WHO ??? came closest to beating FLOYD???

[IronDanHamza]

Why are you acting like your opinion is worth more than his? Alot of people thought Castillo won. Why is your opinion right?

A lot of people thought Castillo won.

A lot of people thought Floyd won.

Usually the case when close fights happen.

He said Castillo won the fight but I'm pretty positive that he lost a close decision on the cards.

[Zaroku]

Looking at the poll options, the Cotto fight was a good fight, but Cotto lost almost every round. Just because a guy did better than guys usually do or better than the last round, you can't just give them rounds for that. That's called being biased/Max Kellerman. Got to treat each round like it's a fight all it's own. Cotto was right there for every round, but I don't think he won more than three. And that's not a slight against Cotto, that was a badass fight and a great performance, but that's how things went.

And the De La Hoya fight was such a drunk, ****ty ****** after they'd billed it as the lay of the century that I've forgotten how competitive it even was. I remember Oscar fighting ****** and looking bad.

DLH chased and missed a lot.
I guess I liked it that Cotto had Floyd bleeding from his nose and looking uncomfortable.
Cotto was thing hard... But ...

I enjoyed Maidana connecting, even to floyg'snut sac looking at Tony Weeks... Hahahahaha

[ADP02]

But pressing Floyd and making it a dirty fight isn't beating him though. You seen what happend in Castillo 2 and Maidana 2 after they both thought they had the blueprint.

Then you should be saying the same about Floyd's:
- elbows,
- hugs,
- bending below the waist,
- head locks,
- SUCKER PUNCHES,
- getting a Floyd friendly hometown ref,
- getting Floyd friendly hometown judges,
- Floyd friendly location,
- Floyd rules,
- IVs,
- Retro TUEs,
- removing opponents advantages before the start of the bell,
- Vampire Facial transfusion cover-ups,
- being buddy buddies with USADA and paying them crazy sums of money for a single fight.
- Floyd not getting DQd when his corner jumps in the ring.
- Judges giving Floyd all close rounds and even rounds that were not as close. Even when Floyd was fighting the champ.


Did I miss anything?

[ADP02]

DLH chased and missed a lot.
I guess I liked it that Cotto had Floyd bleeding from his nose and looking uncomfortable.
Cotto was thing hard... But ...

I enjoyed Maidana connecting, even to floyg'snut sac looking at Tony Weeks... Hahahahaha

I have not seen the fight in a long time but I remember Oscar blocking Floyd's punches well.

[fanofslug]

Castillo perhaps came the closest to beating Mayweather, but Maidana's was the closest and more impressive performance when you take it in context. The Mayweather legend and mythical status was in full swing when Maidana fought him, but he wasn't phased or intimidated and made it a fight. I don't think an undefeated record was that important back when he faced Castillo, so there were openings. It wouldn't even be close if Castillo had fought the 2014 version of Mayweather, so, theoretically, Maidana was the closest.

[Real King Kong]

Not sure why posters keep saying that fight was a robbery...if you watch it and score it round by round, yes it was a close fight...but how can Robbery be used?

The word robbery gets tossed around way too *******ly. It's ****in annoying...just cuz the guy you wanted to win didn't, doesn't make it a robbery.

[Zaroku]

Then you should be saying the same about Floyd's:
- elbows,
- hugs,
- bending below the waist,
- head locks,
- SUCKER PUNCHES,
- getting a Floyd friendly hometown ref,
- getting Floyd friendly hometown judges,
- Floyd friendly location,
- Floyd rules,
- IVs,
- Retro TUEs,
- removing opponents advantages before the start of the bell,
- Vampire Facial transfusion cover-ups,
- being buddy buddies with USADA and paying them crazy sums of money for a single fight.
- Floyd not getting DQd when his corner jumps in the ring.
- Judges giving Floyd all close rounds and even rounds that were not as close. Even when Floyd was fighting the champ.


Did I miss anything?

But Floyd isn't a complete favorite even in his hometown.
DLH was the crowd favorite. Maidana was hitting him in places Floyd didn't know he had.

[Zaroku]

The word robbery gets tossed around way too *******ly. It's ****in annoying...just cuz the guy you wanted to win didn't, doesn't make it a robbery.

It wasn't a robbery. Castillo 1 was a very close fight! He came closest in my opinion. Maidana 1 is next.

But honestly, Bob Arum came the closest to beating Floyd.
Bob stopped Mikey Garcia quick. Not knowing your place can and often does hurt you...

Vicious Vindictive Arum, the film flam man!

[Zaroku]

Then you should be saying the same about Floyd's:
- elbows,
- hugs,
- bending below the waist,
- head locks,
- SUCKER PUNCHES,
- getting a Floyd friendly hometown ref,
- getting Floyd friendly hometown judges,
- Floyd friendly location,
- Floyd rules,
- IVs,
- Retro TUEs,
- removing opponents advantages before the start of the bell,
- Vampire Facial transfusion cover-ups,
- being buddy buddies with USADA and paying them crazy sums of money for a single fight.
- Floyd not getting DQd when his corner jumps in the ring.
- Judges giving Floyd all close rounds and even rounds that were not as close. Even when Floyd was fighting the champ.


Did I miss anything?

How many retro TUE's did Floyd have???
This is kinda a who came closer to beating Floyd in the public opinion.

What you saw in the ring.

[Zaroku]

Castillo perhaps came the closest to beating Mayweather, but Maidana's was the closest and more impressive performance when you take it in context. The Mayweather legend and mythical status was in full swing when Maidana fought him, but he wasn't phased or intimidated and made it a fight. I don't think an undefeated record was that important back when he faced Castillo, so there were openings. It wouldn't even be close if Castillo had fought the 2014 version of Mayweather, so, theoretically, Maidana was the closest.

Good points. Weeks let them two men fight it out. Those overhand clubbing punches on top & behind the head made me laugh. Then Maidana worked the nuts & body!!!!