Floyd Mayweather vs. Saul Alvarez PPV boxing match in the first middleweight championship, at stake in which were the titles WBA super , WBC , Ring . The fight took place on September 14, 2013 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand arena and ended with the victory of Floyd Mayweather by the decision of the majority of judges. Showtime PPV broadcast a duel. For this fight, Mayweather received 41.5 million, excluding income from paid broadcasts . With paid broadcasts, Mayweather's income was 75 million, which was a record boxer fee in history. The bout became the most profitable boxing and sports event in history at the time. The number of purchases of broadcasts amounted to 2.2 million (at the time of the battle, the second figure in history), the income of $ 150 million (world record). The total income from the fight about $ 180 million.
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Both fighters went into the bout without a single defeat in the record. Floyd Mayweather was considered the best boxer in the world, regardless of weight category and also the best welterweight boxer, Saul Alvarez - the best boxer of the first medium weight and was included in the list of the best boxers, regardless of weight category.
For this fight, an intermediate weight category was agreed upon - 152 pounds (68.9 kg).
The bout was completely dictated by Floyd Mayweather, who at first carefully controlled the distance, but before the middle of the bout he fully started to manage in the ring. Alvarez often missed and tried several times in close attacks to hook Mayweather with illegal tricks, but Floyd immediately appealed to the referee, and the attempts of dirty tricks were immediately stopped. In the 11th round there was the only successful episode on the part of Alvarez, in which the Mexican pressed Mayweather against the ropes, but still could not develop his attack. According to most experts, Mayweather took all the rounds except for one, maximum two, and a couple of rounds were more equal, but the referee’s score caused a storm of indignation from both the audience and Mayweather. Two of the judges gave Mayweather a victory with a score of 117: 111 and 116: 112, and Judge CJ Ross set a shocking draw by a score of 114: 114. Later, Ross announced his resignation [1] [2] .
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| Rival | Floyd Mayweather - Saul Alvarez |
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| Location | MGM Grand , Las Vegas , Nevada , USA |
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| Result | Mayweather's victory on points by majority decision |
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| Status | Championship fight for WBA super , WBC , Ring titles at first middleweight title |
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| Referee | Kenny Bylens |
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| The judges score | Dave Moretti : (116-112); CJ Ross : (114-114); Craig Matcliffe : (117-111) |
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| Informal judges account | ESPN : (120-108) |
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| Time | 2:20 minutes |
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| Broadcast | Showtime Pay-Per-View (Main Event) |
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| Promoter | Floyd mayweather jr |
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| Mayweather | Alvarez |
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| Weight | 68.3 kg | 68.9 kg |
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| Fighting results | 44 (26KO) - 0 - 0 | 42 (30KO) 0 - 1 |
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| Fee | $ 41,500,000 + ppv = $ 70,000,000 | $ 11,000,000 + ppv |
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| Weight category | | vs. | | Type of | Rounds | Time | Titles at stake |
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| Light middleweight | Floyd mayweather | def. | Saul Alvarez | MD | 12/12 | | WBA super , WBC , Ring |
| Light welterweight | Danny Garcia | def. | Lucas Matisse | UD | 12/12 | | WBA super , WBC , Ring |
| Light middleweight | Carlos Molina | def. | Ishe smith | SD | 12/12 | | IBF |
| Welterweight | Pablo Cesar Cano | def. | Ashley Theofen | SD | 10/10 | | |
| Super middleweight | Ronald gavril | def. | Shaya El Amin | UD | 8/8 | | |
| Middleweight | Chris Person | def. | John williams | Tko | 1/8 | 1:14 | |
| Super middleweight | Luis Arias | def. | James wishester | UD | 6/6 | | |
| Super middleweight | Lanell Belous | def. | Jordan moore | KO | 1/4 | Half past two | |
| Country | Broadcaster |
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| Argentina | Space |
| TV Pública Digital |
| Australia | Main event |
| Brazil | SporTV |
| Belgium | BeTV |
| Cambodia | CTN |
| Canada | Viewers choice |
| PRC | CCTV-5 |
| Colombia | Space |
| Denmark | TV3 Sport |
| Estonia | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Ecuador | Space |
| France | beIN Sport |
| Germany | DMAX |
| Hungary | Sport 1 |
| Iceland | Stöð 2 Sport |
| Israel | Sport 1 |
| Italy | Sportitalia |
| Japan | WOWOW |
| Latvia | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Lithuania | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Malaysia | Astro |
| Country | Broadcaster |
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| Mexico | Televisa |
| New Zealand | Sky arena |
| Norway | Viasat Sport |
| Panama | RPC-TV |
| Peru | Space |
| Philippines | GMA Network |
| Poland | Orange sport |
| Portugal | SPORT.TV2 |
| Qatar | Al jazeera sports |
| Romania | GSP TV |
| Russia | Russia 2 |
| Singapore | Super sports |
| Spain | Canal + |
| South Africa | SuperSport |
| Thailand | TrueVisions |
| Ukraine | Xsport |
| Great Britain | BoxNation |
| USA | Showtime PPV |
| US Military AFN Sports |
| Venezuela | Meridiano |
| Space |
MGM Grand , Las Vegas , Nevada , USA
Carlos Molina SD (12) Ishe Smith