Well, the bout went pretty much as expected by most boxing fans and pundits. Give Sharmba Mitchell credit, though. I think he gave it his best shot. The talent gap at the current stages of their careers was much too vast.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. simply walked through the majority of Mitchell's shots en route to an easy sixth round technical knockout victory over Mitchell in Portland, Oregon tonight.
There's not much more that can be said about the bout itself. Again, it was an easy matchup for Mayweather.
I have some comments and questions about the telecast itself, though.
1. If the bout was so one-sided before it even started, why did HBO even bother?
2. The production itself was so one sided, that Mitchell didn't even have a bio on HBO's website. Mitchell's pre-fight segment looked like it was shot on a camcorder, compared to Mayweather's.
3. Did HBO personnel have someplace urgent to go after the show? I have never seen them come out of their telecasts so quickly. They barely ran credits. "Countdown to Taylor-Hopkins 2" was a good documentary, but we could have waited a little longer.
4. This doesn't have anything to do with the TV production, but here's a gossipy question: What was DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley doing in Mayweather's entourage? (Answer: Mayweather, in a very smart move, hired Corley as a sparring partner to learn how to deal with southpaws. Ironically, Mayweather beat Corley last year, but many said Mayweather had some difficulty with him.)
5. Where does Sharmba Mitchell go from here? Maybe a swan song bout in DC. Maybe a match up against Corley based on question 4. Who knows?
Hopefully, we will see some responses and answers to these comments and questions.
sharmba put up a good effort on saturday night. he displayed his slick boxing moves for a few rounds, but did not throw enough punches. in the corner buddy mcgirt was imploying him to keep him turning and moving his head. he also need to throw more punches down the "pike". sharmaba has been fighting a long time and doesn't have much left, if anything.
ReplyDeletechop-chop gave mayweather all he could handle in their encounter. so, yes it was a smart move for maweather to have him in his camp.
word around town is that chop-chop and sharmba do not get along. those two fighting in d.c would be huge locally..:)
hbo had to approve of sharmba as an opponent for one of their stars, so i don't know why the shoddy telecast.
one thing about mayweather though, i don't think he beats zab judah. zab is a southpaw with good power in his left hand. judah would be stronger than mayweather, so i see him beating him in a tough fight. another thing that kills be about some of these fighters is that they talk about fighting the best but get to the negotiation table and out price themsleves. mayweather wants de la hoya money, but he must realize that de la hoya has a whole country behind him and puts butts in the seats no matter who he is fighting...not to mention the latin community is the largest minority in the u.s right now.
I suprised with HBO also.
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