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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.
Maidana came out aggressively and maintained that stance throughout the fight forcing Mayweather to engage. Many times in the fight Maidana threw shots at different angles, forcing Mayweather against the ropes. Mayweather would win the highly contested fight by majority decision. [19] Judge Michael Pernick scored the fight 114–114, a draw.
Mayweather explained why he chose Maidana, "Marcos Maidana's last performance immediately brought him to my attention. He is an extremely skilled fighter who brings knockout danger to the ring. I think this is a great fight for me and he deserves the opportunity to see if he can do what 45 others have tried to do before him – beat me."
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]