Mayweather wins split decision over De La Hoya

I thought it was a masterful fight by Mayweather. He's a master strategist, and that's exactly what he did. He tagged De La Hoya and then moved, one good punch, score some clean points, and then move along. He dictated more than 2/3 of that fight... had Oscar pushed more consistently, then he probably could have won a few more deciding rounds. Boxing isn't always about flurries and punch volume. The quality was all Mayweather. The cleanest punches were all Mayweather, he got De La Hoya frustrated and had him stop jabbing. Mayweather was slippery and showcased an incredible amount of defensive skill and technique. Take a look back, in many of those flurries that made it look like De La Hoya was hitting him, most of those punches glanced off the sides or were avoided by Mayweather completely. For every 1 time that De La Hoya hit him, Mayweather either blocked or dodged 5 more. The Compu-Box stats proved it to a T. Mayweather landed more punches despite throwing more than 100 less punches. That was pure skill, a typical Mayweather fight. His fights aren't exciting, but they are always a clinic in technique and pure boxing skill.