Oscar De La Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather Jr. || The World Awaits || HIGHLIGHTS

Floyd Mayweather Jr 150 lbs beat Oscar De La Hoya 154 lbs by SD in round 12 of 12 Date: 2007-05-05 Location: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The Associated Press reported: De La Hoya was the aggressor throughout the fight, and he managed to get through Mayweather's defenses in the early rounds as Mayweather moved away and counterpunched without great effect. Every time Mayweather went near the ropes, De La Hoya tried to trap him there and land a flurry of punches to the body and head. De La Hoya wanted to get Mayweather into a brawl, but he was having no part of it, content to pick his spots and land counterpunches. In the fifth round, however, the fight seemed to shift into a different gear as Mayweather stood his ground and landed some hard combinations to the head. “He's getting tired. He's getting tired,“ Mayweather's trainer and uncle, Roger Mayweather, told his fighter after the said before the fight that De La Hoya would fade as the fight went on, and it seemed as though he did. Two judges gave Mayweather four of the last five rounds, making the difference in what turned out to be a closely scored fight