chavez sr would've been a stylistical nightmare for floyd

[puga]

agree or disagree?..

[SlySlickSmooth]

Many will disagree, and many will agree.

It's more of a who's night is it tonight type of fight.

Also, I'm calling at least 5 posts about how Chavez SR. is a bonified bum beater. (which he did, hence his great activity)

[_original_]

I think Floyd would have won but it would have been a hell of a close fight, I don't think the Sweet Pea fight (which many people will bring up) has much relevance since Whitaker and Mayweather fight differently. If you bring up Chavez-Whitaker, then we have to bring up Mayweather-Castillo (JLC is actually eerily similar to JCC) and we all know the first one was Floyd's toughest fight to date.

[puga]

Many will disagree, and many will agree.

It's more of a who's night is it tonight type of fight.

Also, I'm calling at least 5 posts about how Chavez SR. is a bonified bum beater. (which he did, hence his great activity)

i think it's more of styles rather than "the better man won tonight BS" ..considering how floyd looked vs decent fighter with similar style/approach to sr's, i dont think one could justify floyd beating sr at all... but to each his own....

[Beercules]

I think Chavezs activity would've been too much for Floyd to be honest.

[Kagami Taiga]

Maybe at light weight. At 140-147? Nope

[puga]

I think Floyd would have won but it would have been a hell of a close fight, I don't think the Sweet Pea fight (which many people will bring up) has much relevance since Whitaker and Mayweather fight differently. If you bring up Chavez-Whitaker, then we have to bring up Mayweather-Castillo (JLC is actually eerily similar to JCC) and we all know the first one was Floyd's toughest fight to date.

good point on both arguments esp with jlc fighting similarly to JCC ( and way more more superior) something we really cant say about pea to floyd...

[edgarg]

I think Floyd would have won but it would have been a hell of a close fight, I don't think the Sweet Pea fight (which many people will bring up) has much relevance since Whitaker and Mayweather fight differently. If you bring up Chavez-Whitaker, then we have to bring up Mayweather-Castillo (JLC is actually eerily similar to JCC) and we all know the first one was Floyd's toughest fight to date.

You make an acute observation. Perhaps you are not aware that J.L.Castillo was the principal sparring partner for Julio Cesar Chavez for about 7 years. It taught him all about the value of body-punching and an all out attack against a super-cautious player like Phoney Phloyd.

It was really a shame that the judges made such a huge error that night. I often wonder about it since Castillo scored just around 3 punches to every one of Mayweather's. I would never accuse them of crookedness because I never jump to hasty conclusions and don't know exactly what they saw. I just know what I saw that night.

As for the return fight, I have always believed that Castillo just went through the motions and didn't try, because if he hadn't received the decision in his first excellent fight, what was the use of bothering. From his lack of expression when the verdict was announced, it was almost as if he had already been informed that he wouldn't win unless by KO.....provided he hadn't first been DQ.......

[IronDanHamza]

I think he'd definitely cause some huge problems.

That said, Chavez would also have some issues with Mayweaters style aswell.

I'd expect a competitive fight.

[IronDanHamza]

You make an acute observation. Perhaps you are not aware that J.L.Castillo was the principal sparring partner for Julio Cesar Chavez for about 7 years. It taught him all about the value of body-punching and an all out attack against a super-cautious player like Phoney Phloyd.

It was really a shame that the judges made such a huge error that night. I often wonder about it since Castillo scored just around 3 punches to every one of Mayweather's. I would never accuse them of crookedness because I never jump to hasty conclusions and don't know exactly what they saw. I just know what I saw that night.

As for the return fight, I have always believed that Castillo just went through the motions and didn't try, because if he hadn't received the decision in his first excellent fight, what was the use of bothering. From his lack of expression when the verdict was announced, it was almost as if he had already been informed that he wouldn't win unless by KO.....provided he hadn't first been DQ.......

Oh yeah, that's definitely it.

He "just didn't try" in the rematch.