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SDFemDom4cuck -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/7/2007 5:39:33 PM)
quote: Floyd Mayweather Jr said he was retiring from boxing after beating Oscar De La Hoya on a split decision on Sunday. "I still plan on retiring," he said after winning the World Boxing Council super welterweight title. "I have nothing left to prove. I want to spend more time with my children. "As of right now, Floyd Mayweather Jr is officially retired from the sport of boxing." http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200705/s1915580.htm I wonder how much of that is hype? Perhaps his intent is to retire but at his age how many times will he be enticed to fight one more fight if the money is good enough? I also thought the comments made by Dad were rather interesting. Why exactly did Oscar provide the ringside tix to Dad instead of the Jr? What is the undercurrent there that I'm not aware of?

stef -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/7/2007 5:45:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent Mayweather 'll fancy it with De La Hoya being such a big draw/purse. De La Hoya has nothing left to prove - he comes away from that fight with a lot of credit - past his best and bullies the top man for 12 rounds. We must have been watching different fights. Half a dozen flurries in the corner with only the odd punch landing is not bullying by any stretch of the imagination. ~stef

Level -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/7/2007 6:41:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SDFemDom4cuck quote: Floyd Mayweather Jr said he was retiring from boxing after beating Oscar De La Hoya on a split decision on Sunday. "I still plan on retiring," he said after winning the World Boxing Council super welterweight title. "I have nothing left to prove. I want to spend more time with my children. "As of right now, Floyd Mayweather Jr is officially retired from the sport of boxing." http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200705/s1915580.htm I wonder how much of that is hype? Perhaps his intent is to retire but at his age how many times will he be enticed to fight one more fight if the money is good enough? I also thought the comments made by Dad were rather interesting. Why exactly did Oscar provide the ringside tix to Dad instead of the Jr? What is the undercurrent there that I'm not aware of? "Mayweather, 30, might have said it leading up to the fight and again afterward, but his retirement is about as likely as his giving up cursing. "Oh, he'll fight again. He's hardheaded, not stupid," Floyd Mayweather Sr. said. "He was raised to be a boxing champion, and champions box." http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4780479.html Hard to say, Jo, but I have a feeling he'll unretire lol. Now, I too would love to know why Oscar got Sr. the seats..... and how Jr felt about it. I wouldn't have liked it, myself.

UtopianRanger -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/7/2007 7:42:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SDFemDom4cuck quote: Maybe you're thinking of Floyd Mayweather Sr.... He's a journeyman fighter that never a won title. He was tough though. But what he's actually famous for, is he's one of finest trainers and tacticians in the history of boxing. The other thing he's famous for is that he's been De La Hoya's trainer since 2000 until De la Hoya recently let him go because it didn't seem right having him as his trainer when he was gonna fight his son. Actually it was his uncle "Jazzy" Jeff Mayweather. He was one of Oscar's first big card fights in perhaps 93 or so. Heh...I was thinking in terms of your associations, since no one up to that point had mentioned that De La Hoya's longtime trainer was Floyd Sr. As to the family and who left who tickets? The family is seriously dysfunctional when comes to getting along with each other. I think all of the brothers have done time in the Pen for drugs and assaulting various other family members. I laughed my ass off after reading Floyd Sr's comments about De La Hoya actually winning the fight. If that was my son.......well we won't go there - I'll just say I'd be in his corner, regardless of the money involved. - R

SDFemDom4cuck -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/7/2007 9:28:04 PM)
quote: "Mayweather, 30, might have said it leading up to the fight and again afterward, but his retirement is about as likely as his giving up cursing. "Oh, he'll fight again. He's hardheaded, not stupid," Floyd Mayweather Sr. said. "He was raised to be a boxing champion, and champions box." http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4780479.html Hard to say, Jo, but I have a feeling he'll unretire lol. Now, I too would love to know why Oscar got Sr. the seats..... and how Jr felt about it. I wouldn't have liked it, myself. Level, I agree, although it seemed to be the secondary lead in of stories regarding the fight (that he was retiring). I give it 3 years tops and he'll be making a comeback. I have yet to see Jr commenting on Oscar leaving tix for Sr.

SDFemDom4cuck -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/7/2007 9:31:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: UtopianRanger quote: ORIGINAL: SDFemDom4cuck quote: Maybe you're thinking of Floyd Mayweather Sr.... He's a journeyman fighter that never a won title. He was tough though. But what he's actually famous for, is he's one of finest trainers and tacticians in the history of boxing. The other thing he's famous for is that he's been De La Hoya's trainer since 2000 until De la Hoya recently let him go because it didn't seem right having him as his trainer when he was gonna fight his son. Actually it was his uncle "Jazzy" Jeff Mayweather. He was one of Oscar's first big card fights in perhaps 93 or so. Heh...I was thinking in terms of your associations, since no one up to that point had mentioned that De La Hoya's longtime trainer was Floyd Sr. As to the family and who left who tickets? The family is seriously dysfunctional when comes to getting along with each other. I think all of the brothers have done time in the Pen for drugs and assaulting various other family members. I laughed my ass off after reading Floyd Sr's comments about De La Hoya actually winning the fight. If that was my son.......well we won't go there - I'll just say I'd be in his corner, regardless of the money involved. - R Well Oscar did get a bigger payday out of it after all. The comments were a bit bizarre regading how Oscar won the fight given the stats of punches thrown vs landed. Perhaps he was under the influence of a little something.

NorthernGent -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/8/2007 12:03:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: stef quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent Mayweather 'll fancy it with De La Hoya being such a big draw/purse. De La Hoya has nothing left to prove - he comes away from that fight with a lot of credit - past his best and bullies the top man for 12 rounds. We must have been watching different fights. Half a dozen flurries in the corner with only the odd punch landing is not bullying by any stretch of the imagination. ~stef He backed him off all 'round the ring, all night. It was far closer than those stats you put up suggest. De La Hoya was definitely ahead after 8 rounds and ran out of steam. The other lad won 3, possibly 4, of the last 4 rounds - and he needed to. There was nothing between them.

stef -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/8/2007 12:43:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent He backed him off all 'round the ring, all night. That's Mayweather's style, and it's been so for a decade. He lets other fighters walk in on him and then he makes them pay for it by snapping off punches and rolling out before the "attacker" can even throw a punch. quote: It was far closer than those stats you put up suggest. On this, we'll have to agree to disagree. quote: De La Hoya was definitely ahead after 8 rounds and ran out of steam. The other lad won 3, possibly 4, of the last 4 rounds - and he needed to. There was nothing between them. Again, we'll have to agree to disagree. Did you hear Max Kellerman's comments about Kaczmarek after the fight by any chance. He was spot on. ~stef

Level -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/8/2007 3:51:36 PM)
"With characteristic modesty, Floyd Mayweather proclaimed his performance against Oscar De La Hoya to be "a masterpiece of boxing." It may have been that. As I wasn't in attendance, I'll defer to the ringside media who seem to agree that the fight lived up to its hype." "But a demonstration of technical prowess does not necessarily make for good television — certainly not at $54.95. As it happened, I scored the fight like judge Tom Kaczmarek — seven rounds to five for De La Hoya. But that's not why I feel cheated. Rather, my regret is only that Mayweather's masterpiece failed to entertain. It was a bore." http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/6785912?MSNHPHMA

SDFemDom4cuck -> RE: "Boxing's Last Great Fight" (5/8/2007 5:01:55 PM)
Level, I finally got to watch the fight a friend Tivo'd and I pretty much scored it along with the judges. I was afraid that if Oscar didn't knock him out any decision would go to Mayweather..which obviously it did. I still can't believe Oscar's punch landed percentages even after having seen the stats and watched the fight itself after the fact. I thought it was a good fight. Not a great one mind you, and not exactly the fight of the Century..but a decent fight against two well matched opponents. Oscar is still Haaawt as all hell. That's just my personal opinion. Nothing sexier than 2 half naked guys fighting it out. I'm a girl...cut me a break here.

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