Mayweather-De La Hoya: Great Fight, Wrong Decision

[Mattyp151]

your calling me a dumbass but at the time likening De La Hoya Mayweather to Lacy Calzaghe.

You are dumb because you're hung up in the analogy.

Did I call De La Hoya Jeff Lacy? No. I stated that in these two fights, De La Hoya and Lacy were clearly the bigger punchers. However, being a big puncher shouldn't score points unless you LAND EFFECTIVE to utilize that power. And sorry, but when you're the bigger puncher, and your jab is your most consistent and best punch of the fight, you are not winning and not utilizing the power advantage.

So, genius, anymore points that complete kabashes your opinion you want to ignore, or am I done here?

[Mattyp151]

if that's the premis of your post i'm not bothering with anything beneath it.

Throw up the white flag!!!! Go Ahead!!!

[pbftxrs316]

mayweather won clearly enough for me. but people need to realise oscar did do well catching many punches, and floyd would throw a lot of jabs that just did not even reach oscar. this is what ****ed up the punch stats, no way did floyd land all those punches.
it made it seem like he was more active than oscar but he did not land as many punches as people think.

no it doesn't make it look like floyd was more active. it makes it look like he threw more clearly landed punches on oscar. thrwoing a jab is not a power punch, so it can't cause a fighter to look that active unless they throw in bunches. floyd did catch oscar with a lot of jabs, even if he threw them with hardly any power. he still landed. he didn't land many of them, but he did land a lot of them, and they were in clear view of the judges. i've watched the fight in slow motion about 5 times now, floyd landed a lot of jabs.

[realheavyhands]

no it doesn't make it look like floyd was more active. it makes it look like he threw more clearly landed punches on oscar. thrwoing a jab is not a power punch, so it can't cause a fighter to look that active unless they throw in bunches. floyd did catch oscar with a lot of jabs, even if he threw them with hardly any power. he still landed. he didn't land many of them, but he did land a lot of them, and they were in clear view of the judges. i've watched the fight in slow motion about 5 times now, floyd landed a lot of jabs.

THAT WAS HIS BEST PUNCH..DONT U THINK IF OSCAR JABBED HE WOULD OF WON THE FIGHT

THAT WAS HIS BEST PUNCH..DONT U THINK IF OSCAR JABBED HE WOULD OF WON THE FIGHT

Who knows? Maybe if DLH stuck to the jab Mayweather would have adjusted and countered it? I think it was effective because DLH used it so sparingly...

[Mattyp151]

THAT WAS HIS BEST PUNCH..DONT U THINK IF OSCAR JABBED HE WOULD OF WON THE FIGHT

Nope, because after the 6th or 7th, Floyd began countering the jab with a straight right down the pipe and popping Oscar. He stopped throwing his jab because he was fast enough to stop the straight right and right hook from Mayweather.

[Super_Lightweight]

Basically, neither guy showed their best stuff. Floyd was scared to engage, and Oscar was scared of Floyd's speed. The right decision was rendered, although I could have seen a draw. Many rounds were very close. Oscar could have jabbed more and possibly won the fight clearly. Who knows...

In the meantime, suffice to say, Floyd needs to keep fighting. His legacy is lacking at this point in time. But if he is happy, more power to him for retiring.

[Ridgway]

That was a boring fight. No engage. Dela Hoya was the champion and was attacking and Floyd keeps running. Floyd Mayweather does not sell because of his fight style. That's why UFC is the best with no controversial judges decision. Only MANNY PACQUIAO can live the hype of boxing nowadays. I regret buying the PPV good there was Bautista fighting.

[pbftxrs316]

THAT WAS HIS BEST PUNCH..DONT U THINK IF OSCAR JABBED HE WOULD OF WON THE FIGHT

i really don't know because floyd adjusts to his opponents very well. oscar may have or may not have, that's a matter of specualtion and would've, could've, sould've but didn't to me. i'll tell you this though, if oscar thrw the jab more than he did, don't you think floyd would have changed his gameplan?

[pbftxrs316]

Why? It's boxing you don't have to stand there and get hit in your face.. Move, Slip a few punches, Step back out of range... I don't hear no one talking about how ODLH out boxed Felix and did stand toe to toe... If he would have boxed and used his jab, and took his time when he had Floyd on the ropes he would have won the fight.... You dont have to like the guy but anyone who likes boxing has to respect what he has done from 130 to 154 and as little as 1.5 years ago he was at 135... As someone who enjoys boxing that gets respect....

i bet you he won't respond to this with anything of real importance. you clearly just owned that guy, great point.