The holyfield-bowe II was one of the worst heavyweight figits I ever seen. But somehow, people today believe it was a heavyweight classic. that's because certain old-timers keep feeding us that lie to the point where many young fans coming up who have never seen the fight really think it was a great fight. Same with Maidana-Mayweather I. Floyd dominnated Maidana by a 9-3 margin at least. But certain fans didn't care...that reality didn't sit too well with them, so they created their own alternate reality. And because they repeated the lie so many times, people are now starting to act like Mayweather-Maidana was actually a close, competitive fight. That's the myth. It was not that close or that competitive. Whatever compeititiveness was there, it was because Maidana being 20 lbs heavier, pushed floyd around, fought dirty and used the "windmill style" which basically means filling up minutes of a round with missed punches. Maidana missed so much, it was comical. Then floyd would hit him with clean counter-shots. That was the story of the fight. but some people, like don quijote the crazy knight of ancient literature, see only what they want to see so the myth of maidana-mayweather I continues to grow... until people actually watch the fight and get all confused because what they see on the screen doesn't exactly square with what's being said.
your either a moron or a biased nut-hugger. either way you should not watch or talk about boxing anymore because your un-objective. Maidana easily won the first 4 rounds, and definitely some after that. I like Mayweather, I wanted him to win so bad so he could fight Pacquiao, I watched the fight multiple times because I thought I was crazy thinking Mayweather lost, and I am 100 % positive he lost 7 to 5. Are you one of those losers who chants back to his incoherent ramblings like "Hard Work" and TBE and all of the other nonsensical stuff he says to hide the fact he is a shy and awkward guy as evidenced by his early interviews? Have you ever heard someone ramble on so much but not say anything at all?
to the casual observer it was a very competitive fight... i watched the fight at a packed bar and you could tell so many of the casual fans had floyd losing or edging a decision. not many people realised how ineffective maidanas aggression was and how many of his shots were fouls or simply were not clean.. it was actually a difficult fight to score to be honest so no hate to anyone who scores it diff to me
First time i watched it i thought Floyd could lose this (after 7 rounds or so) but it was late (5am in UK). After rewatching it twice i scored it 8-4 both times. Maidana did miss a hell of a lot and should have had points deducted for fouling. That being said Floyd did look very uncomfortable in there and he didnt fight a good fight. His punch otput was awful by Hopkins standards!! That for me makes this fight intreguing. I also rate Maidana, to some he is a C level bum even though he gave the pound for pound champ his toughest test in years.
Take it you aren't going to watch the rematch? I mean why pay for a rematch that wasn't close in the first place.
I'm not a big Mayweather fan, but in my view he clearly won the fight. It was a close fight indeed, but after the opening rounds, Floyd adapted and took over the fight. I'll admit it was his worst fight so far and he didn't seem as unbeatable as in other bouts. The rematch is only made to shut up all the critics. In my opinion it is useless. Maybe if Maidana comes with a different gameplan, but I'm afraid Mayweather will dominate this time.
yeh i think floyd was banking on him slowing down ALOT more then maidana did... thats the only reason im even semi interested in thhe rematch.. we rarely see floyd in a rematch.. its his second only rematch and the first 1 he went from almost losing to getting a clear comfortable UD if he can repeat this process it says alot at the tender age of 37
I thought Mayweather eeked it out, in no way did he take over. Most rounds were close, so in no way, shape or form would I say he took over.
Notice how floyd haters ALWAYS play the "impartial to pro-floyd card" and proclaim they're his biggest fans and wanted him to win so bad...they really think they're convincing somebody... lmao!
not sure what you mean by "taking over"....sure he didn't neutralize maidana like he did with guerrero and canelo, because maidana will swing at the air behind him just to be swinging at SOMETHING....but maidana missed practically all of his punches...the few that did land were almost incidental-type punches that had no effect. on the other hand, floyd landed clean sharp combos that landed flush and were effective...enough that floyd deserved a 9-3 win.
Some fighters can't be neutralized unless they are badly hurt and in retreat....a guy like maidana is not really a thinking fighter...he's an adrenaline guy who just swings and swings and swings whether he's in position or out of position or in range or out of range, he'll swing from any and every angle hoping for the lucky punch. this is what makes him dangerous...because maidana outweighs floyd by 20 lbs, floyd can't just counter the guy and hurt him and put him away. the first guy to figure this out was cotto who did the bull-rush, windmill style against floyd. that's really the best strategy...forget trying to outbox floyd or outfight him like canelo and guerrero...those are proven failed strategies. you have to put your head in his chest and whale away and just keep punching, a hundred punches a round or more that way you stifle his offense. problem is, in the first fight the judges see one guy missing everything and the other guy landing practically at will.