Mayweather vs Da La Hoya May 5th - Page 3

whorstman · #41 05-07-2007, 05:32 AM

Yet another snooze of a fight. Maybe sooner or later we will stop getting these PPV BS fights. I bet UFC had a big grin after that.

Seattleallstar · #42 05-07-2007, 12:19 PM

i want my money back, the fight with the Filipino guy was pure action and a test of guts.

#43 05-12-2007, 11:06 PM

Just watched the replay. A rematch would be absolutely awful. Floyd is so much faster, and their styles just dont work. Oscar at this point is just way too cautious and he has to be because he is so much slower. No way. And Floyd needs to stay in the game to go down as fighter to be remembered. He has never had it tough. Bring on Floyd and Sugar Shane.

timmgirvan · #44 05-12-2007, 11:25 PM

Someone has the punch ratio broken down and something like 83 power punches land...as PBF had around 200...so much for Oscar feeling he didn't lose! And his explantion for not using his best punch(ie left hook) was lame!

#45 05-12-2007, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Bababooyee

I thought it was an entertaining fight (certainly did not live up to the hype, though). I can see it being scored anywhere from Floyd winning by 2-3 rounds to a draw...can't see how anyone scored it as a win for Oscar.

I wouldn't mind a re-match.

pg, you mentioned Oscar being cautious...but, cripe, Floyd will throw one punch than run...only near the end did he stand in there when Oscar was pushing it all night long.

THis is PBF's MO. He is a great defensive fighter with a bit of snap. I love to watch him. He slips punches as well as any fighter I have seen. Oscar is a true fighter. But he is older and wiser. He has no desire to risk getting hurt.
I really want Floyd to get pushed though. I think he can be hit by the right type of fighter. I just want to see him rocked in a fight and show he can get through. Chavez in his prime would have hit him. But he is gone.

Seattleallstar · #46 05-13-2007, 02:18 AM

im still pissed that I had to pay 54.95 for it, then you guys get to see it for free back on HBO...lol

Samarta · #47 05-13-2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

im still pissed that I had to pay 54.95 for it, then you guys get to see it for free back on HBO...lol

lmao...which is exactly why I didn't pay for it....I stopped buying PPV fights when Tyson took up canabalism...if the fight is a good fight, I'll still watch it a week later and it is almost as exciting....I watched it last night on HBO and outside of the last 10 seconds of the 12th round it was a snore.......I'll give Mayweather credit, he is a great defensive fighter, but that makes for very boring fights.....Once again, about 2/3 of the way through the fight, De La Hoya stops doing what was working and gets hit 2 to 1 from the 8th round on....if he keeps throwing the jab, he wins.....I loved when Larry Merchant said in front of both of them in the studio last that he personally didn't need or want to see a rematch, because it would have the exact same results...lots of hype, boring fight, and Mayweather wins....