Why I scored the fight 120-108 Mayweather

[eazy_mas]

Oscar won couple of round

but it was a clear win for Floyd.

another thing that is Floyd let Oscar to come close to him and he was testing himself in a way and making Oscar loss his stamina and people though you cant use the old trick again

he standed toe-to-toe many times which I think Oscar didnt expect. it like a kinda of message to other fighters that even if a give Oscar couple of round and dont super ownage him for the sake of entertianment because obivouis Oscar could has easliy beaten Oscar using the same thing he dont with Baldomir.

another thing people keep bringing up the jab

[cortdawg25]

I was there and from my point of view, there wasn't 587 punches thrown between Oscar and Floyd put together. The fight was a total letdown considering it was being billed as a "fight for the ages" - it looked more like a "fight between the aged"....

well on TV were I watched it, it was quite entertaining. You could see Floyd rolling and slipping punches and you could see Oscar doing his Hatton impression with the holding and hitting. You could also see how much of a beard Oscar has, because a few times he got hit flush with sharp hard quick hooks and his knees buckled but he kept on chugging. Oscar was very determined and left it all in the ring and it seemed like Floyd was toying with him at times. I think it was like the 10 or 11 round and everything Floyd through landed. it was crazy and like Floyd said, the guy doesn't move his head at all.

[bdevils]

the first time i watched the fight i had it 116-112 for floyd and just watched again i had it the same score but felt it was even more convincing than the first time i watched and can not understand how in the hell anyone could of scored this fight for oscar.

[restless_438]

just by reading like the first two sentences.. i can tell you there are 3 other criteria in addition to "effective aggression" (i.e. ring generalship, etc) that you should've paid more attention to...

[tito yuca]

just by reading like the first two sentences.. i can tell you there are 3 other criteria in addition to "effective aggression" (i.e. ring generalship, etc) that you should've paid more attention to...

Keep reading, cuz I mentioned them - defense, ring generalship, and ring generalship.

[Slotff]

120-108? No way! I see your points, but no way.

I see it as 115-113 going either way.

[the330ballers]

I believe Floyd won every round convincingly. People (and judges are included in this category) tend to forget that the criteria for judging a fight is EFFECTIVE aggression. See that? EFFECTIVE. The other 3 categories are defense, clean punching, and ring generalship. Oscar landed less shots than Floyd and threw a lot more. This means that his aggression was NOT effective, and what makes a fighter's aggression uneffective is the defensive skills of the other. This means that even in rounds that they landed about the same number of punches, they have to go to Floyd because HE MADE OSCAR MISS. This means his defense was dictating the course of the fight, and this gives him point in the "ring generalship" category.

Another thing Oscar fans say is that he was pressing the action by moving forward, while Floyd was retreading. Floyd moves in every direction to get his opponents off guard and to make himself a harder target to hit, and this fight displayed this brilliantly. Oscar says he doesn't know what was wrong with his jab and people wonder why he didn't throw it that much, well, he didn't use it much because HE WAS MISSING and it is catastophric to a fighter's ego and pride (especially one of Oscar's stature) to be missing punches. They get so discouraged that they starts throwing less, and selecting their shots more carefully to make sure that they land. Another factor why he threw less is because he was tired, he was visibly tired after the 4th round because Floyd was making him move around so much and throw many punches in hopes of catching him.

Another thing those in favor of Oscar say was how he handled the fight when Floyd went to the ropes. Notice I said WHEN FLOYD WENT TO THE ROPES, not "when Oscar took Floyd to the ropes". If anyone has seen Mayweather fight before, they know he goes to the ropes and corners purposedly in order to make fighters miss. Oscars punches when Floyd was cornered were LAUGHABLE. They were slow, weak, telegraphed, and not at all crisp, and caused absolutely NO damage.

Like Max Kellerman said, this was a virtuoso performance by Floyd. People said Floyd would be slower at this weight, he wasn't. They said when Oscar hit him flush he'd get hurt, he wasn't. Some even said all it would take to knock him down would be ONE Oscar left hook - LMFAO. They also said the smaller ring would negate Floyd's movement and the 10 oz. gloves would decrease his handspeed. Nothing that those rooting for Oscar predicted came true. What I saw was the Baldomir all over again, but with a slightly more accurate opponent. Baldomir landed 12% of his shots and Oscar landed 21% - hardly a major difference. If Floyd's opponent on May 5th was not named Oscar de la Hoya, everyone would have scored this a shutout as well.

agree with most of your points but i wouldnt give the fight a shutout... still a dominant mayweather victory. if mayweather threw combinations evrey now and then everyone would be saying the same