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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, [1] was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion and WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for the unified world welterweight championship.
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.
Highlights and results from the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-John Gotti III fight card.
Cotto had Mayweather against the ropes many times, resulting in some damage and a lot of bleeding from Mayweather's nose. Cotto's eyes had some partial swelling. Mayweather won via unanimous decision with scores of 117–111, 117–111, and 118–110. The crowd booed loudly when the scores were read out. [11]
Mayweather made over $1 billion throughout his career both inside and outside of the ring, while he made $285 million in 2018 alone, making him the highest paid athlete in the world that year, per ...
The fight was sold out, grossing US$15 million at the live gate, the fourth highest of any boxing event in Las Vegas. [2] It sold an estimated 900,000 buys on pay-per-view, [7] the year's highest-selling PPV up until May 2014, grossing an estimated $63 million in pay-per-view revenue, bringing the event's total revenue to an estimated $78 million.
The three scorecards were closer than in the previous fight, with Mayweather winning by two scores of 115–113 and one score of 116–113 to take the fight by unanimous decision. [7] HBO unofficial scorer Harold Lederman scored the fight 115–113 in Mayweather's favor, as did his HBO colleague Larry Merchant.
Hatton tried to compete with Mayweather in the early rounds. In the first round Hatton caught Mayweather with a left jab which knocked Mayweather off balance. [6] His constant pressure appeared to make Mayweather uncomfortable at first, but soon gave way. In the third round, Mayweather landed a right that cut Hatton above the right eye. [7]