Mayweather-Castillo I Press Scoring

[Fox McCloud]

this is what I could dig up.

http://www.infinityboxing.com/MikeSl...eatherWins.htm

After a few long minutes of anticipation, announcer Michael Buffer read the verdict of the three ringside judges. Most in press row were discussing who we had picked, with half of the media scoring for Mayweather, the other for Castillo. The official scores all favored Mayweather by the tallies of 115-111 (twice) and 116-111 for a surprisingly wide unanimous decision. I also scored it 115-111 for Mayweather, but the rounds were so close, they could have gone either way, making the fight much closer than what the scores read.

http://www.maxboxing.com/Kim/kim042202.asp

Ringside media was split on who won the WBC lightweight title fight, respected scribes like Kevin Iole of the Las Vegas Review Journal and David Mayo of the Grand Rapids Press (Mayweather's hometown paper) each had scoring similar to the three judges. Many others had a much smaller margin of victory for 'the Pretty Boy.'

But guys like Jesus Chavez, who lost via TKO to Mayweather last fall, clearly had Castillo retaining his title.

"I think Jose Luis Castillo did an absolutely outstanding job of boxing out there against Floyd," said Chavez, shortly after the verdict wasannounced, "and I think that he should have given him the decision. Unfortunately, the judges didn't see it that way and they gave it to Floyd."

And former two-time WBC lightweight champion Stevie Johnston, who had earlier in the night defeated Alejandro Gonzalez and had two tough bouts against Castillo himself, was even more emphatic in his judgment of the bout.

"Castillo!!!" exclaimed 'Lil' But Bad' when asked who he had winning at the post-fight presser. "He made Floyd run, that's what I saw."

It's evident that while Mayweather got the decision, it was Castillo who's stock rose on this night.

Thanks dude... that is what I was looking for.

That's pretty damn interesting that it was a 50/50 split IMO.

It's interesting in general when about half of a group sees a bout one way and the other half sees it another.

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