Fights that are Commonly Misinterpreted

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Toney-Nunn & Mayweather-Hatton.

With Toney-Nunn, some people say Toney got in a lucky punch. Anybody that actually watches the fight, and UNDERSTANDS what they see knows that Toney slowly broke Nunn down.

With Mayweather-Hatton, ******s say that Cortez affected the fight by not letting Ricky fight inside. People who know what they're watching will see that Floyd was picking Hatton apart, even on the INSIDE.

 

Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor.

The story is exaggerated for effect. It's told like Meldrick was dominating the fight before the controversial KO. Meldrick was winning, but he was not dominating; not by any means.

 

Foreman-Moorer

Widespread belief is that Foreman executed his master plan to perfection; waiting for the perfect moment to land the big shot and take Moorer out. That combo was being thrown the whole fight and Foreman had Moorer staggered with a jab before even landing the combo that put him away.

If Moorer would have stuck to his game plan (move, get in and out), he would have easily lasted 12 and won the wide UD. Lack of discipline is the reason for the L.

 

Mayweather-DLH

People still can't figure out what Floyd did to neutralize Oscar's jab even after all these years. You also have people thinking it was a close fight because one judge incorrectly scored it and caused a SD.

 

This is another one. And yes, that's a good point.

Chavez slowly broke Taylor down.

 

Froch-Taylor. It wasn't an extremely late save-the-day win for Froch, he actually turned the tide in round 6 or 7 if my memory is correct.

 

He is pretty good, isn't he :yep

 

Mayweather vs Castillo. Some people just think Castillo came in and just brought relentless pressure throwing a bunch of punches to out muscle Floyd. Really the Chavez fight is a better description of that.

Here's a better description of what happened
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=265119

 

Just making sure he gets all the proper credit before Bute stops him. :hey

 

Mayweather-Ortiz

"Ortiz was coming on strong at the end and was about to take over the fight" ...Yeah, right.

 

Chavez-Taylor was a good one already mentioned. If you go back and look closely you'll be surprised how much Taylor actually missed him. Chavez was come forward but very hard to hit cleanly as shown in that fight.

Froch-Kessler is thought of as a "war" were yes it did have its times but during the fight I was impressed by how Froch started off with his jab and it was close throughout. Really think if he continued that boxer approach he would've had a better case of winning.

Holyfield-Tyson 1. People think of it as "war" but it was a bit of a wrestling match and Holy took advantage of Tyson's bad footwork at the time tagging him and countering yet no one brings that up.

SRL-Hearns 1. Some people just think Tommy gassed but SRL's bodyshots deserve credit. He was turning it on late.

Chavez-Floyd is a HUGE misconception. He brought pressure though was eating uppercuts all night long. Floyd tagged him repeatedly yet all people look at is Chavez pressure and think he was winning rds off that, sigh. One-sided.

 

Hopkins vs. Pascal II

People point to this as a great, turn back the clock win for B-Hop. If you actually break down Pascal, you will see that he is essentially tailor made for an older fighter: inactive, throws one punch at a time, and gasses.

 

I hate to say it as Barrera is one of my genuine heroes,but Marco's delicious serving of poetic justice a la Hamed is nowhere near as one-sided as some like to remember.It was a wonderful nullification of Hamed,but not the beatdown some tend to describe.