Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana
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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Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Background
[edit]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.
Fight purses
[edit]Guaranteed fight purses: Over $37 million total (including most expensive undercard in pay-per-view history, as of May 2014)[2]
- 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]
The fight
[edit]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]
Aftermath
[edit]The two fought again later that year where Mayweather won again.
Reception
[edit]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]
Fight card
[edit]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.
Broadcasting
[edit]Country | Broadcaster |
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Argentina | TV Pública Digital |
Australia | Main Event |
Panama | RPC-TV |
United Kingdom | BoxNation |
United States | Showtime PPV |
References
[edit]- ^ "Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "Mayweather-Maidana: Highest Selling PPV Of 2014, But…". BoxingScene. 19 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Floyd Mayweather's base purse $32 million for fighting Marcos Maidana". MLive. 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Purse Payouts Mayweather-Maidana Undercard". TSM Plug. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Dan Rafael (3 May 2014). "Floyd Mayweather decisions Maidana". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Sam Farmer (4 May 2014). "Marcos Maidana on loss by decision to Floyd Mayweather: I was 'robbed'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Mayweather-Maidana fight generates less than 1 million pay per view buys". Sports Illustrated. May 29, 2014.
- ^ "BoxRec - event".
External links
[edit]- Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana on Showtime
- Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana Archived 2014-09-10 at the Wayback Machine on BoxNation
- 2014 in boxing
- 2014 in sports in Nevada
- May 2014 sports events in the United States
- Boxing matches at MGM Grand Garden Arena
- Boxing matches involving Floyd Mayweather Jr.
- Boxing matches involving Amir Khan
- Boxing matches refereed by Tony Weeks
- Boxing on Showtime
- Golden Boy Promotions
- Welterweight championship matches
- Pay-per-view boxing matches