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 ''The Moment'', was a

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championship fight. It was held on May 3, 2014 in the

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at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in

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, 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 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana II, billed as ''Mayhem'', was a world championship boxing match held on September 13, 2014, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, United States. The fight was won by Mayweather via unanimous decision, ...

, where Mayweather won again.

Fight card

Reception

The fight was sold out, grossing at the live gate, the fourth highest of any boxing event in Las Vegas. It sold an estimated 900,000 buys on

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, 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.

Fight purses

Guaranteed fight purses: Over $37million total (including most expensive undercard in pay-per-view history, as of May 2014) ;Headline *Floyd Mayweather ($32,000,000) vs. Marcos Maidana ($1,500,000) ;Undercard *Amir Khan ($1,500,000) vs. Luis Collazo ($300,000) *Adrien Broner ($500,000) vs. Carlos Molina ($100,000)

References

External links

Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana Official Fight Card
from

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on

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