Oscar De La Hoya: "I Thought I Won The Fight"

Shortly after Floyd Mayweather, Jr. was declared the winner of Saturday's fight against Oscar De Le Hoya by way of a split decision, De La Hoya told reporters that the decision should have gone the other way because he did enough to win the fight.

Judges Chuck Giampa and Jerry Roth had it for Mayweather, with scores of 116-112 and 115-113. Tom Kaczmarek, the third judge, had it for De La Hoya, with a score of 115-113.

"I thought I won the fight. I landed the harder, crisper punches," De La Hoya said. "I felt when I landed my punches I could see I was hurting him. If I hadn't pressed the fight, there would be no fight."

CompuBox's final stats were in favor of Mayweather. They had him with landing 207 of 481 punches, while De La Hoya landed 122 of 587. Mayweather was also able to land more power punches, outlanding De La Hoya by a 138-82 margin.

De La Hoya was not the only person to see it that way. Floyd Mayweather Sr., De La Hoya's former trainer, saw Oscar beating his son.

"I thought Oscar won the fight on points, threw more punches and was more aggressive," said Floyd Mayweather Sr. "My son had good defense and caught a lot of his punches, but I still thought Oscar pressed enough to win the fight."

As expected, his son did not agree with him.

"It was easy work for me," Mayweather said. "He was rough and tough but he couldn't beat the best."