Ok explain Dorsey vs Paez and Lewis vs Holyfield if you think punch stats are the end-all argument for who won a fight...!!!
Just watched the fight: · 1) 10 - 9 Floyd · 2) 10 - 9 Floyd · 3) 10 - 9 Castillo · 4) 10 - 10 EVEN · 5) 10 - 9 Castillo · 6) 10 - 9 Castillo · 7) 10 - 9 Castillo · 8) 10 - 8 Floyd · 9) 10 - 9 Castillo · 10) 9 - 9 EVEN · 11) 10 - 9 Floyd · 12) 10 - 9 Castillo Result Castillo 114 113 To be honest, I think I had scored it wider to Castillo at the time.
I scored the fight twice and this is EXACTLY the scorecard that I had both times :thumbsup This fight shows us that compubox numbers are just an indication. Sorry I made a mistake, this is my scorecard : 1 10-9 2 10-9 3 10-9 4 10-9 5 10-9 6 9-10 7 9-10 8 10-8 9 10-10 10 9-9 11 9-10 12 9-10 115-112 Floyd Close one indeed. I remember I had a friend who had Floyd winning and another who had Castillo winning, and I had more rounds in common with the one who had Castillo winning ... Floyd won this fight based on clean punching. Both were quite ineffective.
I like how no matter how u score this fight its like 2 rounds difference. hardly a robbery, close fight
Mayweather Castillo Rd 1. Mayweather. Mayweather scored a few more light punches. No real action. Rd 2. Castillo. Feet tangled and Castillo went down. Clash of heads. Castillo more aggressive landing more punches. Mayweather confused. Rd3. Even. Roughly even punches landed. Castillo aggressive forcing Floyd to the ropes. Rd4. Castillo. Messy castillo holding and hitting. Mayweather out of rhythm. Rd5. Castillo. Castillo bullies Mayweather to the ropes and punishes the body. Rd6. Castillo. Castillo really put a hurt on Mayweather this round. Volume body punching. Pushed him down at one point, but no knockdown. Rd7. Castillo. Castillo landed the hardest bombs up to now. Mayweather holds on and Castillo continues to pound him in the clinch. Rd8. Mayweather2. Mayweather 2 point round because Castillo was deducted a point for punching during the break. Rd9. Even. Roughly even punches landed. Ref spoils most of the action. Rd10. Castillo2. Mayweather had the best of the early part of the round but Castillo got the last half. Then the ref deducted a point from Mayweather for elbows and shoving, but it was probably to even things and for Mayweather hitting after the bell in the previous round. Also, he should have given castillo a warning for punching Mayweather in the back. Rd11.even Rd12. Castillo. Don't see how people can give Floyd the first five rounds. They are just looking for rounds to give Mayweather. Even if I give Mayweather the three close rounds he doesn't win. It's still Castillo by two points.
114-112 Mayweather... same score every time. Watched it 4 times now with an open mind. Same score, same rounds. I'm done watching it. Wasn't a particularly fun fight to watch either. Neither was the rematch. Their styles just don't add up for fireworks. It'd be Castillo digging in to the body and Floyd jabbing for much of a close fight 75 times out of 100 fights.
Marquez did get dropped in that fight right? I remember having Marquez winning fights 2 and 3 though. I couldn't believe how bad he was getting destroyed in fight 4 until the knockout too atsch I thought 4 would be a repeat of 3, very wrong.
I had Castillo winning CLEARLY the four or five times I've watched the fight. That said, it was a close fight, but it was clear to me who the winner was.
I scored it 115-113. Nobody is blaming Top Rank for a "robbery"? Typically it's the promoter. Floyd wasn't a star at the time.
I give cred to Floyd for giving Castillo that rematch, he won that clearly, but it was still worthy of a 3rd match. Floyd woulda been lucky to get a draw in the first fight, but a UD?! Not even a SD or MD, that's pretty corrupt.
Ask Bob Arum. He was Mayweather's promoter at the time. You know, that same guy who was promoting during Bradley's "win" over Pacquiao? How convenient for Bob Arum, a terrible decision, enabled him to book a rematch and milk a fight again. I find it hilarious that people pretend Floyd Mayweather Jr. had all this star power over the boxing world in 2000/2001. He didn't.