Mayweather won by unanimous three umpires (118-110, 116-112, 116-112) and remains undefeated in 48 fights, while Pacquiao suffered their sixth defeat for 57 wins and two draws.
But it is especially for a whopping bonus of 120 million dollars at least promised to Floyd “Money” that this fight will go down in history. Never a fight will have generated much attention, waiting and recipes.
It took five years for the two best boxers of their generation to reach an agreement to compete. The “Fight of the Century” will bring more than 400 million, unheard of for boxing or even every other sport.
A spectacular fight not
It was followed by 16800 privileged who paid tens of thousands of dollars to be at ringside, as the actor Denzel Washington, the former tennis stars Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi, the golden couple of the US variety Beyonce and Jay-Z .
The battle itself, though, will not remain in posterity by its quality.
True to its unspectacular habits, Mayweather made the difference with his jab and countering his opponent far more offensive than he, but less accurate.
38 years The American hit Pacquiao to 148 times against 81 shots at the destination for Filipino. This has not prevented “Pac-Man”, 36, demigod in his country, he would have to say “deserved to win this fight.”
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