R3- Mayweather is still picking off power shots from various angles on Nunez, while evading everything that comes back his way. Mayweather hurts Nunez with a gazelle hook, but Nunez shows a good recovery once again. Nunez traps Mayweather on the ropes late, only to take a series of right uppercuts to the face. As they seperate off the ropes, Nunez starts to paw at his cut, prompting the ref to stop the fight. The crowd is very unhappy with this decision. Nunez would retire after this beating, which he announced he would do before the fight even began.
R2- Mayweather gets told to “keep ‘em up” after landing a straight right to the body. Nunez lets go of a solid combination around midway into the round, but Mayweather moves with every shot and simply catches them on his shoulders. The ref is not a fan of Mayweather’s showboating, urging him to “come on” after he drops his hands and taunts Nunez. Mayweather obliges though, tagging Nunez with a big barrage. A cut opens up above the right eye of Nunez as a result.
R1- Mayweather is greeted by a series of boos from the crowd. The hand speed of Mayweather is apparent from the jump, as he has no problem pelting Nunez with jabs and right hands. Mayweather buckles Nunez on two occasions with quick right crosses, but Nunez shows a n impressive recovery.
R6- We see Mayweather use his forearm for the first time in his career. The body shots and uppercuts are landing for Mayweather, who is consistently cutting the ring off on Garcia. The displeased crowd gets a surprise, as Mayweather catches Garcia in a squared up stance, blitzing him with a 3-4 combination, sending him crashing on his back. Mayweather also lands another right on Garcia as he’s falling. Garcia lays there flat with his gloves up and gets counted out. Not the most exciting performance from Mayweather, but he still dominated an awkward customer. Garcia did not win any rounds, but showed that records can be deceiving and made Mayweather work for the win. Certainly a contender for the best KO of 1997.
R5- The combinations to the body are landing even more frequently for Mayweather and they are opening up opportunities to the head as well. Garcia seems to connect with a left hook near the end, but this was overall the most lopsided round yet. Things would not get any better for Garcia in the next round, though.
R4- Now Mayweather is having an easier time countering and tracking the head of Garcia during his defensive rolls. Mayweather is also getting out of the way of everything thrown by Garcia and is still landing his best shots of the round to the body.
R3- Mayweather traps Garcia on the ropes early and hits him with a combo to the body again. Beyond that, the jab of Mayweather is the only thing really landing for him, but Garcia himself does not seem to be able to land clean.
R3- Mayweather is still picking off power shots from various angles on Nunez, while evading everything that comes back his way. Mayweather hurts Nunez with a gazelle hook, but Nunez shows a good recovery once again. Nunez traps Mayweather on the ropes late, only to take a series of right uppercuts to the face. As they seperate off the ropes, Nunez starts to paw at his cut, prompting the ref to stop the fight. The crowd is very unhappy with this decision. Nunez would retire after this beating, which he announced he would do before the fight even began.
R2- Mayweather gets told to “keep ‘em up” after landing a straight right to the body. Nunez lets go of a solid combination around midway into the round, but Mayweather moves with every shot and simply catches them on his shoulders. The ref is not a fan of Mayweather’s showboating, urging him to “come on” after he drops his hands and taunts Nunez. Mayweather obliges though, tagging Nunez with a big barrage. A cut opens up above the right eye of Nunez as a result.
R1- Mayweather is greeted by a series of boos from the crowd. The hand speed of Mayweather is apparent from the jump, as he has no problem pelting Nunez with jabs and right hands. Mayweather buckles Nunez on two occasions with quick right crosses, but Nunez shows a n impressive recovery.
R6- We see Mayweather use his forearm for the first time in his career. The body shots and uppercuts are landing for Mayweather, who is consistently cutting the ring off on Garcia. The displeased crowd gets a surprise, as Mayweather catches Garcia in a squared up stance, blitzing him with a 3-4 combination, sending him crashing on his back. Mayweather also lands another right on Garcia as he’s falling. Garcia lays there flat with his gloves up and gets counted out. Not the most exciting performance from Mayweather, but he still dominated an awkward customer. Garcia did not win any rounds, but showed that records can be deceiving and made Mayweather work for the win. Certainly a contender for the best KO of 1997.
R5- The combinations to the body are landing even more frequently for Mayweather and they are opening up opportunities to the head as well. Garcia seems to connect with a left hook near the end, but this was overall the most lopsided round yet. Things would not get any better for Garcia in the next round, though.
R4- Now Mayweather is having an easier time countering and tracking the head of Garcia during his defensive rolls. Mayweather is also getting out of the way of everything thrown by Garcia and is still landing his best shots of the round to the body.
R3- Mayweather traps Garcia on the ropes early and hits him with a combo to the body again. Beyond that, the jab of Mayweather is the only thing really landing for him, but Garcia himself does not seem to be able to land clean.
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