Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Carlos Baldomir
Date | November 4, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC and The Ring welterweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round unanimous decision (120-108, 120-108, 118-110) |
Background
Prior to the bout, Mayweather held the IBF welterweight title. Mayweather was slated to fight the WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito in a unification fight but turned down the prospective fight as he and then-promoter, Bob Arum, disagreed on the prize purse. This led to Mayweather buying out his contract under Top Rank.[2]
Mayweather expressed a desire to fight then-WBC super welterweight champion
However, the fight would not materialize until after May 5 of the following year, thus Mayweather opted to fight Carlos Baldomir for his WBC and The Ring welterweight titles.[4]
Fight earnings
325,000 pay-per-view buys, $16.3 million in television revenue.[5]
References
- ^ [1]. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-14
- ^ Rafael, Dan (April 26, 2006). "Mayweather turns down $8 million to fight Margarito". ESPN. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ^ Rafael, Dan (October 28, 2006). "Cintron beats Suarez for vacant IBF welterweight title". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ^ Rafael, Dan (June 19, 2006). "De La Hoya won't fight Mayweather in fall, may retire". ESPN. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ^ [2]. ESPN. Retrieved on 2011-12-14