But it was more than just dominance, it was beyond that. In Corrales eyes there was a look of extreme confidence and determination as he began round one. I watched that look dissolve to puzzlement by round three, fade to frustration by round five, and finally melt to complete despair by round nine. He was beaten - mind, body, heart and soul. Much has been made of the weight loss he had to endure to make the limit.
Weight loss diminishes power and stamina.
This could explain why Chico came completely undone in the later rounds but it offers nothing in the way of justifiable explanations for why he was soundly picked apart in the early ones. It was not a question of weight, it was a question of speed, in both offense and defense. Mayweather is a wil o the wisp. He is the Tasmanian Devil from Bugs Bunny cartoons. The blows come from all angles.