Did Mayweather's Own Trend Backfire on Him?

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Scoring is subjective. It really is whatever the three judges like, from fight to fight.

Great avatar. Joe is the man!

[Outwest Exp 355]

Mayweather is behind 9/11 too, google 9/11 and the Mayweathers

TMT means Al Qaeda in Arabic.

[DeLorean]

pretty easy to score for me. Jack won.

[bojangles1987]

Mayweather has never, ever fought the way DeGale did. Even when he danced he relied more on single scoring shots than ineffective flurries to steal rounds.

In no way is DeGale part of any trend Mayweather started. If anything his style was the antithesis of the Mayweather style.

[bojangles1987]

No I think Jack won his rounds more emphatically and inflicted more damage so it gave the appearance that he won the fight. But when you analyze the fight on a round by round basis and add up the points it's a close fight that could've gone either way.

Jack won the fight but not the boxing match. Decision was fair.

Spot on. Fans are always quick to scream robbery when one guy clearly did more damage, but you have to go round by round. I thought Jack won, but the decision can be justified and the scores fell within the right range.

[The Big Dunn]

No I think Jack won his rounds more emphatically and inflicted more damage so it gave the appearance that he won the fight. But when you analyze the fight on a round by round basis and add up the points it's a close fight that could've gone either way.

Jack won the fight but not the boxing match. Decision was fair.

Mayweather has never, ever fought the way DeGale did. Even when he danced he relied more on single scoring shots than ineffective flurries to steal rounds.

In no way is DeGale part of any trend Mayweather started. If anything his style was the antithesis of the Mayweather style.

I agree with both of these points.

[SugarRayCurtain]

James degale came back strong in last few rounds, so atleast in my scorecard he was ahead coming into the 12th round
A draw was the right result

[Dr Rumack]

I would say no, because the narrative that existed around Mayweather, and currently exists around guys like Ward doesn't exist for DeGale. Nobody thinks that DeGale is such a great boxer that they automatically give close or low action rounds.

Which brings me to the second point which is that there were no low action rounds in that fight that I can remember. Some were quieter than others but it was a pretty violent affair throughout.

A major reason for that is DeGale's unwillingness or inability to tie his opponent up when he's been cornered. He trades on the inside and never holds. That is to his credit in my opinion. But Floyd and Ward would not do that unless they had a 90-10 type advantage in the inside exchanges. Floyd, particularly in his late career, held at every opportunity on the inside and let the ref do the work. DeGale doesn't do that.

[b00g13man]

Mayweather has never, ever fought the way DeGale did. Even when he danced he relied more on single scoring shots than ineffective flurries to steal rounds.

In no way is DeGale part of any trend Mayweather started. If anything his style was the antithesis of the Mayweather style.

Thank you!!!! I thought I was taking crazy pills for a moment there.

[OnePunch]

what exactly was Floyd implying when he said he didnt pay off judges? Was he implying that Haymon bribed the judges on behalf of Degale?