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Mayweather Jr. wins by majority decision in 12 rounds (117–111, 116–112, 114–114) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana , billed as The Moment , was a professional boxing match contested on May 3, 2014, for the WBA , WBC , and The Ring welterweight championship.
Marcos René Maidana (born 17 July 1983) is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014. He held the WBA (Regular) super lightweight title from 2011 to 2012, and the WBA (Regular) welterweight title from 2013 to 2014.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana II, billed as Mayhem, was a professional boxing match contested on on September 13, 2014, for the WBC light middleweight title and the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight championship.
The Mayweather–Chávez fight was the first title fight to be held in the city of San Francisco since Dick Tiger defeated Gene Fullmer at Candlestick Park in 1962. [5] Mayweather's fight against Chávez was expected to be his final as a super featherweight, the division where he started and spent the most time in his pro career. [6]
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Mayweather was paid a guaranteed $25 million, which could have gone as high as $40 million depending on the pay per view numbers, and Ortiz was paid $2 million. [citation needed] Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz generated buys from 1.25 million homes with a value of $78,440,000 in pay-per-view revenue. These numbers make the event the third highest ...
After a close 12 rounds, the fight went to the judge's scorecards with Mayweather winning rather comfortably with two scores of 115–111 and one score of 116–111. Despite losing, Castillo had a clear advantage in punches, landing 203 to Mayweather's 157 while also dominating in the number of power punches landed scoring 173 to Mayweather's 66.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. had captured his first world title at the age of 21 two months prior after defeating Genaro Hernández on October 3, 1998. [3] Following his victory, Mayweather quickly entered negotiations with Angel Manfredy and the two fighters reached an agreement to face one another that same month with the fight set for December 19, 1998. [4]