hype about a fight since Hagler - Hearns (obviously that one hit the spot in terms of entertainment), I just have a sneaky feeling we might be disappointed.

Just a gut feeling.

I hope we're not.

Discuss

Ian

[Gerry M]

Lewis-Tyson was FAR more hyped than this.

[Gerry M]

I think Mayweather with shut him out personally. Yes it will be abit of a letdown.

[monkeyboy]

You could be correct. For the fight to go Mayweather's way then the fight must be a dry, technical one. Mayweather shows no inclination to go to the trenches with smaller, less able opponents so I can't see him backing up his words this time as opposed to every other time.
Floyd will flurry, jab and move for twelve rounds if possible.
DeLaHoya will change pace to lure Mayweather and try and catch him.
It will be cat and mouse and the fight will be a little dull if the mouse has his way.
Don't get me wrong, Floyd has no other option than to play that way otherwize he'll find himself on his ass or back. As stated in a thousand other threads, I just wish he didn't bull**** about demolishing opponents.

[monkeyboy]

You could be correct. For the fight to go Mayweather's way then the fight must be a dry, technical one. Mayweather shows no inclination to go to the trenches with smaller, less able opponents so I can't see him backing up his words this time as opposed to every other time.
Floyd will flurry, jab and move for twelve rounds if possible.
DeLaHoya will change pace to lure Mayweather and try and catch him.
It will be cat and mouse and the fight will be a little dull if the mouse has his way.
Don't get me wrong, Floyd has no other option than to play that way otherwize he'll find himself on his ass or back. As stated in a thousand other threads, I just wish he didn't bull**** about demolishing opponents.

[hugh grant]

It takes 2 to make an entertaining fight. In this fight only 1 might be interested in making a good fight.

[MindBat]

There's a chance that anything can happen and cause disappoinment.

But let's not jinx it if you want to see great fight.

[kayjay]

Parts of it will be boring, but at some point Mayweather will find himself with his back to the ropes, and maybe also with his back to the canvas.

[The Wire]

It'll be a chess match. The only hope is that Oscar comes forward throwing bombs all night to try and bully the smaller man. I actually think this is his best chance, and I think he would win if he did this. This is certainly what he is saying he's gonna do, but whether he does it? Who knows.

[Kball15]

Well, if Mayweather and DLH keep their promises of a TOE-to-TOE battle, and DLH keeps his word of fighting dirty, no, it won't be a letdown.

But the fact of the matter is, Mayweather doesnt know how to fight toe-to-toe. It not his style.

BUT, i do think this will be a great fight. A really good fight. Nothing FOTY like...

...but a Leonard-Hagler type fight. Maybe even a bit better