De La Hoya vs Mayweather

occulum · May 7, 2007

congerking said:
He may have outboxed De La Hoya, but he certainly didn't defeat him.

exactly. and if you dont knock the guy out, outboxing is what wins the fight.

as far as Mayweather running from DeLaHoya, of course he did. Technically Mayweather shouldve been afraid of Oscar's power. He was in a weight class 10lbs above his normal weight, so Oscar shouldve had the knock-out power advatange. Expecting Maywether to stand toe to toe with Oscar woudlve been completely unrealistic.
the phrase "stick and move" comes to mind.

Im not a fan of either fighter, but i was hoping Oscar would pound Mayweather into the ground. Unfortunately we got exactly what I was expecting.
The only way Oscar couldve won that fight wouldve been to relentlessly pressure Mayweather to the point it took him out of his game plan. Not just flurries, but walk him down constantly and cut off the corners and not let him slip out and around.

but I agree 100% with those that say Boxing pretty much sux now and its really no fun to watch at all after youve gotten into UFC full force.
cant wait to see this week's Ultimate Fighter to see if Corey Hill can actually throw down

Darth Caedus · May 7, 2007

occulum said:
exactly. and if you dont knock the guy out, outboxing is what wins the fight.

as far as Mayweather running from DeLaHoya, of course he did. Technically Mayweather shouldve been afraid of Oscar's power. He was in a weight class 10lbs above his normal weight, so Oscar shouldve had the knock-out power advatange. Expecting Maywether to stand toe to toe with Oscar woudlve been completely unrealistic.
the phrase "stick and move" comes to mind.

Im not a fan of either fighter, but i was hoping Oscar would pound Mayweather into the ground. Unfortunately we got exactly what I was expecting.
The only way Oscar couldve won that fight wouldve been to relentlessly pressure Mayweather to the point it took him out of his game plan. Not just flurries, but walk him down constantly and cut off the corners and not let him slip out and around.

but I agree 100% with those that say Boxing pretty much sux now and its really no fun to watch at all after youve gotten into UFC full force.
cant wait to see this week's Ultimate Fighter to see if Corey Hill can actually throw down

well if all you're going to do when you go up a weight is run around, then don't fight at that weight. I pay for a boxing match to actually see a boxing match, not dodge the mexican guy. If mayweather didn't think he had a chance of knocking him out, then don't fight him. I am also a fan of neither fighter, but I did hope oscar would crush mayweather into little pieces. Oh well, I suppose I can always rewatch the Cro Cop smashing for that....

occulum · May 7, 2007

congerking said:
well if all you're going to do when you go up a weight is run around, then don't fight at that weight. I pay for a boxing match to actually see a boxing match, not dodge the mexican guy. If mayweather didn't think he had a chance of knocking him out, then don't fight him. I am also a fan of neither fighter, but I did hope oscar would crush mayweather into little pieces. Oh well, I suppose I can always rewatch the Cro Cop smashing for that....

if a mexican is fighting, then theres very little chance youre going t see a knock out anyway. those guys mexi-CANT get knocked out. :lol

I enjoy slugfests much more too. You have guys like Winky Wright, who many are calling one of the best technical fighters ever. Which is cool, but not fun to watch. Personally I'll probaly avoid his fights unless he's fighting a big name.
Same reason I stopped watching UFC waay back in the day when Gracie started dominating. The stand up battles all shifted to rolling around on the matt grappling matches.
Luckily, its pretty good again now.

Have you seen the Best Damn Sprts Show's top 50 Beat Downs? Cro Cop was #1 giving a leg to the head. About 2 days later is when he got the same thing, but even worse.
Poor CroCop

Vader AL · May 8, 2007

the thing that bothers me the most is this could have been a classic...dare i say sugar ray/hearns or sugar ray/duran....ok, maybe not that classic but a great classic none-the-less. too bad mayweather couldn't man-up. he could have counter-punched without running away, ask roy jones, jr.