Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto

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High Stakes
MayweatherVsBerto.jpg
DateSeptember 12, 2015
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
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Andre Berto
Nickname Money The Beast
Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Winter Haven, Florida, U.S.
Pre-fight record 48–0 (26 KO) 30–3 (23 KO)
Age 38 years, 6 months 32 years
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)5 ft 6+12 in (169 cm)
Weight 146 lb (66 kg) 145 lb (66 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion
WBA (Super) and WBC super welterweight champion
The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
5-division world champion
WBA interim welterweight champion
Former two-time welterweight champion
Result
Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round unanimous decision (118-110, 117-111, 120-108)

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto , billed as High Stakes, was a professional boxing fight, contested for the welterweight championship. The bout was held on September 12, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Showtime PPV [1] Mayweather Jr. confirmed his retirement after the bout. [2]

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Mayweather dominated the fight, landing an impressive 56% [232/410] punches thrown, and 67% of power punches [132/196] compared to Berto's underwhelming number of 16% [83/495] punches landed and 22% [39/177] of power punches thrown. [3] Mayweather won the fight, 120-108, 118-110 and 117-111. [4] [5]

Fight card

Weight Classvs.MethodRoundTimeNotes
Welterweight Flag of the United States.svg Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c)def. Flag of the United States.svg Andre Berto UD12/12 Note 1
Super Middleweight Flag of Sweden.svg Badou Jack (c)def. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Groves SD12/12 Note 2
Super Featherweight Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Román Martínez (c)vs Flag of Mexico.svg Orlando Salido SD12/12 Note 3
Super Welterweight Flag of the United States.svg Vanes Martirosyan def. Flag of the United States.svg Ishe Smith MD10/10
Super Featherweight Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Jonathan Oquendo def. Flag of Mexico.svg Jhonny González MD10/10
Middleweight Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Pearsondef. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Janks TrotterTKO7/10
Super Middleweight Flag of Romania.svg Ronald Gavril def. Flag of the United States.svg Scott SigmonRTD8/10
Welterweight Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ashley Theophane def. Flag of the United States.svg Steve Upsher ChambersUD10/10
Lightweight Flag of the United States.svg Gervonta Davis def. Flag of the Philippines.svg Recky DulayTKO1/6
Welterweight Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjarbek Rakhmanovdef. Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Farkhad SharipovUD6/6
Super Lightweight Flag of the United States.svg Trakwon Pettisdef. Flag of the United States.svg Devonte SeayTKO1/4

^Note 1 for WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles
^Note 2 For WBC super middleweight title
^Note 3 For WBO super featherweight title

Broadcast

The telecast of the fight was televised via Showtime PPV, with its price set at US$64.99. For the first time in Showtime history, viewers were also able to purchase and watch the PPV online through the CBS website; those who purchase the fight online also received a free 3-month subscription to CBS All Access. The move to offer the fight online by official means was considered to be in response to the unauthorized redistribution of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. [6]

Estimates reported the number of PPV buys for the fight to be around 400,000, which was the lowest for a Mayweather fight in almost a decade. [7]

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