the thing about that fight though was that floyd had to win. for boxing to continue as a business floyd had to win. imagine floyd losing to oscar who was already on his way out and the money mayweather era in boxing never happening. floyd always says that 24/7 was his show but i dont think thats him just saying that it really was a show designed and produced for him it was a way to try to showcase and groom floyd mayweather as an icon and to be the next ppv star. they never pushed a fighter like that before to that extent remember that they always used to just do the countdown shows for everybody. thats because there was a lot more pressure this time to create a new number 1 ppv fighter in the sport because oscar was on his way out. floyd had to win that fight. there was no way floyd could lose to oscar it was something bigger than both of them. floyd wearing those big fake costume gloves solidifies all of that to me because that was a way for de la hoya to not have to get too hurt or damaged in the process. i dont think it was about a rematch because oscar was on his way out and the sport needed floyd to replace him regardess. and it all worked. everything they wanted to happen happened and the money mayweather era began. the rest is history.
sometimes i think the hopkins and taylor fights were fixed because of the way hopkins never really looked like he was trying against taylor it was just two strange looking fights to me like hopkins was purposely giving rounds away. hbo at that time was trying so hard to push jermain taylor as the next star in the sport and hopkins was considered to be on his way out. i cant prove those fights were fixed but it just never really looked right to me how they happened and the extra circumstances surrounding it with how hard hbo was trying to push taylor.
sometimes i think the hopkins and taylor fights were fixed because of the way hopkins never really looked like he was trying against taylor it was just two strange looking fights to me like hopkins was purposely giving rounds away. hbo at that time was trying so hard to push jermain taylor as the next star in the sport and hopkins was considered to be on his way out. i cant prove those fights were fixed but it just never really looked right to me how they happened and the extra circumstances surrounding it with how hard hbo was trying to push taylor.
you do know joe frazier fought his entire pro career with one good eye? the eye that was closed was his good eye...the reason he was stopped was because he was getting hit flush and was not picking up the punches..ali is not a light puncher...round 14 was a savage beating..there's nothing wrong with that stoppage...that was a brutal fight
dat N.O.I. muscle)