Who agrees with the Mayweather-De La Hoya decision? And who doesn't?

Answer 1

No need to read any other posts because i have (what should be) the best answer. Not only on yahoo answers but the best answer period.

This is how i seen it.

Mayweather talked a very big game weeks and months before the fight. I remember him saying, "yeah i stole your ****, now do something about it". Well on May 5th Oscar did just that.

He brought the fight TO the fans and to floyd mayweather jr.

In my honest opinion Floyd didn't want to fight. He was content with using his left hand for one jab and then backing away. That was majority of Mayweather did. Oscar never backed down and was (most of the time) always coming forward.

Oscar De La Hoya made it a fight and without that many people would be screaming for a refund.

What mayweather jr did everytime it seemed oscar was going to "light him up" (ie. cause real serious damage) was immedately grasp on to de la hoya and wait and hope until the ref seperated them.

Mayweather knows he couldnt have stood there and traded shots with de la hoya for the most part so he wanted to avoid that.

Mayweather did land some good punched and good combos but that wasn't consistant in the fight. What was consistant throughout the fight is the heart of Oscar De La Hoya. Oscar wanted to fight and he wanted to finally shut mayweather up.

In my honest opinion oscar won the fight on flurries of punches, desire/heart, courage, and determination. Oscar had floyd running or trying to hold onto him most of the time. Mayweather did that out of fear of losing the fight.

I believe the final scorecard should have still been 115-113 but in Oscar's favor instead of De La Hoya.

Take note of two important things:
1. the ONLY judge NOT to give Oscar De La Hoya the 12th round was the deciding judge who scored 115-113 for mayweather. If he had done so it would have been 114-114 a draw. A draw seems much more fair but to give mayweather the win is BS.

2. Mayweather Sr. believes that the judges got it wrong and mayweather shouldn't have won...De La Hoya should have.

I agree with his father (mayweather sr.). Floyd's defense was good but he didnt want to fight.

Besides, mayweather jr talked about possibly retiring before the fight actually took place and if he planned to retire ahead of time (like he said) he would have made much more of a fight out of this instead of running scared most of the fight.

De la hoya showed all of the balls. Mayweather clocked him with his best a few times but Oscar never backed down.

So after all the hype and talk from mayweather jr saying "its going to be a massare" and such he didnt even come close to putting de la hoya on the ground.

What angers me is that mayweather jr. says it was, "the easist fight of his career". i dont believe that for a second. its all talk and i think if the judges scored it right he would finally be silenced with his exaggerated trash talk.

True i wanted De La Hoya to win the fight so i know you might think its me being biased but im telling you what i see honestly.

For example.
I like jermain taylor a lot. When he fought winky wright and it was scored a draw i was man enough to have said winky should have one. even though i favored taylor i know he got lucky and wright should be the title holder instead.

The scoring system is wrong. it doesnt work.

How so you ask?

well first off i've noticed when its a close round that 9 times out of 10 it automatically goes to the favorite in the fight instead of the underdog. The favorite seems to get cushion room.

Whats funny about this is that De La Hoya's title is what they were fighting for...shouldn't mayweather have proven that he can do more than just win the fight by the difference of one round? or proven it more than just having several close rounds with mayweather if that biased scoring is how you want to do it?

besides different judges see different things. its not like football where if the ball breaks the plane of the goal line the team that scores it gets 6 points and a try for the extra point.

its a grey area and sometimes i think (maybe unintentionally) call it wrong. in football its black and white...it either broke the plane of the goal line or it didnt...no room for opinion or interpretation.

I think de la hoya was cheated out of retaining his title.

should there be a rematch? no.
it would be nice so that de la hoya can set the record straight but i believe de la hoya is past his prime and is aging to the point where he will only lose more and more stamina.

if he was still 30 (like mayweather) then i believe they should but at this age (unless somehow he can get back to the endurance he has in his youth) he shouldn't take the chance of putting himself in harms way.

Thats my opinion and I think about 85% of those that watched the fight have to agree.

you can't argue that de la hoya brought the fight and made it a fight and you can't argue that de la hoya didnt appear to want it more...mayweather looked content to just go through the motions.

Answer 2

i dont agree with the decision de la hoya should have won how did they say mayweather landed more power punches then de la hoya and also the last round was given to mayweather by the judge that ruled in his part when clearly de la hoya won that round fight was bull**** and last floyd was on defense most of the fight so i dont see how in the world people are saying he dominated when the guy clearly was trying to stay away or creating body locks so that he could stop de la hoya

Answer 3

Anyways, after all of the De La Hoya fans are done crying, I will state my opinion, which should be quoted as fact.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER DOMINATED ALMOST EVERY MINUTE OF THAT FIGHT.

If your the champion you can't fight in flurries every 2 rounds and miss most of your punches and expect to get a bull-**** decision like you did with Felix Sturn or Pernell Whitaker. He actually let Floyd back him up a couple times. That is a no-no.

Floyd's constant accuracy and domination beats Oscars scattered inaccurate flurries. Thats the bottome line. Floyd was accurate and nailed Oscar over and over again.

I can't stand this right now. Floyd OBVIOSULY won and shouldve got a UD instead of a SD.

I've said this before and i'll say it again. When a fight is this big, and is advertised this much, people who don't usually watch boxing are tuning in. Average sports fans. They don't know anything about boxing or anything about how the fights are scored. All they now is they want De La Hoya to win and he's throwing all these punches and they look like they're landing. When in reality they're rolling off Floyds shoulder or going right into his glove or hitting his elbow instead of his ribcage. All these guys see is Oscar throwing power shots every once in a while and they know that Floyd is the "bad guy" and they want Oscar to win so of course they're going to say Oscar won. I honest to god can not see how you can say that fight was Oscars fight. It was so obvious that Floyd won and if you sit down and watch the fight again and count the punches yourself you'll see the punchstat numbers were on and Mayweather landed 80 more punches that Oscar. Including 50 more power shots. Floyd landed more power shots than Oscar landed total punches while doubling his percentage. If thats not worth a unanimous decision i don't know what is.

Floyd could've knocked Oscar down everyround and landed 100 punches Oscar could've threw his little flurries at the end and Oscar fans would've scored it for Oscar. They're brainwashed. Some are perhaps retarded.

It was pitiful to see Oscar stand there and take shot after shot and then Flurry at the end of each round in a pathetic attempt to steal the round from the pound for pound king.

You Oscar fans shouldn't be mad at Floyd for running and making Oscar miss, you should be mad at your 6 division champion, olympic gold medalist, veteran fighter at not knowing how to cut off the ring and land punches.

Oscar impressed me though, his defense was better than usualy and he showed heart (of course).

Answer 4

I think the judges should've called it at least a draw. Mayweather got in alot of slapping shots which makes the crowd ooh and ahhh and they were one at a time with no power behind them. Castillo clearly beat Mayweather in their first fight and they judges did the same thing except that fight had alot more controversy. This is what you got to do, if you recorded the fight re-watch it with the volume off and then you decide the winner.

Answer 5

should have been 116-112 for Mayweather, UD. I don't see how anybody could think DLH won it. Yes he pursued, but he couldn't catch Mayweather and abandoned the one punch that was effective (the jab). Mayweather on the otherhand displayed his excellent defensive skills of hit and not be hit. not the most exciting fighter, but certainly a very skilled one. I'm a DLH fan, but I admit, Floyd won it hands down, but unlike Shane Mosely, didn't really turn me into a fan of his with his performance.

Answer 6

de hoya should of won he had most of the rounds won. mayweather look like he was scared of de la hoya because all he really did was running/jumping backwards when de la hoya even came close. it was a fix game

Answer 7

i think it became too on the edge of call. inspite of the incontrovertible fact that it is what it is. If there's a rematch then Mayweather extra perfect beware this time. yet i became rooting for floyd and it is going to have been 114-113 floyd

Answer 8

is a draw.
the boxing office people need to do something.
they need to make a rule that prevent one fighter from running the whole 3 minutes, like mayweather did.
do you beleive de la hoya was the attacker??????/ unbelieveable!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

I think Mayweather kinda won, but in the past with this kind of situation, they don't take the title away from someone unless the defeat is decisive. I don't think the defeat was decisive enough to take the title away.

Answer 10

After UFC, boxing becomes boring. It just seems like a sparring session. Boxing is the most rigged sport in the business. Fighters fighting ******* to keep their record intact. So many divisions wba,wbc,ibf,wbo.not willing to fight against each other. All about money So I guess what i am saying is who cares?