Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana II
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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.[1][2][3][4]
Date | September 13, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC light middleweight title; WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round unanimous decision (115-112, 116-111, 116-111) |
The fight was won by Mayweather via unanimous decision, with scores of 116-111 twice and 115-112.[5]
Background
editThe pair fought earlier that year at the MGM Grand. Despite the bout being closer than most Mayweather bouts, Mayweather won by Majority Decision. The fight with Maidana proved to be one of Floyd's tougher opponents, thus, the rematch seemed likely.
Fight card
editWeight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
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Welterweight/Light Middleweight | Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c) | def. | Marcos Maidana | UD | 12/12 | Note 1 | ||
Lightweight | Mickey Bey | def. | Miguel Vazquez (c) | SD | 12/12 | Note 2 | ||
Super Bantamweight | Léo Santa Cruz (c) | def. | Manuel Roman | TKO | 02/12 | 0:55 | Note 3 | |
Middleweight | James de la Rosa | def. | Alfredo Angulo | UD | 10/10 | |||
Junior welterweight | Humberto Soto | def. | John Molina Jr. | UD | 10/10 | |||
Welterweight | Daniel Prussak | def. | Pablo Polanco | TKO | 04/10 | 2:45 | ||
Cruiserweight | Andrew Tabiti | def. | Caleb Grummet | TKO | 6/6 | 2:01 | ||
Junior welterweight | Wilberth Lopez | def. | Damian Alejandro Sosa | UD | 6/6 | |||
Welterweight | Fabián Maidana | def. | Jared Teer | TKO | 1/4 | 2:07 |
^Note 1 for WBA (Super), WBC and The Ring welterweight titles; WBC, and The Ring super welterweight titles.
^Note 2 For IBF lightweight title.
^Note 3 For WBC super bantamweight title.
References
edit- ^ Roling, Chris. "Mayweather vs. Maidana 2: Fight Time, PPV Info, Odds and Fight Card Schedule". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ "Mayweather wants 'statement' win over Maidana". Arab News. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ Campbell, Brian. "Five keys for Marcos Maidana". ESPN. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ Tinklin, Dean. "Mayweather vs Maidana Preview". East Side Boxing. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ Mayweather vs. Maidana 2: Live Round-by-Round Results and Highlights