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koshkin
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Ditto.
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Kickboxer
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Unfortunately, and fortunately, fight score will most likely always be subjective... |
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The big thing to remember here is that de la Hoya had a big financial incentive to dislike the fight... it probably decreases the gate/ppv for Canelo/Galovkin (Triple G)... and Mayweather chose the fight date as a slap in the face to both de la Hoya and HBO. Such is the sports world... |
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koshkin
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Well, I agree that it was a farce, but not for the same reasons as De La Hoya.
I do not think Mayweather let McGregor "win" any rounds or extended it unnecessarily. Mayweather is a very calculating fighter who does not take unnecessary risks. He could have knocked McGregor out earlier, but it would involve additional risk and in a 12 round fight, there is no good reason to do that (I know most boxing fans want to see blood and gore, but I am not one of them). The idea is to win most convincingly with minimal damage to yourself. The whole business of counting punches per round is useful for determining who wins on points. However, if you intention is to knock the other guy out, trying to win every round on points is not a good idea. Mayweather had a plan and he executed that plan to perfection. Another point to add, which also sorta makes it a farce, is with all the rabbit punching and holding, any normal boxer would have been warned and DQ'ed by round 4, while McGregor never even had a point deducted. Everyone knew it was joke, even the ref. There wasn't a single moment in that fight that was remotely competitive. McGregor landed one decent uppercut (and that didn't even make Mayweather blink) and one solid low blow. The only other effective thing he did the whole fight was rabbit punching to the back of Mayweather's head. ILya |
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I read a picture on facebook said something like The best fighter in the world took 10 rounds to knock out the other boxers first big fight. lol, made me chuckle.
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It was a great fight and willl go down in history as one of Mayweather's best…
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koshkin
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In terms of money made vs effort expended, absolutely.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/sports/mayweather-mcgregor.html Oh yeah, in all the excitement over Mayweather v McGregor, I almost forgot... Badou Jack looked FANTASTIC. He has some real potential... |
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most accurate assessment, from the media, of the match I've seen so far: |
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