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Some people claim that Castillo deserved to win this bout, but I watched it again recently and thought Floyd won clearly. One thing that I want to make clear first of all, is that I didn't, and you shouldn't, listen to the HBO commentators while you watch it. They are incredibly biased and really try very hard to deceive you and make you believe things that just didn't happen. Like Jim Lampley saying "For most of the fight Castillo had him against the ropes". No he didn't. That is palpably not true. Simply put, Floyd pretty much won this fight in the first 6 rounds. Jose unquestionably lost the first 4 and I had him losing the 5th also. Having built such a big early lead, all Floyd had to do was win 2 or 3 of the next 7 and he did that. I think people just got excited because Castillo really gave him a tough time (which nobody else had managed to do up to that point, and nobody has really done it since, either). Jose won most of the late rounds, but the truth is that Mayweather won more of the first 6 than Castillo did of the last 6, and therefore deserved to win. Albeit narrowly.
Floyd was backing up most of the time, but that doesn't matter if you land the better punches, and he did. The punchstats claimed that Castillo landed more, but almost every time Floyd let his hands go he seemed to land flush. Where as a lot of Castillo's punches were being blocked and landed on the arms and hips. Compubox counted them, but I didn't and you shouldn't either because they are illegal. If you watch closely you will see this. Floyd might not have landed as many, but his punches were better and more effective. I scored it 115-112 for Mayweather. I could see maybe one or two more rounds for Castillo, but that would be being generous and I don't see how you could give him any more than that, unless you just hate Floyd and/or don't know much about boxing. Floyd landed cleaner punches, harder punches and dictated the tempo with his jab.
What do you think? If you haven't done so already, I would highly encourage you to watch and score it without the HBO commentary. If you do that, I am more than sure that you will come to the same conclusion to me.
Floyd was backing up most of the time, but that doesn't matter if you land the better punches, and he did. The punchstats claimed that Castillo landed more, but almost every time Floyd let his hands go he seemed to land flush. Where as a lot of Castillo's punches were being blocked and landed on the arms and hips. Compubox counted them, but I didn't and you shouldn't either because they are illegal. If you watch closely you will see this. Floyd might not have landed as many, but his punches were better and more effective. I scored it 115-112 for Mayweather. I could see maybe one or two more rounds for Castillo, but that would be being generous and I don't see how you could give him any more than that, unless you just hate Floyd and/or don't know much about boxing. Floyd landed cleaner punches, harder punches and dictated the tempo with his jab.
What do you think? If you haven't done so already, I would highly encourage you to watch and score it without the HBO commentary. If you do that, I am more than sure that you will come to the same conclusion to me.
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