Don't Stop Smiling

Sweat dripping, punches being thrown, and bodies falling well a body falling; is all I witnessed Saturday night. Yes I'm talking about the Floyd Mayweather vs Juan Manuel Marquez boxing fight. The fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 19, 2009. Now I'm not really all that into seeing guys get their faces beat in but this fight was so much more than that. It was HIGHLY entertaining!

Mayweather was smirking at this guy and completely disrespecting him by letting his arms drop to his sides. I believe for about 3 rounds Mayweather kept his hands down exposing his face to Marquez and he STILL couldn't make contact! This comical side to the match made it even more entertaining especially since Mayweather wasn't trying to hide his face from Marquez. He would turn and get real close to him and just smile real big! In most rounds Mayweather had 22 thrown punches that made contact while poor Marquez had 3 or 4 punches. It just seemed like Marquez couldn't make contact at all, his punches were either deflected or just completely off target. In the end I will admit that Marquez had Mayweather's eye about to swell shut. Still Mayweather pulled off with an unanimous decision win.

I noticed that after the fight, people in the room with me were yelling that Mayweather needs to fight individuals in his own weight class. I'm not really into boxing in all that sense but I mean does two pounds really make that big of a deal. I mean I'm learning movies in my kickboxing class that helps me knock out someone twice or five times MY weight. I mean Marquez was throwing punches but Mayweather was just too quick for him. Hopefully I'll be able to watch another fight with Mayweather being in the correct weight class and compare that fight to this current one. Still, I'm thinking two pounds isn't that much of a difference, but hey you tell me.