Fight Date: | May 3, 2014 |
Fight Name: | The Moment |
Location: | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
Titles: | WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles |
Fighter1: | Floyd Mayweather Jr. |
Nickname1: | Money |
Record1: | 45–0 (26 KO) |
Hometown1: | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Height1: | 5 ft 8 in |
Weight1: | 146 lb |
Style1: | Orthodox |
Recognition1: | WBC and The Ring welterweight champion WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring light middleweight champion The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 5-division world champion |
Fighter2: | Marcos Maidana |
Nickname2: | El Chino ("The Chinaman") |
Record2: | 35–3 (31 KO) |
Hometown2: | Margarita, Santa Fe, Argentina |
Height2: | 5 ft 7 in |
Weight2: | 146+1/2 lb |
Style2: | Orthodox |
Recognition2: | WBA welterweight champion |
Result: | Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round majority decision (114-114, 117-111, 116-112) |
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana, billed as The Moment, was a boxing welterweight championship fight. It was held on May 3, 2014 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, and broadcast on Showtime PPV.
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.
Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
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Welterweight | Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c) | def. | Marcos Maidana | MD | 12/12 | ||||
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 |
The fight was sold out, grossing 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 $63million in pay-per-view revenue, bringing the event's total revenue to an estimated $million.
Guaranteed fight purses: Over $37million total (including most expensive undercard in pay-per-view history, as of May 2014)[1]