Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana

The Moment

Date	May 3, 2014
Venue	MGM Grand Garden Arena
Title(s) on the line	WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Marcos Maidana Nickname Money El Chino Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Margarita, Santa Fe, Argentina Pre-fight record 45–0 (26 KO) 35–3 (31 KO) Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring super welterweight champion WBC and The Ring welterweight champion The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 5-division world champion WBA welterweight champion
Result
Mayweather Jr. wins by majority decision

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana, billed as The Moment, was a boxing welterweight championship fight. The bout was held on May 3, 2014, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on Showtime PPV.

The fight was won by Mayweather Jr. 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
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 Periban	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.

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] The event 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 up 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[]

External links[]

• Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana Official Fight Card from BoxRec
• Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana on Showtime
• Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana on BoxNation