If your honest about Mayweather

SmokeyLa · May 10, 2007

You'll admit he won the fight and has handled himself with class since the fight

BigAFan · May 10, 2007

He said it was going to be a fight! That was not a fight that was dance class.

MattRain · May 10, 2007

He did what he had to do to win. The guy is immensely skilled, but he'll never have a crowd-pleasing style.

DennizdaMenace · May 10, 2007

One years worth of hype..HBO Specials etc..For what?..To watch a guy run as if he is selling nickel bags to car drivers on a drug infested street corner..Mayweather can go fuck himself if he thinks he`ll get a dime from me again..I`d rather bet on ESPN`s friday nights fights at 5 Dimes etc..Not to mention ESPN`s Boxing anchor Teddy Atlas is far better than those idiots Larry Merchant and Harold Letterman..Lettermen is an ass who makes me puke with his round by round thoughts..Jim Lampley is cool..Lennox Lewis can go fuck himself

raiderhater · May 10, 2007

Dsethi said:
he did what he had to do to not let Oscar win, which won it for him.

him and oscar should give back half of their take

Only half? What does it say about the "saved" sport that several (clueless) people are already beating the rematch drum, despite the fact that one of the participants has only had 5 fights in the last 4 years-and lost 3 of them?

SmokeyLa · May 10, 2007

You guys are morons.

This guy was out there trying to win a fight not get knocked on his ass for your viewing pleasure.

Like many, your definition of a good fight is no defense knock down blood and shit. And that understandable. Like baseball, only real fans appriciate a pitchers duel.

kingbill · May 11, 2007

Boxing is dead...Boxing ate itself from within. Long Live MMA - Vale Tudo 4 life

raiderhater · May 11, 2007

Dsethi said:
wow i didn't know if someone held a different opinion than you it made that person a moron.

Viewing pleasure? I was interested in seeing a good fight, not one fighter scrambling to get some big hits in and try to take out the quicker, faster fighter. I saw the quicker, faster fighter showcasing those 2 abilities and not doing shit else. Mayweather was more concerned with showing everyone that De La Hoya was too slow for him rather than actually utilizing his speed to lay the wood against him.

Don't tell us what our definition of a good fight is, and regardless it is all subjective. And yes, I love pitchers duels.

Don't post if you can't deal with disagreement.

You beat me to the punch and said it far better than I would have...

ToddInVegas · May 11, 2007

Smokey La said:
You'll admit he won the fight and has handled himself with class since the fight

I guess this thread should actually be...If you are honest about mayweather and disagree with me you are a moron.

This site needs more objective arguments from you Smokey La....do you have any other gems to educate us? How did this site survive without you prior to April 07

kingbill · May 11, 2007

Smokey La are you Gyno?

HarryCaray · May 11, 2007

kingbill said:
Smokey La are you Gyno?

I'll take "YES" for the limit please. :money8:

fucnluc · May 11, 2007

Smokey La is gyno, IMO. Mods can we get an ip check or at least a location. I've never seen a person who isn't a ghost create so many threads in the offshore forum and talk like this to veteran posters. Reply, but not create usually they back off for awhile.

There are many free web based proxys, so if his postings have been static IP's in geographical locations across America he's using one.

PokerKingJim · May 11, 2007

Pay per view killed boxing

SmokeyLa · May 11, 2007

Dsethi said:
wow i didn't know if someone held a different opinion than you it made that person a moron.

Viewing pleasure? I was interested in seeing a good fight, not one fighter scrambling to get some big hits in and try to take out the quicker, faster fighter. I saw the quicker, faster fighter showcasing those 2 abilities and not doing shit else. Mayweather was more concerned with showing everyone that De La Hoya was too slow for him rather than actually utilizing his speed to lay the wood against him.

Don't tell us what our definition of a good fight is, and regardless it is all subjective. And yes, I love pitchers duels.

Don't post if you can't deal with disagreement.

Dont tell me if I can post or not you child

D2bets · May 11, 2007

Something I've never understodd about boxing scoring...

Is the scoring just based on number of punches actually landed, or some percentage, etc..? i.e. is it just a numbers game? OR, does it matter at all how hard or "effective" the punches are? Do weak hits count the same as strong ones? Or is it a judge-by-judge thing?

On a pure numbers game, it was clear that Mayweather won. But judging based on punch quality, I thought DLH landed much more effective and impressive power punches. Of course, they were never enough to knoch FMJ down or hurt him really bad, but ot my untrained eye they seemed more powerful. Just not sure if that counts at all.

I thought DLH was more impressive with his combinations, but then again I am really an unskilled eye at these things. Don't even know the real basis for judging.

MrCleo · May 11, 2007

it's a judge by judge thing and judges have those numbers to look at (i think)

SmokeyLa · May 11, 2007

D2bets said:
Something I've never understodd about boxing scoring...

Is the scoring just based on number of punches actually landed, or some percentage, etc..? i.e. is it just a numbers game? OR, does it matter at all how hard or "effective" the punches are? Do weak hits count the same as strong ones? Or is it a judge-by-judge thing?

On a pure numbers game, it was clear that Mayweather won. But judging based on punch quality, I thought DLH landed much more effective and impressive power punches. Of course, they were never enough to knoch FMJ down or hurt him really bad, but ot my untrained eye they seemed more powerful. Just not sure if that counts at all.

I thought DLH was more impressive with his combinations, but then again I am really an unskilled eye at these things. Don't even know the real basis for judging.

too many rounds when he didnt land shit. tough to win a fight on a decision when you have rounds where you landed 7, 8, and 12 punches

HPark1 · May 11, 2007

Mayweather is a fraud, has handpicked opponents his entire career. Very similar to Roy Jones, made himself a name without boxing serious players.

All this guy craves is attention/fame, not someone you should respect.

SmokeyLa · Jun 8, 2007

Yea Oscar not a "serious player" just the higheerst money earner in the history of the sport and a 5 time champ

Good effort

royalfan · Jun 8, 2007

D2bets said:
Something I've never understodd about boxing scoring...

Is the scoring just based on number of punches actually landed, or some percentage, etc..? i.e. is it just a numbers game? OR, does it matter at all how hard or "effective" the punches are? Do weak hits count the same as strong ones? Or is it a judge-by-judge thing?

On a pure numbers game, it was clear that Mayweather won. But judging based on punch quality, I thought DLH landed much more effective and impressive power punches. Of course, they were never enough to knoch FMJ down or hurt him really bad, but ot my untrained eye they seemed more powerful. Just not sure if that counts at all.

I thought DLH was more impressive with his combinations, but then again I am really an unskilled eye at these things. Don't even know the real basis for judging.

This is a question I have often wondered also. I think the problem to us type of casual boxing fans is that it is hard to identify what is landing and what is not a lot of times. I think that a lot of punches were being blocked with Mayweather's great defense that looked like they might have landed. Just simply a sport I don't know a lot about. I can't know everything about everything!!

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