Full Court Press

Unbelievable that a championship belt can be taken away by one punch…Mayweather had nothing at all and this fight belongs to DeLahoya. My respect belongs to DelaHoya. Mayweather is right he has nothing to prove, he proved he has nothing compared to the best tonight, that is why he is retiring from the sport.

Roman responds: Juan, don't be fooled. Neither is going anywhere. Too much $$ to be made.

Welcome to the world of corruption...I mean boxing Romo

Roman responds: No athlete works harder than a dedicated boxer, and few athletes are as vulnerable and manipulated. When you have promoters running a sport, that's what you get.

This is exactly why I have not watched Pro boxing since the early eighties. When you're blessed with the Alis', Fraziers, Leonards', Hearns', Haglers', Benitez', Sanchez', etc., It depresses one to watch today's fights. I knew right away, when I saw Mayweather restrain from 'smiling' during the weigh in, the take the money and run muse was running thru their businessmen minds. What a shaft! I watched an old 89' Bulls-Celtics game the other day and the quality of play then-vs-now is a reflection of most sports today. Oh well. At least wrestling can't get any phonier than when I watched it.

Oscar made 10 times as much as Mayweather. I respect Delahoya for even taking the fight. It is the only way for Mayweather to get paid and retire. Oscar is a shrewd businessman, and that fight was nothing but business. Mayweather seemed to have one mandate for that fight; entertain the fans and not hurt Delahoya. It felt like an Orson Wells production. Mayweather could turn Delahoya out anytime he wanted. They took us to the bank.

This was supposed to be the fight that saves boxing?

A fight between a loud mouthed, cheap fighter and an over the hill boxer that cares more about self-promotion then fighting? How can Mayweather retire without fighting a serious contender? I don't see how his weak, punch once, and back away game plan won that fight. Atleast De LaHoya tried to fight and not simply win by getting points. Such a boring fight. Neither fighter came close to knocking the other one out. Boxing seems to try going out of its way to make stories out of nothing. DeLaHoya hasn't beaten a quality opponent in 4 years. Mayweather trying to mock the crowd and Mexican community by wearing a sombraro was in bad taste and shows how classless he is. Professional boxing needs someone to revitalize the sport.

I thought it was a slightly above average fight, not great though. The contrast in styles and size really dictated what happened. If Mayweather would have given the crowd the brawl some were looking for, he would have been KO'd. He fought the only fight he could have to get the win. He had and excellent strategy and executed it to perfection. Instead of feeling cheated because no one was KO'd, I am satisfied that I watched possibly the most skilled fighter in the game today demonstrate the art of boxing against such an accomplished champion as De La Hoya. I can't wait for the rematch.

I didn't really have intentions to watch the fight, but it just so happened that my poor planning when mapping my night out - I was supposed to be club-hopping - led me to be in a location that was having a massive "fight party" so I figured "why not?" That being said, after maybe the first one or two rounds seeing Mayweather dance around the ring, dodge, and throw the occasional jab or hook at De La Hoya, who occasionally had flurries of wild offense, it was clear the whole fight was going to go like this. It was like their strategy was "do enough to not lose, but don't do so much I risk getting hurt." Boring... I'm glad I didn't plan my night around the fight

De La Hoya reportedly made $45 mil before PPV cut and in comparison Mayweather Jr. reportedly made $20 mil. I'd retire too if I knew one fight paid for everything both my kids and I would ever want in both our life times. It was a boring fight of Floyd half assing it and getting away with a win by smirking through the fight and using his speed to get by. Oscar at least tried, he was spent as the last few seconds ran out of the 12 round clock, but he still gave his all and went out swinging. If anything he showed heart. Mayweather Jr. proved what a tasteless, disrepsectful fighter he was by mocking Oscar and every Hispanic/Mexican in attendance (and watching) with his sombraro and green, red, and white trunks. I wasn't surprised at all to see it come as close as it did. And I wish De La Hoya would have won, if for nothing else but to bring Mayweather back down to earth and of his damn pedastal that he's so unfittingly placed himself on.

To bring MMA into it, even the commentators were bringing up MMA at the end of the bout. This match was hard to keep focus when you're so used to takedowns, elbows, spinning back fists, and hammer-like over hand rights. De La Hoya v. Mayweather Jr. only out shined the recent Sanchez v. Koscheck match, which was a pittiful slug fest anyways.

didn't watch the fight, but all reports indicate it was simply unremarkable. i'm kinda surprised any boxing match warrants the hype associated with this one--after the halcyon days of Roy Jones Jr. I lost interest in the sport.

unless it's heavyweights.

Mayweather did deserve the decision despite what some of the above said. However, big deal. He proved he can barely decision a 34 year old promoter who fights once a year at most and has lost three of his last five fights. Roman, finally when I think of 147 and 154 pounders, I think of Sugar Ray Robinson, Emile Griffith, Carmen Basillio, Mike McCallum, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearnes, Jose Napoles, and Wilfredo Benitez. Being older than you, I guess I'm spoiled.

Odd that John (above) should mention Emile Griffith. Given that he did bead Benny "kid" Paret to death just adding to the number of boxers killed in the ring. Though that was 50 or so years ago it still chalks one up for the "MMA" column.

With Floyd's recent mouthing off of how he could take any MMA contender and win; UFC President Dana White offered him just that: The UFC Lightweight title holder Sean Sherk. Not surprisingly Mayweather Jr. refused the fight (I'm sure it's not the 20 mil pay day he was used to). However, IBF World WW Champ Kermit Cintron has accept the offer in place of Mayweather. Cintron was quoted as saying: “I want the fight, I can wrestle. I can box. I can beat those UFC fighters at their own game. Tell Mr. White to make me an offer and I’ll take on his guy after I fight Matthysse...” That is after his title defence against Walter Mattysse on July 14. Could this be another ploy to build up a bound-to-be-boring boxing match?

The date has yet to be set; but my monies on Sherk.