Predictions for De La Hoya-Mayweather I

• De La Hoya proves far too strong and aggressive for Mayweather, and wins six of the first eight rounds.
• Mayweather goes down at least once by the end of the fifth round, but promptly gets up. It is the first legitimate knock-down of his career.
• De La Hoya withers after the eighth, giving up three of the last four rounds. But Mayweather cannot mount nearly enough offense to stop him.
• De La Hoya wins 114-112, although the close score does not reflect the lopsided win.
• In post-fight interviews, Mayweather gushes over De La Hoya's strength and defense, but elects for an immediate rematch, at which point the gushing stops and the trash talk begins anew.
• De La Hoya wins the rematch in even more convincing fashion and retires. Mayweather goes back down to 147 and beats up on a tomato can for his next fight. He retires on a win.
• After the first fight, Mayweather has a public and very short-lived reconciliation with his dad, who nearly trained De La Hoya for the bout.

If you have any doubts, we've only got two more weeks before we know.