Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana
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| Date | May 3, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round majority decision (114-114, 117-111, 116-112) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mayweather won the fight in a highly contested 12-round fight via majority decision. Judge Michael Pernick scored the fight 114–114, a draw. Judge Dave Moretti had it 116–112, and Burt A. Clements scored it 117–111.
The two fought again later that year in Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana II, where Mayweather won again.
Fight card
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
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| Welterweight |  Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c)
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def. |  Marcos Maidana
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MD | 12/12 | Note 1 | |||
| Welterweight | Amir Khan
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def. | Luis Collazo
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UD | 12/12 | ||||
| Light welterweight | Adrien Broner
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def. | Carlos Molina
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UD | 10/10 | ||||
| Super middleweight | J'Leon Love
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def. |  Marco Antonio Peribán
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UD | 10/10 | ||||
| Middleweight |  Anthony Ogogo
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def. |  Jonel Tapia
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TKO | 3/8 | ||||
| Light welterweight |  Ronald Gavril
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def. | Tyrell Hendrix
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TKO | 3/8 | ||||
| Welterweight | Ashley Theophane
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def. | Angino Perez
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TKO | 4/8 | ||||
| Cruiserweight | Andrew Omotunde Tabiti
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def. | John Shipman
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TKO | 5/6 | ||||
| Super middleweight | Lanell Bellows
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def. | Thomas Gifford
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TKO | 2/6 | ||||
| Welterweight | Ladarius Miller
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def. | Richard Colas
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TKO | 3/4 |
^Note 1 For WBC Welterweight, WBA Welterweight title & The Ring Welterweight titles.
Reception
The fight was sold out, grossing US$15 million at the live gate, the fourth highest of any boxing event in Las Vegas.[1] It sold an estimated 900,000 buys on pay-per-view,[2] 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.[1]
Fight purses
Guaranteed fight purses: Over $37 million total (including most expensive undercard in pay-per-view history, as of May 2014)[1]
- Headline
- Floyd Mayweather ($32,000,000) vs. Marcos Maidana ($1,500,000)[3]
- Undercard
- Amir Khan ($1,500,000) vs. Luis Collazo ($300,000)[3]
- Adrien Broner ($500,000) vs. Carlos Molina ($100,000)[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Mayweather-Maidana: Highest Selling PPV Of 2014, But…". BoxingScene. 19 May 2014.
- ^ "Mayweather-Maidana fight generates less than 1 million pay per view buys". Sports Illustrated. May 29, 2014.
- ^ MLive. 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Purse Payouts Mayweather-Maidana Undercard". TSM Plug. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
External links
- Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana Official Fight Card from BoxRec
- Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana on Showtime
- Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana Archived 2014-09-10 at the Wayback Machine on BoxNation