Mayweather vs De La Hoya - Round by Round

[Koevoet]

SPOILER

Round by Round

 

[Koevoet]

1st Round: Little action early. Mayweather uses jab, but De La Hoya cuts off the ring. Mayweather moving and staying defensive, peppering with short hands. De La Hoya adds late flurry of jabs, but one lands low. Mayweather more active overall. - Mayweather's round.


2nd Round: De La Hoya more active from the bell, working his left hand and looking to land his famous hook. Gets Mayweather to ropes, but Mayweather ducks and dodges. De La Hoya works jab, puts Mayweather back on heels again. De La Hoya stalks Mayweather throughout. Mayweather stays active and elusive. De La Hoya finding success in cutting off Mayweather's movement, but Mayweather still smiling. Late clinch. - De La Hoya's round.


3rd Round: De La Hoya still working jab and left hook. Stuns Mayweather with left, chases him back to ropes again with a combination. Mayweather looks surprised, throws a defensive right to relieve the pressure. De La Hoya controlling the ring, but Mayweather avoiding any big damage. Mayweather works jab, but can't land much. De La Hoya tests Mayweather's defense, gets Mayweather lunging backward. De La Hoya bullrushes Mayweather to his corner again late. Mayweather nearly lands right at bell. - De La Hoya's round.


4th Round: De La Hoya sticks early left jab, Mayweather replies. Mayweather more active and aggressive, daring De La Hoya to chase him. De La Hoya corners Mayweather again and again, but can't land much. Mayweather active with jab. De La Hoya gets Mayweather on ropes, lands 10 straight lefts to his side, followed by three rights. None do much damage to the defensive Mayweather, who looks cool while backpedaling. De La Hoya lands glancing left to Mayweather's head at bell. De La Hoya more active; Mayweather more efficient. - De La Hoya's round.


5th Round: Mayweather ducks hard right, lands two left jabs, then ducks big left hook. De La Hoya backs Mayweather to ropes. Mayweather punches his way out. Mayweather moving less, punching more. Mayweather lands a right while backed up on ropes, but De La Hoya is relentless. Another trip to the ropes, another left to Mayweather's head. Mayweather responds with two flurries, chasing De La Hoya for once. Mayweather's hard right glances off De La Hoya's chin with 15 seconds left. - Mayweather's round.


6th Round: De La Hoya blocks, Mayweather dodges, over and over. De La Hoya backs Mayweather to ropes and unleashes two-handed body shots, but they glance off Mayweather's forearms. Mayweather tries combination, but it does little. Mayweather whiffs on heavy right, but then lands another, followed by a jab. De La Hoya stooping slightly, lands overhand right. De La Hoya forcing action again, but Mayweather no longer sitting back. A rare clinch in final seconds, followed by another two-handed flurry. - Mayweather's round.


7th Round: Mayweather works jab, and De La Hoya replies. De La Hoya backs down Mayweather, lands a few crosses. De La Hoya corners him again, lands a couple more. Mayweather grins. Mayweather tests De La Hoya high and low in middle of ring. Mayweather leads back, lets De La Hoya punch over his head. Mayweather lands right hook. Mayweather lands right to body, throws a flurry. De La Hoya stays in tight, keeps busy with jabs. De La Hoya corners Mayweather, who deflects head shots. Flurry at bell, Mayweather's big right just misses. - De La Hoya's round.


8th Round: Quick early exchange. De La Hoya wary of Mayweather's straight left. De La Hoya chases Mayweather, who ducks and dodges. Big flurry by De La Hoya, but few connections. Mayweather lands a right out of a clinch. Mayweather gets aggressive, but De La Hoya leads with his jab. Mayweather chided for shoving with lead shoulder. Crowd chants "Oscar! Oscar!" Mayweather misses with a crushing right by inches. Busy final 10 seconds, with De La Hoya cornering Mayweather, who comes out grinning. - Mayweather's round.


9th Round: De La Hoya works jab, still chasing Mayweather. Throws big combination with Mayweather on ropes, but no damage. Mayweather's big right hand blocked by De La Hoya. Mayweather wants to trade shots. De La Hoya momentarily gets defensive. Mayweather stays low, throws high. De La Hoya corners Mayweather with another flurry of combinations. Mayweather lands a borderline right hand to De La Hoya's waist. - Mayweather's round.


10th Round: De La Hoya still stalking Mayweather, who avoids damage on the ropes. Mayweather wants to land straight left hands, but De La Hoya keeps his mitts high. Mayweather takes the lead, moving De La Hoya around center of ring. Mayweather lands right hand. Mayweather punches out of clinch. De La Hoya can't land his jab, but keeps trying. De La Hoya can't find holes in Mayweather, who nearly lands a huge right hand at bell. - Mayweather's round.


11th Round: Both fighters throw big body shots out of an early clinch. Mayweather lands right to De La Hoya's jaw. Mayweather lands another right to De La Hoya's head. De La Hoya still stalking, but Mayweather growing more confident. De La Hoya's punches don't have their early zing. Mayweather stumbles away from a left hand, but remains nimble. De La Hoya throws a desperate flurry on the ropes; Mayweather is unscathed. Mayweather still dancing away from De La Hoya, replying with combinations. Crowd boos Mayweather. De La Hoya lands a shot to Mayweather's head before bell. - Mayweather's round.


12th Round: De La Hoya corners Mayweather and throws combinations. Mayweather dances away, then lands a right uppercut. Mayweather hits De La Hoya's chin on the way into a clinch. Crowd still chanting for De La Hoya. Mayweather's hard right connects with De La Hoya's head, and De La Hoya nods. De La Hoya bulls into Mayweather on ropes. Mayweather stays low. De La Hoya makes another charge, but Mayweather peppers his head with short throws. Mayweather inadvertently pushes De La Hoya, who stumbles. Both fighters trading punches to the bell. Both embrace after bell, and both jump onto the ropes in celebration. - Mayweather's round.

 

[Koevoet]

Mayweather wins by split decision.

116-112, 115-113 Mayweather, 115-113 De La Hoya

 

[maldorf]

People saying it was a lame fight, and how mayweather didnt throw many combinations. guess Im glad I didnt get the pay per view. Sounds like just another big money making fight. thanks for the reports. I always like to know first hand whats going on in the ring!

 

[bjjones]

People saying it was a lame fight, and how mayweather didnt throw many combinations. guess Im glad I didnt get the pay per view. Sounds like just another big money making fight. thanks for the reports. I always like to know first hand whats going on in the ring!

Exactly! Taken directly from a page out of the WWF, Oscar De La Hoya and GoldenBoy promotions along with Floyd Mayweather's camp planned and excuted the marketing of this fight to perfection. All the drama in Mayweather's circle and trash talking pre-fight between the two was clearly staged to draw the public in. You could even see these guys standing toe to toe during the press conferences with smirks on their faces, ready to burst into laughter. And truly Floyd could have beat Oscar to a pulp and made him look bad. However, I think they pre determined beforehand that they could set up a rematch again if they could convince the spectators that the fight was actually close. This is why real fight fans didn't see the usual, stellar boxing performance from Mayweather that they are used to.

 

[Nothing Special]

Exactly! Taken directly from a page out of the WWF, Oscar De La Hoya and GoldenBoy promotions along with Floyd Mayweather's camp planned and excuted the marketing of this fight to perfection. All the drama in Mayweather's circle and trash talking pre-fight between the two was clearly staged to draw the public in. You could even see these guys standing toe to toe during the press conferences with smirks on their faces, ready to burst into laughter. And truly Floyd could have beat Oscar to a pulp and made him look bad. However, I think they pre determined beforehand that they could set up a rematch again if they could convince the spectators that the fight was actually close. This is why real fight fans didn't see the usual, stellar boxing performance from Mayweather that they are used to.

That's a hell of an assumption. I mean it is possible, but not likely. I have yet to see the fight to determine for sure.

 

[bjjones]

That's a hell of an assumption. I mean it is possible, but not likely. I have yet to see the fight to determine for sure.

Hey, after you watch the fight, go back and watch any videos you can find of the press conferences. Now tell me when you have seen two boxing competitors in a major fight for a championship boxing belt grinning like cheshire cats? Floyd didn't fight to annihilate Oscar like he has his previous opponents. It certainly wasn't De La Hoya's boxing skills that was keeping Mayweather from performing at his best.

 

[LEX]

I can tell you this....I want my 55 bucks back


guarantee you there will be part three.....looked like a wwe scam is in the works here boys.

 

[Deansreturned]

I watched the fight last night at a party and I can tell you if I had to pay $55 just to see it I would be absolutely pissed. Came off as very boring not much action then the fight coming to a conclusion via a decision by the judges was even more upsetting

 

[bjjones]

I can tell you this....I want my 55 bucks back


guarantee you there will be part three.....looked like a wwe scam is in the works here boys.

Yup, exactly what I've been saying! Even Ray Charles could have seen this coming.
http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=dw-fight050607&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

 

[Big Danny]

Yeah, I'm afraid you're right guys.

 

[Putin]

I watched the fight last night at a party and I can tell you if I had to pay $55 just to see it I would be absolutely pissed. Came off as very boring not much action then the fight coming to a conclusion via a decision by the judges was even more upsetting

I think boxing is going down and UFC is going up. THat's my observation; more action too. All the kids in the gym always talk about UFC/ or equivalent.

 

[bootyshorts]

winning by default is boring, i love seein them gettin knocked out. that was a boring fight. Mayweather comin out in a Sombrero, hahaha