Tony said:
In my opinion he whooped him. Every two power punches that Mayweather threw at least one of them landed. Every 5 De La Hoya threw only 1 landed. De La Hoya got whooped fair and square. Besides De La Hoya flurries (while Mayweather was on the ropes) what else did he do?
And if there's a rematch.... Floyd will knock De La Hoya out! All Floyd has to do is stay off of the ropes. That was Oscar's only game plan.
But how often did he throw power punches?
The point I made is that he was very inconsistant.
If he was landing so easily (at around 50% as you suggested) why didn't he do it more often?
De La Hoya while not landing much either pressed the fight.
These rounds were as clear as night and day when it came to scoring them.
They were just taking turns. Not one of them took control....
As for a rematch, Floyd landed when he actually attacked.
A KO? No.... Perhaps a TKO? Maybe.
In my opinion, he doesn't have what it takes to stand in front of De La Hoya and do what he needs to do to take him out.
In a rematch, what happens if De La Hoya uses his jab more frequently?
Floyd would go into a defensive shell every time De La Hoya threw the jab.
He would even back up every time De La Hoya threw it. His back was hitting the ropes cuz De La Hoya drove him back with those jabs.
Floyd will have to find an answer to De La Hoya's jab if he's to stay away from the ropes in a rematch.
And by no means am I suggesting that De La Hoya will win a rematch by using the jab more frequently. While he would definately win the early rounds by being more active this time, I wonder if he would have enough left in the tank for the late rounds.
He would have to go for a KO or lose another decision, but this time it wouldn't be a close decision....