Who's fault was it that DLH/PBF sucked?

IT was PBFs fault. Oscar was pursuing the KO. I believe it was PBF who said it was gonna be a toe to toe fight.

 

It didn't suck, there was a great deal of skill, countering, defensive brilliance, effective attacks etc

As for why wasn't it a brawl, because

A. Mayweather is too small to go toe-toe with the much bigger Delahoya

B. Elite defensive boxers don't do this, watch a British title fight like Mitchell-Johansen if you want a brawl and what a wonderful brawl that was, Gatti-Ward eat your heart out

 

I enjoyed the fight. You can't exactly blame Floyd for not standing and trading with Oscar, it would have been suicide.

 

It was neither DLH or Floyd's fault. Unless DLH was able to somehow knock Floyd out, everyone could have predicted a boring fight. With DLH's dramatic size difference, it was obvious that Floyd wouldn't trade shots with him. That would have been stupid as ****. Then there were obvious questions as to whether Oscar could penetrate Floyd's defensive and land any effective shots. The answer to the latter was no. This fight was a good "sped-up chess match", but the idea that it was going to be exciting or action-packed were erroneous from the start.

 

who says it has to be a brawl to be exciting?

was mayweather-judah or oscar-shane brawling?

 

The fans fault. For not knowing enough about boxing to understand what was going to happen. Mayweather came to win. To do that, you don't stand toe to toe with a man who outweighs you by at least 15lbs on fight night. It would have been stupid on his part. Anyone who knew Mayweather and his style knew this.

They are supposed to sell the fight, just like anyone else sells anything else. It's the publics job to sift throught the BS (just like any other product that advertises) and find out what's the real.

 

I agree with your general point... but Oscar did not outweigh Floyd by 15 pounds. Floyd probably came in the ring about 152, Oscar probably came in the ring at about 158 at the max. When Oscar weighs above 160, his physique looks like ****.

 

exactly, mayweather promised toe to toe action and de la hoya and his "rough and tough" crap.

 

:good

 

Mayweather claimed he weighed no more than 148 on fight night. And I though DLH has been weighing over 160 for his fights at 154 for years. When he tries to train to weight 160 and then puts on weight, he looks bad. I could be wrong....perhaps a check of the DLH-Vargas fight night weights will confirm this. Or DLH-Mosley.

 

Yours

 

It was Floyd's fault, Oscar was trying to make it entertaining but Floyd preferred to secure a boring, close, secure win instead of the massacre that he promised.