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Originally Posted by HelloHockeyFans
Yeah, on one hand, I agreed with De La Hoya in a way when he said something along the lines of, "if I hadn't been the aggressor tonight, there wouldn't have been a fight". As mentioned already, Mayweather was backing up the entire night... but on the other hand, Mayweather's a smart fighter and in a way, had to fight that way and wait for the chance to counter since he hadn't taken punches of that power before. If he had been the one pursuing De La Hoya, he would have opened himself up most certainly for one of De La Hoya's punches. Definitely not an exciting match, but it was a smart one by Mayweather. I thought De La Hoya could have used his reach advantage a little more by throwing the jab...
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Isn't that what is wrong with boxing today? DLH was the champion. Shouldn't the challenger Mayweather have to dictate the fight and TAKE the title away from the champion? DLH dictated the entire pace of the fight. Mayweather took away a title by just punching and running.
That's not right.