De La Hoya-Mayweather Post Comments (Threads Merged)

[K-Nan]

No. I'm a boxing match kind of guy, but Floyd throws less and less punches now.

Less and less? He threw much more then he did in the early goings of his Judah fight, and the Baldomir fight, and the early parts of Castillo 1.....

And this is all NOT factoring in the weight and power disparity.

[jack_the_rippuh]

I would agree with that, but the thing is opponents might outwork him, but they will hardly connect just like DLH. This is Floyd's style now that he is at the higher weights. We all could wish he was the way he was back in his SFW days.

I suppose you're right.
If he doesn't retire and starts fighting at a lower weights once again, maybe we'll see the Floyd of old.

[eazy_mas]

Floyd clearly won that fight. I had it 118--112 but then again I am biased.

i gave did the same thing but there where two close round that could have gone to Oscar.

If someone give Oscar for his 10 or 20 sec furries and Floyd controling throughout all the round should revise what is boxing all about.

Anyway many of the Flurries landed on his arm just few where hitting his body.

Floyd proved he got a good chin too and one last thing to haters they based there fight on hate and emotion that is where most people judgment is getting it wrong

I think Oscar got tired before the 10th round because he wasnt throwing his flurries that often and he was breathing heavily but in the 10th round and upward it really showed he was really really tired

[EsB818]

I predicted Mayweather Tko 8th. DLH's stamina suprised me, he stood in there better than I thought. I saw the fight going to Mayweather handily, it was close but I didn't think there was any doubt that Mayweather would win a UD. I was literally shocked that one judge scored the bout for DLH. DLH did control the tempo of the fight and had a good game plan, unfortunately for him he couldn't hit the elusive Mayweather and when he did, he got hit with cleaner more accuare shots.

[BoxingBoss]

i gave it to dlh by a point, but im disapointed cause i think he couldve done more....

This match clearly goes to Mayweather, I did expect more from DLH, his punch stats we're just horrid. But then again, he was fighting PBF, too hard to land a clean shot on such a fighter.

[DLT]

I think Floyd just changes depending on the opponent. Baldy & Oscar are huge guys so this was his game plan. If he fights guys more his size then you will see him let his hands go alot more, just like he did against Gatti & Mitchell.

[ricardo140]

draw or either way for me oscar surprised me he tried and pulled off some great body shots but not an amazing fight but hey baptiste vs argentiine was great. vagas judge's like roth, at his age he should be in a home like mental home or retirement home any suits me. judge's are humiliating to this great sport. final!

[owenrock69]

Walk Through? Were you watching from a floyd ass kisser position for those fights too?

[jswa17]

i had the fight at 114-114. it was a close fight with a lot of close rounds. floyd had the better punchstats, oscar threw a lot of short flurries that stole a round or two, there were some times where floyd would land a couple of punches and move away, and it came up as a split decision for floyd.

1. i dont believe for one second that this was floyds last fight. hes 30 years old, on top of the boxing world, p4p king, everyone wants to fight him, there is no ****ing way hes gonna walk away from all that money.

2. floyd did not impress me tonight. he did his usual thing: snapped the jab once in a while, hardly threw a combo, stayed out of harms way, and when oscar pressured, he retreated. this was not the kind of win floyd needed. it was a close fight, a split decision, and floyd did not dominate at all.

3. all this does for floyd is put another name on his record and another belt in his display case. it does not cement his legacy as the best fighter of our generation. kinda like rocky marciano's KO over joe louis.

4. if oscar used his jab more often, we wouldve won the fight hands down. floyd had no answer to oscars jab. along with the jab, he shouldve used his right hand more often. his left hook is his best punch, but against floyd, it was useless.

5. i dont care what floyd, his camp, or anybody on this site says, floyd is NOT the best fighter ever and i'd still be hesitant to put him in the top 10 of all time. best fighter today, yes. ever, no.

i would have preferred oscar to win, simply because floyd needs to be taught some humility. some1 needs to show him hes human. i think oscar's done. i think this was his last hurrah. floyd aint done, no way. this was a pretty decent fight with a close decision and honestly, i dont think it helped boxing at all. this fight was alot like the oscar/tito fight: a hugely hyped fight with a questionable ending that proved neither fight was who we thought they were.

i agree. oscar needed the ****ING JAB but he stopped throwing it which costed him the fight. i got so frustrated when he stopped using it...

i score the fight 114-114 also. close fight.

i still can't comprehend how the one judge scored it 116 - 112 for floyd. i mean, c'mon, most of the shots were blocked by DLH. and u usually give close/questionable rounds to the champion, not the challenger.

oscar lost another close fight. he should retire unless floyd's willing to rematch.

[SalvaDominicano]

dammit i predicted a SD for DLH. sooo close!!