18) Genaro Hernandez Ret 8: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Genaro Hernandez 3 October 1998 WBC Super-Featherweight Nevada [r1] … Hard right hand to the body by Genaro Hernandez … A tactical set-to … [r2] … [Mayweather] One of the best natural fighters around [Foreman] … drill smart … hard right hand … [r3] … Beating Hernandez to the punch … good [Mayweather] left hook … big one-two … the aggressor … left hook to the body … [r4] … But Mayweather comes right up the middle with an assault … that left jab is backing Genaro up … another good combination … the ultra-talented young challenger … [r5] … Vicious uppercut by Floyd Mayweather … going to work … straight right hand lead … another thunderous uppercut … [r6] … He’s like a cat [Foreman] … [r7] … One-twos … another brilliant right uppercut … six-punch combination … straight right-hand lead right on the kisser … [r8] … [Hernandez] so far behind and getting beaten up … wonderful young fighter [Mayweather] … This guy is something special [Foreman] … That’s enough. US HBO fight commentary
25) Diego Corrales TKO10: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Diego Corrales 20 January 2001 WBC Super-Featherweight Nevada [r1] … Mayweather’s very smart … hooks and right-hand leads … body shots from Corrales and the right hand lands … Moments for both fighters … [r2] … Corrales is trying to load up for one big shot … Right hand lead [Mayweather] … good left hook … an excellent round for Floyd … [r3] … Mayweather is working it now … Good left hook by Corrales … [r4] … You’d call this ring generalship … Good left hook to the body by Floyd … left hook and right cross … [r5] … Brilliantly executed fight plan … Good body shot by Corrales … Hard right hand by Mayweather … [r6] … Mayweather is running, hiding and hitting … hard left hook upstairs … big left hook to the body … [r7] … A knockdown … A brilliant performance by Floyd … and the second knockdown of the round for Mayweather … and there’s the third knockdown … [r8] … He [Corrales] throws punches but takes punches in return … Corrales has been embarrassed here … [r9] … I’m terribly impressed: I don’t think I’ve seen an exhibition of boxing like this since Willie Pepp [Lederman] … [r10] … Mayweather is just walking away with it … Corrales’s legs are just shot … pulls himself up … Right hand, another knockdown … That’s going to be the end of the fight. US HBO fight commentary
33) Henry Bruseles: US fight commentary TV -
v Henry Bruseles 22 January 2005 American Airlines Arena, Miami [r1]: … Noticeably more offensively minded … Floyd has been brilliant in recent fights … [r2] … Bruseles got in one solid left to the body … Floyd’s speed is really killing him … [r3] … He does it in a beautiful style … [r4] … Mayweather now going shoulder to shoulder … Body shots by Floyd with the left hand … These straight right hands are landing flush … Big offensive round for Mayweather … [r5] … Once again Mayweather leans over … He’s the complete fighter … [r6] … Good right hand to the body by Mayweather … He’s remarkably accurate … [7] … Beautiful shots, combinations, jabs … [8] … Oh what a shot! … Oh body shots! … US fight commentary
34) Arturo Gatti ***** RTD6: Night at the Fights TV - US Fight Commentary TV -
By 2005 Floyd Mayweather Junior had punched his way to an imposing record: 33-0 with 22 knockouts. But he needed to make a splash in his Pay-For-View headliner debut against Arturo Gatti. Night at the Fights
v Arturo Gatti 25th June 2005 WBC Light-Welterweight Boardwalk Convention Center [r1] ... Perhaps the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world ... You see the speed right there ... And it is scored a knockdown ... [r2] ... Five-six punch combination and beautiful hand speed ... That right hand of Mayweather is getting in time and time again ... Target practice now ... [r4] ... There was not a punch within that four-punch combination that didn’t land flush … [r5] ... Where does Floyd Mayweather rank amongst the greats of all time? ... Loaded and cocked, he has pulled the trigger often ... [r6] ... Oh and the bodywork too mixed in with the right hand ... Gatti is taking a lot of punishment now ... Three consecutive left hands ... This fight is over ... A compassionate move by trainer Buddy McGirt. And Floyd Mayweather sits on top of the boxing universe. US fight commentary
36) Zab Judah Points 12: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Zab Judah 8 April 2006 IBC IBO Welterweight Nevada [r1] … A right hook by Judah … straight left … Straight right hand [Mayweather] … [r2] … Left hooks [Mayweather] … straight right hand to the body … Right hook inside by Judah … good body shots … [r3] … Mayweather is started to attack … lands a jab … another little left hook … [r4] … Left hand over the top by Judah … Good body shot by Mayweather … Right hand hook by Zab Judah … [r5] … Right hand over the top by Mayweather … straight right hand … bodyshots … [Judah] lands a left hand … right hook … [r6] … Judah hammering to the body … Good left hook to the body by Mayweather … good straight punches … body shot … [r7] … and blood from Judah’s nose … big right hand [Mayweather] … [r8] … Mayweather is starting to get his measure … strafing him with power punches … Good body punch by Judah … [r9] … Mayweather is throwing twice as many power punches … jab jab right hand … Getting increasingly worse for Judah … [r10] … Body shots again by Mayweather … double right hand … [Judah low blow] … A riot is going to break out in the ring … [r11] … Floyd is seriously all about the game [Lewis co-commentator] … He [Mayweather] has moved toward dominance in the late rounds … [r12] … Good left hook by Mayweather … straight right … constantly stalked Judah … US fight commentary
38) Oscar De la Hoya SD 12: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Oscar De la Hoya 5 May 2007 WBC Light-Middleweight Nevada [r1] … Floyd showing his early speed … Oscar not as busy as he has been … Good left hook by Mayweather … First round goes to Mayweather … [r2] … Oscar De la Hoya has to gamble … [Mayweather] the best defensive fighter … a tough round to score … A couple of [De la Hoya] body shots … A De la Hoya round … [r3] … Sneaky [Mayweather] right hand … He’s [De la Hoya] backing him up … Mayweather is so so slick … A [De la Hoya] left hook … [r4] … He’s got Floyd Mayweather reacting to him … There’s the hand speed of Floyd … [r5] … A lot of those [Mayweather] hooks are being blocked … Floyd’s having his best round … a good right hand … nice fast pace … Chopping [De la Hoya] right hand, caught him again … [r6] This guy’s [Mayweather] a machine … nice uppercut … [r7] … Oscar caught him with a right hand … A De la Hoya round … [r8] … Oscar on the assault … Potential wildcard rounds … [r9] … We’re seeing Mayweather backing up … Good 15 seconds from Mayweather … Another one of these [De la Hoya] flurries … Good right hand body shot [Mayweather] … So many of these punches are being blocked … [r10] … He [De la Hoya] has got to stay focused … Floyd is throwing a lot more … A tremendously strategic battle … Mayweather’s got his second wind … This fight is close … [r11] … Good body shot by Floyd … crack with the right hand … Look at the foot movement here by Mayweather … Oscar caught him … [r12] … It’s all come down to this … Floyd catching him … good right hand … sneaky right hand … what a fight … How about that? [115-113 De la Hoya, 116-112 Mayweather, 115-113 Mayweather]. US fight commentary
39) Ricky Hatton TKO10: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Ricky Hatton 8 December 2007 WBC Welterweight Nevada [r1] … 7’’ is a substantial reach disadvantage … Two good left hooks by Floyd Mayweather … Mayweather nailed him with a right hand … [r2] … Hatton on the assault … sneaky right hand by Mayweather … Mayweather able to pick him apart … Good left hook from Hatton … He’s [referee] taking away the style of one of the fighters … [r3] … Hatton tries to cut the ring off … Good hook by Hatton … Hatton is cut … [r4] … The [Mayweather] elbow and forearm … Hatton is almost smothering himself … A nice [Mayweather] combination ... [r5] … Mayweather may be toying with him … One of the most sensational fighters in the history of boxing … [r6] … Giving him the shoulder, giving him the look … A point taken away [Hatton] … The lightning hand speed of Mayweather … Really rough stuff … [r7] … He’s got to do something about the [Mayweather] elbows … These are close rounds … We’ve not seen these guys use the jab … very few body punches … A magnificent prize fight … [r8] … Straight right hand [Mayweather] … really snapped the head back … chopping right hand … look at this … [r9] … Mayweather has decided to rumble with Hatton … Floyd will give you the shoulder … This guy’s a master boxer … Professional boxing at its very best … A wonderful prize fight … Mayweather quick with the jab … A master boxer at work … [r10] … Left hook drops him [Hatton] … He’s in a heap of trouble … It’s all over … One of the greatest fighters I can recall. US fight commentary
40) Juan Manuel Marquez Points 12: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Juan Manuel Marquez 19 September 2009 Nevada [r1] … Floyd Mayweather’s return … All the advantages of size and probably speed … wonderful defensive genius … the left hook … sharp as a lazer [Watt] … too quick … A shoulder roll, the tight defence … [r2] … Marquez has been an outstanding fighter [Watt] … Good right hand from Marquez … he’s a tough campaigner … and down he goes! That was sharp and slick and accurate from Floyd Mayweather … he’s in and out quickly … and he’s the heavier man … [r3] … Marvellous to see … Marquez caught betwixt and between … and he’s on the front foot … left hand … It’s all Mayweather … [r4] … Just can’t get near Mayweather’s chin … Cut as well right eye of Marquez … he can’t deal with this … Right hand [Marquez]; the smile from Mayweather … [r5] … Such a talent … Trying so very hard Marquez … lovely left hook [Mayweather] … [r6] … Right hand … One-sided exhibition … lovely right hand … uppercut … dissecting and dismantling … brilliant skills and talent … [r7] … Marquez has taken Pacquiao to the wire twice … still in there battling … [r8] … The slickness, the speed [Mayweather] … right hand … razzle dazzle … look at that defence … [r9] … He wants to stand his ground …jab and combinations … nothing to dent Mayweather … right hand, big shot … right hands … [r10] … Right hand … that hurt Marquez … getting power into these punches … let hook, right hand … [r11] … You can see now the spite in Mayweather’s punches [Watt] … couple of right hands … uppercut … still he comes back Marquez … Mayweather stalking him … a right hand … another big right hand … pretty punch perfect … [r12] … Still the head shots … How do you beat Mayweather? [Watt] … And there’s the right hand … now a left hook … UK Sky TV commentary
42) Victor Ortiz KO4: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Victor Ortiz 17 September 2011 WBC Welterweight Nevada [r1] … The sneaky [Mayweather] right hand … another right … the right hand lead … has won the first round … [r2] … His reach, anticipation … so instinctive … chopping right hand … another … another … and then landed a right hand … he’s so fast … [r3] … Look at Mayweather cut off the ring … another right hand … [r4] … Really teeing off with that right hand … He’s [Ortiz] not going to make it. US fight commentary
43) Miguel Cotto ***** Points 12: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Miguel Cotto 5 May 2012 WBA Light-Middleweight Nevada [r1] … The hand speed of Floyd Mayweather … Uppercut on the inside by Floyd … he’s so hard to hit … [r2] … Mayweather constantly with the jab … Cotto lands a couple of shots … The [Mayweather] uppercut … [r3] … A right cross … overhand right … [r4] … A real real ring genius … winging it [right] again … It’s all Mayweather … [r5] … Uppercuts by Floyd … Finally he [Cotto] landed one [left hook] … [r6] … Keeps him [Cotto] off balance … [r7] … Sensational offensive/defensive … jab and a double left hook downstairs … another right hand … a boxing lesson from the master … quintessential Mayweather … [r8] … Look at the uppercut in there … terrific pace … That round to Cotto … [r9] … Boxing at its very very best … [r10] … Blood from the [Mayweather] nose … Mayweather is just such a great fighter … Mayweather continues to counter-punch … [r11] … Uppercuts [Mayweather] … combinations … It’s been all Floyd Mayweather junior … [r12] … Floyd still up on his toes … again the uppercut … some boxing lesson … [117-111, 117-111, 118-110]. US HBO fight commentary