Round By Round Oscar De La Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather Jr Live

Round By Round Oscar De La Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather Jr Live

By Doghouse Boxing (May 5, 2007) Doghouse Boxing

This is Live round by round. Refresh your browser every 4 minutes for latest updates. De La Hoya weighs in at 154, while Mayweather comes in at 150. National Anthems are being sung, Mexican going first. Marc Anthony sings the US song, and does a great job.

Floyd is celebrating Cinco De Mayo by donning a Mexican sombrero, coming out to 50 Cent's "Straight to the Bank" , and wearing red, white, and green trunks. Floyd comes out first. De La Hoya comes out to Mariachi, the crowd is going crazy.

Round 1: Both men come out and both come out cautious. Floyd with a quick right hand. Looking very fast, and DLH comes out with little left hooks to the body, does no damage. Floyd jabbing to the body. Oscar trying to stalk him, and manuever him to the ropes and Floyd won't let him. Floyd landing one and moving out of the way. Sticking out the jab and moving. Crowd boos for a second. Oscar tries to stalk him to the ropes and they tie up. DLH not jabbing at all, just landed a low blow. 10 seconds left, Floyd making Oscar chase.

My card - Floyd's round.

ROUND 2
DLH exchanging for a second, and Floyd still moving alot. DLH gets his in the corner and lands a few. Leading with the left Oscar is still coming foward and lands a straight right hand and a quick 1-2. Floyd still very cautious, looking very calm. DLH lands a right and Floyd smiles. Crowd chanting "Oscar, Oscar, Oscar". Mayweather lands a nice right. PBF jabbing and DLH goes to the body three times in a row. Mayweather slipping away from DLH. Oscar having trouble catching him. Looks like a round for Oscar.

My card - Oscar 10-9.

Round 3:

DLH flurries quickly to the body, PBF blocks. Oscar flurries again in the corner, Floyd is very defensive. Mayweather pops him with a jab. Floyd dipping and dodging punches and counters with a jab. Quick jab to DLH's body. Oscar wings a wide left hook and misses. Floyd with a quick left hook. Straight right hand lead for Floyd and he gets out of there. More dodging by Floyd. Even round so far. Mayweather ends round with a solid left hook.

My card - Floyd 10-9
HBO - 10-9 Floyd

ROUND 4
Floyd jabbing and moving, catching DLH a little. DLH is definitely the aggressor. Hopefully for me, and PBF he gasses out like usual. Oscar looking very good. Floyd landing some punches, not so clean. Mayweather fighting a cautious pace, not so active. DLH hands a TON of left hooks to the body but they do nothing since in a clinch. Floyd with a nice 1-2 to the gloves. Another 1-2. Quick uppercut by Floyd. Quick flurry that missed for DLH.

My card - Floyd 10-9.

Round 5:

Oscar comes out looking jumpy. Mayweather with some quick punches, lands a good right hand. Throwing about half the punches DLH throws but is landing good. Floyd lands a 1-2 and DLH trys to set a flurry up against the ropes but doesn't work. All commentary is about DLH's stamina. Floyd with 4 unanswered punches. DLH tries to take advantage every time it goes to the ropes by getting aggressive but nothing happens. DLH's right eye has a small bruise. Right crosses land by DLH. Floyd's hand speed is crazy. Toe to toe, Mayweather beats Oscar to the punch.

My card - Floyd 10-9.

ROUND 6
Mayweather's hand speed again helps him beat DLH to the punch. Merchant is right when he said this is "high speed chess". Floyd moving quickly and not letting DLH's flurry effect him. Mayweather is landing a couple jabs and a body shot. Missed a big right. Lands a straight right. DLH trying to stalk and only seems to get aggressive against the ropes. DLH blocks two. Quick left by Floyd. Oscar mounting a small comeback, nothing big. Floyd with a little left hook. Close round.

My card - Oscar 10-9.

ROUND 7
DLH comes out trying to bring him to the ropes, little flurries. Mayweather getting off first. Mayweather looks comfortable, yet still cautious. Oscar looks to try and get to Mayweather's body. Floyd lands a quick jab and a quick body punch. Mayweather still smiling as DLH tries to stalk. Quick 1-2 for Floyd over the top. DLH pushes him back with his left hand. Hammers DLH to the body. Both tie up. Quick jab and moving out of the way for Floyd. Looking very good. Oscar gets all glove in a little flurrie. I give it to Floyd. Mayweather more accurate, DLH more active.

My card - Floyd 10-9.

ROUND 8
Lederman and I have our first disagreement. More of the same, DLH trying to stalk and Mayweather landing a quick jab and moving out of the way. DLH lands a nice combo and Mayweather countering accurately. DLH looks kind of tired. Mayweather looks as if it is the first round. Quick uppercut and straight right from Floyd. Floyd punching one or two shots at a time. Bouncing around, making it hard for DLH to get comfortable. Crowd chanting "Oscar, Oscar" again. Mayweather is doing well this round, landing a quick left to the body and right to the head. Floyd's accuracy is ridiculous. Looks to have won this round as well. Both flurry at the end.

My card - Floyd 10-9

ROUND 9
Oscar's gameplan looks to be trying to steal the end of the round as usual. Quick right hand to the body. Floyd misses a counter left. Big right hand over the top for Floyd. Floyd dipping very well and landing 3 straight punches and a few more. Looking very good. Oscar stalking and it goes back to the center. Oscar landing a good amount of punches. More quick rallies against the ropes, fans go crazy as it doesn't do much. Floyd not letting DLH's rallies do anything. DLH misses two as Mayweather quickly moves. Floyd blocks two punches. Round over.

My card - Floyd 10-9.

ROUND 10
Fans might be swayed by Oscar trying to steal the rounds but not me. Floyd beating him to the punch. DLH only seems to be throwing the big flurries, nothing much after that. Mayweather looking sharp only getting caught with one of DLH's rally punches. Quick 1-2 lands for Floyd. Quick jab from Floyd. Floyd seemingly very comfortable now, landing well. DLH looks frustrated not being able to catch Floyd, IMO. Quick tie up on the ropes, back to the middle. Right uppercut lands for Mayweather in a clinch. DLH not jabbing as much as he was, and as much as he should. Mayweather is being very elusive making DLH try harder and harder to catch him. Mayweather drops his hands and DLH misses a huge left.

My card - Floyd 10-9.

ROUND 11
I see through DLH's flurries. He isn't doing enough to win. He needs a knockout IMO. Mayweather is winning 8-2 on my card. DLH not jabbing, very open. Floyd taking advantage, by putting DLH on the defensive. Steward mentioning Oscar getting mentally frustrated. Mayweather looking dominant. Hand speed is the major factor here. Quick flurry, nothing lands for DLH. Floyd jabbing and moving again. Crowd booing as the fight isn't very exciting. Only seems exciting when DLH misses his flurries. DLH is confused, can't figure Floyd out. Hard right hand by DLH.

My card - Floyd 10-9.

ROUND 12
Final round. Both touch gloves. Fight didn't live up to the hype. Good fight for chess match lovers. Floyd lands a good 1-2. DLH looks lost for a second. Floyd looks to have easily won the last few. Landing and moving still. DLH needs a knockout. Floyd with a quick uppercut followed by a right. Oscar, very determined trying to knock him out. 50 seconds left, seems like Mayweather has won. Good flurry from DLH. Doesn't do much though. Fight winds down to 20 seconds, and Floyd has put on another excellent performance. He should win a unanimous decision. Both trade at the end heavily in an exciting flurry.

My card - Floyd 10-9.

TITO4EVER's card - 118-110 for Floyd Mayweather
Official scores
Giampa - 116-112 Mayweather
Kaczmarek - 115-113 De La Hoya
Roth - 115-113 Mayweather.

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