For many boxing fans, it has been a long six years. “When is Floyd Mayweather going to finally put on the gloves and fight Manny Pacquiao to make it the fight of the decade?”

Many people including myself asked this question for years and finally May 2 came, the date that would be marked down in the boxing history books. The two boxers that, in the last 10 years have been considered the best, would finally be going toe to toe.

Much debate spread around the world on who would win. Some thought that it was going to be a first round knockout, others thought it would come down to the judges deciding the winner. Though I knew who would win, I still had faith in the underdog. And that to me was Pacquiao. While it may seem to be an extreme assumption, in my eyes I knew the clear winner.

Rounds 1 and 2 were nerve-racking, especially for those waiting for a knockout. When that did not happen, rounds 3 to 6 were basically not worth the money because no big punches were landed and there were no knock downs— just a lot of dodging and ducking from both competitors.

For Rounds 7 to 9, Pacquiao dominated the number of punches thrown, but connected only one good left hook. That caused me to get worried about Mayweather. However, Mayweather took control and never let up against him and for that, he won those three rounds.

Mayweather connected punches in rounds 10 and 11 that would get the fight more and more interesting. Then Round 12 came along and all Mayweather had to do was dodge Pacquiao to win. It was basically his fight; so as Pacquiao put much effore trying to connect, all Mayweather had to do was toy with him and it was his fight to win.

As the bell had rung for the last time both fighters raised their hands in triumph because both men felt that they were still the best no matter what.

Then as the announcer read aloud the scores and said that the champ was still the champ I knew that my pick had won.

Now, many people say that Mayweather ran from Pacquiao. A quick and very good defender, such as Mayweather, should be able to dodge the heavy power of Pacquiao.

Don’t get me wrong. I think that this fight is one for the history books. Two great fighters at their prime finally clashed and one was going to have to be crowned winner. And with that the winner was unanimous. It was going to be a good night for the undefeated fighter because he knew he was still perfect.