How did Mayweather win the Castillo fight?

There were 3 main reasons.

- Las Vegas
- Nevada
- USA

 

I thought the three reasons were

Anek Hongtongkam 116-111
John Keane 115-111Jerry Roth 115-111:roflatsch:yep

 

You're not alone. His fights sell so much chiefly because of people who don't understand boxing.

 

it's not hard to figure out when he swept the first 5 rounds

 

Fights are scored on a round by round basis. You can land 90% of the punches in a fight but if you land zero punches in 11 of the 12 rounds, you will lose the fight wide... I've always felt Floyd won the first 5 rounds and then Castillo won 5 of the remaining 7.

Certain punches are more important or a better scoring blows than others and that is up to the eye of the beholder. Everyone can see the same thing and value it differently... Castillo lands almost exclusively to the body while Mayweather lands almost exclusively to the head.

 

Cause punch stats do not equal wins.

Boxer A may outland Boxer B by a 3 to 1 margin and still lose a fight decisively. Its based on ring generalship, controlling the fight, etc.



Learn the sport before you ask stupid questions...!!!

 

Are you saying I don't understand boxing? :rofl

 

Some people don't know the official scoring criteria for pro boxing.

How we value and weigh the criteria is up to each person.

But the criteria itself is there. And most people don't know it despite being told what it is before every televised fight.

 

Total Punches Pacquiao---Marquez 2:
Marquez Pacquiao
Landed 172 157
Thrown 511 619
Pct. 34% 25%
Jabs
Landed 42 43
Thrown 201 314
Pct. 21% 14%
Power Punches Landed
130 114
Thrown
310 305
Pct.
42% 37%


How did Pacquiao win???

 

no Floyd swept the first 5 rounds. The 5th was debatable, but even then, Floyd still won some rounds in the second part of the fight. If that fight had different commentators, nobody would think it was controversial

I still have my scorecard too

My score card
rnd: Floyd-Castillo
1: 10-9
2: 10-9
3: 10-9
4: 10-9
5: 10-9(close round, it becomes obvious that Floyd's shoulder was hurting, but he landed most of the (legal) punches while Castillo cut the ring off well)
6: 9-10
7: 9-10
8: 9-9
9: 10-10(I watched it twice and don't know who to give it to. Floyd showed good defense and landed cleaner, but Castillo showed aggression and cut the ring off good)
10: 8-10
11: 10-9
12: 10-9 (Interesting round, Castillo landed more shots, but yet again, half of them are below the belt. I would have given it to him based off ring genralship, but Floyd stole the round in the last minute)
115-112 Mayweather