Oscar De La Hoya says Mayweather should be 43-3

floyd0012By Raj Parmar: Earlier today on his twitter account, former boxer and current Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya has stated that he has spent a lot of time watching Floyd Mayweather’s old fights and has come to the conclusion that Floyd should really be 43-3 instead of 46-0.

Oscar and Floyd have had bad blood between them ever since their 2007 mega fight, which Floyd won by split decision after a heated build-up which saw legitimate animosity develop between the two fighters. Oscar is likely affirming that he believes Floyd lost to himself, Jose Luis Castillo and last night’s match-up with Marcos Maidana.

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Mayweather: Cotto and Canelo hit harder than Maidana

floyd0000By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KO’s) did a good job of beating Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s) by standing and trading shots last Saturday night to earn a tough 12 round majority decision in their Showtime pay-per-view televised fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. But after the fight, Mayweather had less than glowing words to say about the hard hitting Argentinian fighter.

Mayweather compared Maidana to a WWE professional wrestler at the post-fight press conference, and said that he had done a good job of kneeing him and holding and hitting. Mayweather also said that his previous opponents Miguel Cotto and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez hitter harder and were tougher than Maidana.

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Maidana: I’ll give Mayweather a rematch; I won the fight

maidana222By Dan Ambrose: Last night WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s) lost what many boxing fans saw as a highly controversial 12 round majority decision to WBC champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. While the judges scored it in Mayweather’s favor by the scores of 116-112, 117-111, 114-114, Maidana remained convinced completely in his mind that he had won the fight.

Maidana wasn’t the only one who felt that he won the fight though, as his entire team and many fans in the crowd felt that Maidana had done enough to deserve a victory by a couple of points.

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Floyd Mayweather v Marcos Maidana fight result – dirty, not controversial

maidana45By Daniel Clement: Last night Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KO’s) defeated WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision to capture his WBA 147 lb. title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Was Mayweather’s victory a controversial one? It was not. Was it a dirty fight that shown a lack of sportsmanship from Maidana? Yes it was in my view.

First let’s look into both fighters’ performances.

Maidana used a lot of moves that looked dirty in the fight. Usually such things would be frowned upon, but since Mayweather is involved, it seem that anything goes, which is not how it should be. From the very first rounds, we saw a lot of rabbit punches from Maidana, which appeared intentional.

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Maidana’s stock rises in loss to Mayweather

floyd111(Photo credit: Sumio Yamada: By Daniel Hughes: The fallout from last night’s 147lb unification fight between WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KO’s) WBA champion Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s), will continue to be a subject for all fight fans to debate in the months ahead. The subject of judges’ scoring, once again be the main focus and of much head shaking.

The card that Burt A. Clements scored 117-111 to Mayweather certainly doesn’t reflect what the attending fans, commentators and pretty much anyone with a unbiased opinion witnessed. To score that fight 9-3 in rounds to Mayweather reflects that some judges really are judging on reputation, not reality.

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Floyd resurrects Manny Pacquiao and signals Keith Thurman

maidana3By Jaime Ortega: Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KO’s) not long ago criticized Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley on the radio for “fighting like amateur boxers”, yet with all the criticism, it was Floyd who fought like an amateur to a very impressive and underrated Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s) last night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Maidana went against Floyd like a chaotic brawler, not fearing his counter punches. The fight should have ended in a draw, but Floyd won by 12 round majority decision by the scores of 114-114, 116-112, and 117-111 in a controversial bout.

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Maidana gives Mayweather the toughest fight of his boxing career!

maidana2By Bob Smith: The most appropriate response to the tremendous performance by Marcos Maidana is: Wow!  Maidana clearly won 5 or 6 rounds of the fight, and I watched it live and had it in the end for Floyd Mayweather Jr by 1 or 2 points, though I could have seen a draw or even a slight edge on the cards for Maidana.  One thing that I am sure of is that Mayweather did not deserve to win by more than the three points on the cards – two of the scorecards for the judges were much wider than they should have been.

I actually would have thought a majority draw would have been a reasonably outcome, but without a knockdown from Maidana, I think that in the end a majority decision for Mayweather was the most just.

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Was Mayweather exposed by Maidana?

maidanaBy Meyer Lynk: For a man who claims to be “The Best Ever,” the best to ever lace up the gloves, and the best in all era, Floyd Mayweather Jr’s performance against Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s) looked far from being “The Best” last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Don’t fall for Mayweather’s lies that were given to Jim Grey after the fight.

Mayweather’s excuse for his unimpressive victory was that wanted to give the fans a fight they wanted to see. Don’t believe this lie. He said the exact same thing at the post fight press conference after his match against Miguel Cotto two years ago, but then what does he do afterwards? He brings back his dad as a coach to his training camp for his fight with Robert Guerrero because he said he was hit with too many shots in the Cotto fight.

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Mayweather Jr. wins by majority decision, but Maidana proves he’s not a machine

002 Mayweather victory IMG_2419(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Rocky Esposito: Last night the Boxing world received a huge surprise/treat in regards to the match-up between Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KO’s) and Marcos “El Chino Maidana” (35-4, 31 KO’s). Mayweather won the fight via majority decision (117-111, 116-112, 114-114), but Maidana clearly proved that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is not invincible anymore.

Prior to the fight, I typed up my final analysis. I never make actual predictions because I never want to be disrespectful to any fighter. Plus, I have been watching Boxing way too long to know a simple truth, you just never know what is going on inside a fighter’s head prior to a fight. That being said, I was very surprised at Floyd Mayweather’s approach to this fight, especially the first half of the fight. Instead of moving laterally, he stayed in front of Maidana and wanted to exchange.

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Mayweather edges Maidana; Khan and Broner look less than spectacular

LAS VEGAS (May 4, 2014) – For a moment, it seemed like Marcos “El Chino” Maidana could do the unthinkable – hand pound-for-pound champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather the first loss of his brilliant career. Only for a moment.

Mayweather, who is now the WBC and WBA Welterweight World Champion, prevailed with a hard-fought majority decision victory over Maidana in the main event on Saturday on SHOWTIME PPV in front of 16,268 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

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