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thunderfromdownunder wrote: This is my gripe, I like floyds fighting style, moat of the time anyways, I've never gotten into the whole "running" thing, until this fight.
This was no master class, like some say. It was close.
Floyd v corrales, Mosley and Canelo, now they were master classes, and to a lesser extent hatton too. But Floyd at times looked genuinely afraid to engage a guy he had pretty much every advantage over, and spent most of the time throwing nothing jabs. He did land a dew nice lead rights, but not as many as I recall him usually throwing. And he generally just tied up too much.
I think some fans and judges do get caught up in floyds style, and are reluctant too five rounds to his opponent, even when it sometimes appears his opponent is doing better work, Floyd lands a jab or two and everyone gets a hard on.
What bothered me most is some friends of mine blasted Lara for fighting the way he did against Alvarez and then went on about floyds "master class" against Manny

Tarkus wrote:116-112 Mayweather
4, 6, 10 and 12 to Pacquiao. Noone has given 12th to Pacquiao so I could have misjudged it.

thunderfromdownunder wrote:This is my gripe, I like floyds fighting style, moat of the time anyways, I've never gotten into the whole "running" thing, until this fight. This was no master class, like some say. It was close. Floyd v corrales, Mosley and Canelo, now they were master classes, and to a lesser extent hatton too. But Floyd at times looked genuinely afraid to engage a guy he had pretty much every advantage over, and spent most of the time throwing nothing jabs. He did land a dew nice lead rights, but not as many as I recall him usually throwing. And he generally just tied up too much.

I think some fans and judges do get caught up in floyds style, and are reluctant too five rounds to his opponent, even when it sometimes appears his opponent is doing better work, Floyd lands a jab or two and everyone gets a hard on.
What bothered me most is some friends of mine blasted Lara for fighting the way he did against Alvarez and then went on about floyds "master class" against Manny

thunderfromdownunder wrote:

Ricky_ wrote:

chapelhill41 wrote:On Saturday May 2nd, I had it 116-112, Mayweather

Today i watched again and decided to watch it muted. Also, instead of just giving rounds - i explained why the second time around.

Today May 5th :
Round 1 - Floyd - not much action, but Floyd dictated pace and landed cleaner shots
Round 2 - Manny - close round, Manny landed solid shots on Floyd, Floyd was kept on the defensive - not by choice, also too many clinches by Floyd
Round 3 - Floyd - another close round, better shots landed by Floyd, ring generalship great by Floyd
Round 4 - Manny - great round by Manny, his best punches of the night came in this round in my opinion, aggressor of the round and solid combinations
Round 5 - Floyd - Floyd controlled the distance with the jab and dictated the pace the entire round
Round 6 - Manny - Manny had several great flurries, Manny was the aggressor of the round and effectively made Floyd stay on the run
Round 7 - Floyd - similar to round 5 Floyd controlled distance, but did it this time with great lateral movement and counter punching
Round 8 - Floyd - controlled distance, landed more precise punches
Round 9 - Manny - came on strong to push Floyd back with solid aggression, Manny much busier, Floyd clinching too often again
Round 10 - Manny - Manny is the aggressor again with several flurries, Mayweather has to resort to retreating and clinching
Round 11 - Floyd - Floyd controlled this round from beginning to end, great power punches, counters and jabs
Round 12 - Floyd - Floyd landed the cleaner shots, incredibly boring and ineffective round for both fighters - most likely due to fatigue.

115-113, Floyd "Money" Mayweather

I do believe Floyd should have been deducted a point for excessive clinching. But, even with this, Mayweather still wins - what I thought, was a closer fight than most.

Also, I tend to agree with the idea that the announcers portray Mayweather's actions as "more effective" than his opponents at times, although they may not be at that particular time.

Mayweather won in a true boxing match, not at all a slugfest like some were hoping for, but as a fan of the sport and as a fan of skill, I thoroughly enjoyed it outside of Floyd's repeated clinching.

Nice post, would be cool if judges explained their 10-9's, i guess then we could all laugh at what justification they might hvae for scoring rounds 9 & 10 for Floyd, Pac won them as clearly as Floyd won 11 & 12.

I had pretty much the same as above with 3 & 5 going to Pac, for 115-113 Pacquiao.

This is my gripe, I like floyds fighting style, moat of the time anyways, I've never gotten into the whole "running" thing, until this fight.
This was no master class, like some say. It was close.
Floyd v corrales, Mosley and Canelo, now they were master classes, and to a lesser extent hatton too. But Floyd at times looked genuinely afraid to engage a guy he had pretty much every advantage over, and spent most of the time throwing nothing jabs. He did land a dew nice lead rights, but not as many as I recall him usually throwing. And he generally just tied up too much.
I think some fans and judges do get caught up in floyds style, and are reluctant too five rounds to his opponent, even when it sometimes appears his opponent is doing better work, Floyd lands a jab or two and everyone gets a hard on.
What bothered me most is some friends of mine blasted Lara for fighting the way he did against Alvarez and then went on about floyds "master class" against Manny

Ricky_ wrote:

thunderfromdownunder wrote: This is my gripe, I like floyds fighting style, moat of the time anyways, I've never gotten into the whole "running" thing, until this fight.
This was no master class, like some say. It was close.
Floyd v corrales, Mosley and Canelo, now they were master classes, and to a lesser extent hatton too. But Floyd at times looked genuinely afraid to engage a guy he had pretty much every advantage over, and spent most of the time throwing nothing jabs. He did land a dew nice lead rights, but not as many as I recall him usually throwing. And he generally just tied up too much.
I think some fans and judges do get caught up in floyds style, and are reluctant too five rounds to his opponent, even when it sometimes appears his opponent is doing better work, Floyd lands a jab or two and everyone gets a hard on.
What bothered me most is some friends of mine blasted Lara for fighting the way he did against Alvarez and then went on about floyds "master class" against Manny

Great post, you're bang on. "Make em miss and make em pay" is my favorite fighting style. Floyd in his earlier days such as Corralles or Gatti was a thing of beauty to watch, it had an end product.

Now he's just "Make em miss and run away" then hope the judges score the bout like it was an amatuer fight.

Ricky_ wrote:

NateJR wrote:I saw Pacquiaos legs buckle on 3 occassions in that fight..

Pacquiao's the asian looking one bro.