I have to admit, for the first time since I've seen Mayweather fight, I'm 50/50 on this. Canelo has a nice game on him and I'm not sure about Mayweather's plans just yet.

The fight's tonight and Mayweather is looking at his big payday (or one of his biggest).

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Money Mayweather.

It's the main event, before the actual main event, that I'm looking forward to, Garcia vs Matthysse

Now that's the bomb fight.

Revolution said:

Not impressed with canelos strategy....he was stronger and heavier.....he tried to outbox Floyd...he needed to mike Tyson his ass...may weather can't punch

Lol, let him hit you in the face.

Revolution said:

Not impressed with canelos strategy....he was stronger and heavier.....he tried to outbox Floyd...he needed to mike Tyson his ass...may weather can't punch

I beg to differ lol

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funny that people have a prollum with 'certain folk' who have acieved greatness.

it ain't braggin when one states the facts of their existance in a particular field.

my lil homie been doin whut he doin for years, just the way he been doin it.

ab is a brash kid tryin to be where floyd is... he coulda took canelo (imo)

LittleBLUECorvette said:

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He made Saul look ridiculous right there.

Canelo asked for it and he got it last night, Floyd took that kid to school.

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sign of a champ

LAS VEGAS – Not everyone goes home from an evening in Vegas $8,000 in profit but Cynthia J. Ross did just that on Saturday night. And even though Ross, a ringside judge, pocketed approximately 5,000 times less than Floyd Mayweather, it is hard to argue that she deserved a cent of it.

While every pay-per-view customer around the world, every fan at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, both Mayweather and his opponent, Canelo Alvarez, and even the guy with the wonky eyesight squinting from the nosebleed section saw that this was one of the biggest blowou...ng history, a lady with one of the best seats in the house missed it.

Ross scored the contest, if you can call it that, as a 114-114 draw, handing six rounds to each fighter. To all other witnesses, it seemed like the Mexican youngster barely landed six convincing punches, let alone did enough meaningful work to deserve a judge's nod.

In Ross' defense … (crickets).

Horrendous judging does nothing for the credibility of boxing and her reported paycheck of $8,000 should at least demand a certain level of competence. Mayweather's response when the decision was announced – "What the [expletive] is that?" said it all. Of course, boxers are routinely able to delude themselves over the actual veracity of the decision-making but there should have been no confusion here.

"It was so one-sided," boxing legend Bernard Hopkins said. "I don't care who it is, when it is not right, it is not right. I don't know where it came from."

Just as Mayweather knew that he had convincingly won just about every round, so too was Alvarez well aware of how badly he had been beaten. The 23-year-old's corner even told him at the midway point that he needed to win every round from that stage onwards, evidence that they believed he had been shut out until then.

Even the cards of Dave Moretti (116-112 to Mayweather) and Craig Metcalfe (117-111) left something to be desired. Yahoo Sports' Kevin Iole scored it 120-108, while all three Showtime television experts gave Alvarez no more than two rounds.

The official statistics showed that Mayweather landed a total of 232 punches, compared to 117 for Alvarez. He was especially dominant with the jab, connecting with 139 to 44.

"He was simply too good," Alvarez conceded after the fight.

That sentiment was obvious to everyone except Ross, who incredibly gave Alvarez rounds 1, 3, 8, 9, 11 and 12 was also one of the judges that gave Timothy Bradley a laughable decision over Manny Pacquiao last June.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer was furious that boxing's biggest fight of the year was tainted by such ludicrous judging. Ross was appointed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which selects all judges for fights within its jurisdiction.

"The whole world was watching and obviously that scorecard was a disgrace," Schaefer said. "How that judge could be appointed after the decision of Bradley and Pacquiao is not a question I can answer. How can that happen? Is it going to happen again?"

For his part, Mayweather took the high road (sort of) when asked about the judging controversy.

"The best commission in the world is the Nevada commission, so I’ll leave it in their hands," Mayweather said. "[Ross], I think, could be older. I believe it’s a woman, she could be kind of older."

^I'm all for gender equality, but there's no place for female boxing judges.

Revolution said:

Abdul said:Canelo asked for it and he got it last night, Floyd took that kid to school.[Edited 9/15/13 10:14am] I disagree. Mayweather decidedly won about 3 rounds....most of the other rounds were probably in his favor as well, but I don't blame anyone for seeing them 50/50 rounds.Canelo fought a bad strategic fight.

How many rounds did you have Canelo winning?

I can't see no more than 4 rounds. I gave him 3 rounds.

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Revolution said:

Abdul said:Only 3 rounds Rev? I think you need to go back and watch the fight again, Canelo MAYBE won two rounds tops and that was only because Floyd wasn't throwing much in those rounds. Canelo doesn't have the skill set or the ring IQ to handle what Floyd does, Canelo learned like Mayweather's other opponents that he's a hard man to hit, hence why he got took to school Saturday night I agree with you....Canelo maybe won only two rounds. What I'm saying is that most of the rounds were closer to 50/50. I will admit that most of those 50/50 rounds probably went to Mayweather. It wasn't as dominent performance as some would have you believe.

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May landed 52% of his punches, compared to Canelo's 22%. And when you factor in Canelo coming into the fight with the hightes connect rate, even slightty higher than Mayweather, that is dominance.

Revolution said:

I agree with you....Canelo maybe won only two rounds. What I'm saying is that most of the rounds were closer to 50/50. I will admit that most of those 50/50 rounds probably went to Mayweather. It wasn't as dominent performance as some would have you believe.

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For those rounds to have been 50/50 Canelo had to do more, why he thought he could box with Floyd is beyond me, as you said in your other post it was the wrong gameplan from the jump.

I'm proud of Danny Garcia, he beat boxing's version of the boogey man in Lucas Matthysse, it was a very good scrap IMO

What faulted Canelo is what fault all of those who fought with Mayweather: they played right into his hands and tried to box like Floyd. That's why he ends up winning the fight. Ricky Hatton surely learned that the harder way than the others!

I'm still picking Money Mayweather.

Floyd Mayweather outclassed Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on Sunday, landing twice as many punches over a 12-round dismantling. The AP's unofficial scorecard had it 119-109 Mayweather, and pretty much every observer was in agreement. Except for one of the three judges, C.J. Ross, who inexplicably had it a 114-114 draw. Because of this, her second "unconscionable" scorecard in 15 months, it appears Ross is done with boxing.

"I'm not in control of the judges," Mayweather said after the fight. "I'm a little in shock." Everyone was, including Nevada governor Brian Sandoval. Sandoval spoke with Nevad... yesterday to register his displeasure with the negative attention Ross had drawn the state's boxing.

It's not clear whether Brady then leaned on Ross—we can safely assume he did—but last night Ross emailed the NAC to say she is stepping down indefinitely. "I will be taking some time off from boxing but will keep in touch," the email read.

This fight wasn't the first inexcusable decision by Ross. The June 2012 match between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley seemed a certain win for Pacquiao—52 of 55 journalists keep...he fight. But Bradley won via split decision, with Ross one of the two judges scoring it in his favor.

http://deadspin.com/contr...1340450956
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I request that Miss Ross' judging license be revoked.

That judge should be made to go a few rounds with Mayweather. A draw????? Who the fuck paid her off?

uPtoWnNY said:

That judge should be made to go a few rounds with Mayweather. A draw????? Who the fuck paid her off?

Bob Arum?

I've got Mayweather in a controversial split decision.

... now if somebody could just invent a time machine...

Cerebus said:

I've got Mayweather in a controversial split decision.

... now if somebody could just invent a time machine...

I can't stand 12 rounds of dancing around.

Boxing has lost it's spark 4 me.

I love the knockout artists but they no longer exist.

Speaking of which, Ken Norton died today.

R.I.P.

Graycap23 said:

I can't stand 12 rounds of dancing around.

Boxing has lost it's spark 4 me.

I love the knockout artists but they no longer exist.

Speaking of which, Ken Norton died today.

R.I.P.

I know. It's sad. And again RIP Mr. Norton.