[ 2015-05-03 ]

Mayweather beats Pacquiao in Las Vegas
Floyd Mayweather claimed a unanimous points
verdict over Manny Pacquiao to win the richest
fight in boxing history and maintain his perfect
record.

Mayweather, unbeaten in 48 professional fights
stretching back to 1996, retains his WBC and WBA
welterweight titles and takes the WBO belt from
Pacquiao.

The American was caught with the odd good shot,
but was quicker throughout and always looked in
control.

The judges scored the fight 118-110, 116-112,
116-112.

At a 16,000 sell-out MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las
Vegas - where some spectators had paid as much as
$350,000 for tickets on the resale market -
Mayweather, 38, started much the better of the two
fighters.

Mayweather bossed the early rounds before Filipino
Pacquiao had success in the fourth with a couple
of strong left hooks to the head.

But the American always dominated and largely
stayed out of trouble, keeping Pacquiao at arms
length with his superior footwork.

Noisily backed by the 16,000-strong crowd,
Pacquiao, 36, continued to have the odd success -
landing a strong left in the eighth - but
Mayweather's speed and movement proved key, and as
the fight wore on he began to have more success.

The 11th was the most one-sided of the contest as
Mayweather, looking as fresh as he had in the
opening round, picked off a tired-looking Pacquiao
almost at will.

Mayweather avoided Pacquiao's increasingly ragged
attempts to land in the final round and
comfortably won on all the judges' scorecards.

The fight, watched by celebrities and sporting
stars, is expected to generate an estimated $400m
(£265m).

Source - Starrfmonline

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