I Finally got One Right
After some serious miscues in my predictions in the sporting world of late, I finally managed to get one right - well not exactly right, I did call for a knockout, but at least I successfully managed to pick the winner:
Following more than three long months of predictions, trash talk and hype the Golden Boy and the Pretty Boy finally stepped into the ring Saturday night in Las Vegas, in front a sell out crowd and God knows how many PPV viewers.
Much to my surprise, it was a solid fight from beginning to end with Floyd Mayweather Jr squeeking out a narrow split decision victory. See I’m from the Mike Tyson generation, where more often than not the weigh in lasted more than twice as long as the actual fight, so I’m still a bit mystified when a championship fight of this caliber is not only a close fight, but entertaining past the third round.
The difference in the fight was, as expected, in Mayweather’s lightining fast hands and skillfull defense. Floyd landed an incredible 43 percent of his punches to De La Hoya’s twenty-one percent.
Oscar and his special guest (Floyd Mayweather Sr) both thought the Golden Boy won the fight with harder and cleaner punches, but two of the three score cards begged to differ.
This was De La Hoya’s third loss in his last five fights, and with Golden Boy Promotions going strong I find myself wondering how much longer he’ll stay active in the fight game. Floyd Mayweather Jr had already indicated that this fight may be his last…
I think we should give the two of them a couple weeks vacation and then put them on the nation wide hype tour again for De La Hoya/Mayweather II in January ‘08. Come on all boxing fans know that you haven’t really beaten someone until you beat them two out of three.
Floyd Mayweather Jr, Oscar De La Hoya, boxing, welterweight, light middleweight, Golden Boy, Pretty Boy
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