Floyd Mayweather survives and wins majority decision over Marcos Maidana

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Floyd Mayweather survives and wins majority decision over Marcos Maidana

LAS VEGAS–In Floyd Mayweather‘s toughest fight since Zab Judah gave him early trouble seven years ago, Mayweather gutted out a twelve round majority decision over Argentine power puncher Marcos Maidana on Saturday night at the MGM Grand.

Maidana outworked Mayweather for the first half of the fight, averaging about 100 punches a round. Mayweather was consistently with his back on the ropes, and Maidana’s body punching kept Mayweather from being as mobile as he usually is. As Maidana slowed down, opportunities arose for Mayweather to counter more effectively, and Mayweather truly won the fight down the stretch as Maidana’s output slowed a bit. There were a large amount of close rounds and BehindTheGloves.com even scored it 116-115 for Mayweather, meaning three rounds were even on our card. The official cards read 117-111, 116-112, and 114-114 as Mayweather unified two 147 pound belts.

When asked by Showtime’s Jim Gray whether or not he’d do it again, Mayweather said if the fans want it then they can do it again.

On the undercard, Amir Khan earned a twelve round unanimous decision over a gutsy Luis Collazo, Adrien Broner won a ten round decision over Carlos Molina, and J’Leon Love rose from the canvas to win a ten round decision over Marco Antonio Periban.

Check back later for press conference quotes and a full story…

-Mark E. Ortega / @MarkEOrtega

-Managing editor at www.BehindTheGloves.com