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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.
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 final judges' scores were 115–112, 116–111, and 116–111. ESPN scored it wider for Mayweather at 119–108. Despite a moment at the end of round 3 where Maidana rocked Floyd, Mayweather did not allow Maidana to land any overhand right, with the punch stats showing Maidana connecting 128 of 572 shots (22%).
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Mayweather was given a one-year suspended sentence, ordered to undergo counseling and was inactive for the remainder of the year. [5] In December, it was announced that Mayweather would return to boxing to face little-known Puerto Rican fighter Henry Bruseles on January 22 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; born February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and won 15 major world championships spanning five weight classes from super featherweight to light middleweight.
The then-current South African president Thabo Mbeki would write a note to N'dou in which he expressed "full confidence" that N'dou would put forth a performance that would make all South Africans proud and defeat Mayweather. When Mayweather heard of N'dou's meeting with Mandela he quipped "Nelson Mandela's a great man, he's big in America, but ...
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 ...