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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 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. [1]
It was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, and broadcast on Showtime PPV.
Guaranteed fight purses: Over $37 million total (including most expensive undercard in pay-per-view history, as of May 2014) [2]
Mayweather won the fight in a highly contested 12-round fight via majority decision. [5] 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. [6]
The two fought again later that year where Mayweather won again.
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. [2]
Confirmed bouts: [8]
Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
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Welterweight | Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c) | def. | Marcos Maidana | MD | 12/12 | Note 1 | |||
Welterweight | Amir Khan | def. | Luis Collazo | UD | 12/12 | ||||
Light welterweight | Adrien Broner | def. | Carlos Molina | UD | 10/10 | ||||
Super middleweight | J'Leon Love | def. | Marco Antonio Peribán | UD | 10/10 | ||||
Middleweight | Anthony Ogogo | def. | Jonel Tapia | TKO | 3/8 | ||||
Light welterweight | Ronald Gavril | def. | Tyrell Hendrix | TKO | 3/8 | ||||
Welterweight | Ashley Theophane | def. | Angino Perez | TKO | 4/8 | ||||
Cruiserweight | Andrew Omotunde Tabiti | def. | John Shipman | TKO | 5/6 | ||||
Super middleweight | Lanell Bellows | def. | Thomas Gifford | TKO | 2/6 | ||||
Welterweight | Ladarius Miller | def. | Richard Colas | TKO | 3/4 |
^Note 1 For WBC Welterweight, WBA Welterweight title & The Ring Welterweight titles.
Country | Broadcaster |
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![]() | TV Pública Digital |
![]() | Main Event |
![]() | RPC-TV |
![]() | BoxNation |
![]() | Showtime PPV |