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NorthernGent -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/7/2007 4:06:24 AM)
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ORIGINAL: stef
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Stef & everyone, was it worth watching? Was it a good fight?
It was a good fight. I don't know if itlived up to the hype that the media generated, but it was ok.
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"I thought Oscar won the fight on points, threw more punches and was more aggressive," said the senior Mayweather, who munched popcorn as he watched the fight from a $2,000 ringside seat given to him by De La Hoya. "My son had good defense and caught a lot of his punches, but I still thought Oscar pressed enough to win the fight."
Sounds like someone who wants his old job back. Freddie Roach was only brought in for this one fight so if DLH doesn't retire, he's going to need a "new" trainer. Floyd Sr. is right that DLH threw more punches, but he still landed far fewer than Mayweather. DLH tried to steal rounds with final second flurries, but it wasn't nearly enough to get the job done.
The CompuBox numbers:
Mayweather De La Hoya
thrown/landed thrown/landed
Punches 481/207 (43%) 587/122 (21%)
Power
Punches 138 82
~stef
Having watched the fight last night, I'll go back on what I said in an earlier post.
I don't think there was much to choose between them. Mayweather seemed to be throwing the crisper, cleaner shots, but in a close fight it's normally awarded to the lad going forward - and that was definitely De La Hoya.
I'd put De La Hoya 2 rounds ahead with 3 left. Mayweather won the next two, and the last one was nip and tuck. If was a judge, I'd have given it to De La Hoya by virtue of there being nothing it and he being the one taking the fight to the other lad.
He definitely deserves another crack at it. Considering Mayweather is supposed to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, I thought he was poor throughout and was bullied by De La Hoya.
Either way, another nail in the boxing coffin as it was stale. I can't remember many decent fights since Benn/McClellan - Hatton/Tzu springs to mind. If Taylor stops swerving Calzaghe then that'll be some fight - Taylor's a class act and Calazghe can box/brawl/bully opponents, he demolished your lad Lacy who was highly rated. That would be a fight worth paying to see. Hatton/Cotto would be another one. I don't know how much you've seen of Hatton over there, but he's as game as you'll ever see - heart of a lion, has a rock solid chin and can brawl with the best of them - in his weight, he's unbeatable as he'll bully opponents like he did Tzu - there's talk of him stepping up a division to fight Mayweather, but he's too big for him and if he has any sense he'll swerve him, which is a shame because if they were naturally the same weight, it would have been some fight of contrasting styles.
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