I think it was a combination of both Oscar's well known tendency to fade in the late rounds and Floyd adapting to that style. Floyd is a great boxer and boxing him in the center of the ring is not the wisest strategy to beat him.
I had mayweather up by at least 2 rounds by the end of the fight and I was being generous to oscar as i was being fooled at the time by all those pitty pat punches when he had floyd against the ropes. When i rewatched the fight again, I had mayweather even further ahead. 116-112.
Pitty pat? I thought he was throwing some properly hard shots as Oscar always does. They just weren't landing too cleanly. Anyway I had the fight 116-112 to Mayweather, if I get time and recover enough from this hangover I'll watch this fight again and post a proper scorecard.
Considering the fight took place in 2007, i don't have a round by round card available, and I ain't about to sit down a rewatch the fight during my xmas break. However, what I do remember is having mayweather winning a clear decision against oscar the first and the second time round of scoring it. If this thread is still alive after the new year, i will bump it up and post a round by round rewatching the fight once again.
i was at the fight and had it 115-114 for mayweather. i've never scored at home but at the fight i would have had no problem with a draw.
I look forward to it, because I can't see how Oscar didn't win rounds 2,3,4,7 and 8, meaning the widest this fight could be scored to Floyd would be 115-113. By the way, isn't your Xmas break the ideal time to spend relaxing and watching fights and other TV? This is precisely the time of year when I have most time to do that sort of stuff, usually I'm too busy with uni and work to devote myself to it.
I also thought he was throwing some hard shots, but like you said when i rewatched it I saw that the majority of them flurries was landing on floyd's arms and elbows with no great effect. Your scorecard is near enough like my one, when i rewatched it the 2nd time round. The first time i watched it live i only had mayweather by 2 rounds, that's because I was scoring what I perceived at the time as oscar's effective aggression. When I rewatched it back, i couldn't score hardly any of them punches against the ropes.
I quickly watched round 8 on youtube, how did you score that round for oscar? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0n45rSAqus&feature=related[/ame] start at 4.22 and explain please.