i really dont understand how maidana won?

1st 5 rounds and 2 rounds later for Maidana

 

I watched the fight and Floyd dominates sorta pretty much rounds 6-12 and then does nothing and I mean NOTHING for rounds 1-5.

 

If my memory serves me correctly it was 9 and 11. Close though, would be fine with a draw or closer decision.

 

Rounds 2, 6, 7, and 9-12 were Mayweather rounds.

Round 5 was Maidana's showcase, rounds 1 and 8 were good rounds for him he won close, and 3 and 4 were rounds he made close but ultimately didn't land enough while eating too many clean.

 

I remember 2 of those later rounds where Floyd landed some clean shots, but for the majority of the round was getting bulled up against the ropes.

 

Tired yes. But still hitting looks better than holding. In a close fight like this, to me, on that night I would have rather have been Madaina. Even in the post fight interviews and press conference, Floyd seemed like the loser and Maidana the winner.

 

Maidana won the rounds

1 34568 and 12

6 and 11 and 12 are swing rounds

 

Maidana dominated the first 7 he also won the 12th for me.

 

It's kinda crazy when you think about what Maidana would have had to do to win that fight via decision. He would have to be constantly wailing away on Floyd in every single round and not let Floyd land a single overhand right. The fact that Floyd won so many of the first 6 rounds just shows how stacked the deck is against a Floyd opponent.

It's becoming a common theme that two of the three judges give pretty much all the close rounds to Floyd and the other judge is more willing to give a round to Floyd's opponent.

This way two of the judges are always going to score the fight in favor of Floyd even if he does nothing and just lands a few clean overhand rights in a round. To these judges, those overhand rights landing is like an automatic Floyd round no matter what the other guy is doing.

It's kind of amazing when you think about Floyd Canelo and now Floyd Maidana. The scorecards were identical, yet they were completely different fights. Floyd is such a draw and a moneymaker for the sport that he just goes into fights with that championship advantage to where the other guy has to completely dominate Floyd round after round to possibly win a decision. It's kinda crazy when you think about it, Maidana kinda would have had to have A+++ stamina to be able to go at Floyd like he did in the early rounds for the entire fight.

 

7 was Floyds round, 8 was Maidana, as were 1-5. 6 was a very close round.