Originally posted by tangalog2200
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IV: Floyd was given all the advantages including being allowed to get an IV when its clearly illegal and from what we know as information he was not in a position to be granted the IV.
Manny: I didn't know how severe that Manny was concerning his shoulder injury. I knew it was not a good injury to have but it appears that it was worse than I thought.
The fight: Happened 5 years too late. It should have happened at least prior to the Marquez KO. Still, when analyzing the rounds and how the judges scored it, one can easily find a few rounds where they gave it to FLoyd but could have and in some cases should have given it to Manny. Starting with round 3. That was Manny's round. That would make it 115-113. Look at some others .... Plus, one guy had an IV, the other guy was refused to get his meds and fought injured.
technical fight: Wished for more action but FLoyd slowed it to a crawl due to the constant holding, headlocks, pushing down on Manny and so on. Still, there was some good technical fighting.
NSAC/USADA/MGM/Ref/judges: Hometown guy is Floyd and he had the advantage. Floyd should have had hard warnings, as stated by the commentators. It was too much and negatively impacted Manny since he is the one who is relying on offense even though his defense was very good.
Dave Morretti continues to be Floyd's go to judge. Something like 9 out of 11 past fights he is Floyd's judge.
Kenny Bayless would not deduct a point from Floyd but is quick to pull the trigger on someone like Maidana. Go watch just before that, Floyd was elbowing at will but no deductions!
So to say, Manny was going in that fight with little chance to win fairly. So perhaps for that reason, Manny's team's game plan was wrong. Maybe Manny had no choice due to the injury, I do not know but he should have been more offensive minded but the plan was to fight a technical fight. 5 years ago, that game plan would have been clearly different!
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