Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (''né'' Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He currently owns a team in the NASCAR Cup Series named The Money Team Racing. As a professional boxer he competed b ...

vs.

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, billed as ''May Day'', was a

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championship superfight for Mayweather Jr.'s WBC welterweight title and vacant '' The Ring'' welterweight title. The bout was held on May 4, 2013, in the

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on Showtime PPV. The bout was the first major televised fight of Mayweather's career to not be aired on

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. The card featured some of the rising stars of Mayweather Promotions: J'Leon Love, Badou Jack, Luis Arias,

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and Lanell Bellows. Mayweather won via unanimous decision with Guerrero winning the first 3 rounds, before Mayweather adjusted and won from the 4th to 12th round.

Reception

Mayweather's assistant trainer (his father) advised him onto a very defensive strategy, saying that ''"the less you get hit, the longer you last"''. This style of fighting elicited boos from the crowd especially during the 11th and 12th round when Floyd may have believed he had the score "locked up" already and didn't need to win any more rounds, saying that ''"When you're up on the cards, box smart."''

Fight earnings

Floyd Mayweather equaled his own all time base purse record with a guaranteed $32 million. Robert Guerrero was guaranteed $3 million.

Fight Card

International broadcasting

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version cancelled due to low ratings of ''Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero'', billed as ''May Day''
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coverage have stopped airing due to high blocktime costs of Mayweather-Guerrero fight during primetime telecast. The last

sports block before its shut down on May 31, 2013.

References

External links

Floyd Mayweather Jr .vs. Robert Guerrero Official Fight Card
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