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Pound For Pound Champion........I Think Not | 8 comments (8 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Your not a fan of boxing (#1)
by chaddillac on Sun May 06 2007 at 12:20 PM EST

Your a fan of fighting.What was displayed last night was boxing, not fighting. By your standards then the beauty of the fighting styles of Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson are completely lost upon you. If you want to tune in to two guys flailing their arms at each other much as Oscar De La Hoya did to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last night then you may want to make that switch over the UFC, but if you can appreciate the technical beauty of defense and counter punching then you would have seen that Floyd Mayweather Jr. In two consecutive rounds Oscar De La Hoya landed a total of seven punches and then eight punches respectively anyone who lands less than ten punches in a given three minute round can not claim to have dominated a fight. FLoyd Mayweather Jr. is a counter puncher what Oscar De La Hoya in his hurry to please the crowd and casual fans much like yourself is play right into Mayweather's hands. For the casual fan with little to no background in watching boxing, not brawling but boxing, then last nights fight was a disappointment, but for the boxing enthusiasts, the purists, last night was a display of technical skill and smart boxing

: Mayweather (#2)
by Trevor on Sun May 06 2007 at 5:11 PM EST

You're right.......my knowledge of boxing extends to watching fights that come on HBO, Showtime and occasional PPVs, so I do not watch it like I do college hoops, the Oakland A's or the NFL. However I have been watching at this clip for at least the last fifteen years. I have at least a decent working knowledge of the "sweet science". I also have a great knowledge of sports and what people want to see from its "stars".
Your argument about the beauty of Floyd being a counterpuncher and a "boxer" is great. However it doesn't hold water in terms of his legacy and it shouldn't have won him that fight last night. Since you are a boxing aficionado, I would submit the following question to you. What is the rule about champions and their titles? Hasn't it always been the case that the challenger has to "do more" to take the title off the champ? Hasn't this always been a general rule in boxing? Floyd didn't do that last night.
"Sugar" Ray Leonard was a tremendous boxer but was always willing to mix it up in big fights. See his fights against Hagler and Hearns. He knew what it meant to be on a big stage and he knew what the crowd wanted to see. "Floyd" is often compared to Sugar Ray. After last night I'm not sure if any kind of comparison to Leonard holds any water. In their respective primes, Leonard was by far a superior fighter.

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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