Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez

The One
Date	September 14, 2013
Location	MGM Grand Garden Arena
Title(s) on the line	WBC Super Welterweight title. WBA (Super) Super Welterweight title. The Ring Junior Middleweight title.
Tale of the tape
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Saúl Álvarez Nickname Money Canelo Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Pre-fight record 44–0–0 (26 KO) 42–0–1 (30 KO) Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition WBA Super Welterweight (Super) Champion. WBC Welterweight Champion. Ring Welterweight Champion. Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound. Ring No. 1 ranked welterweight. WBA Super Welterweight Champion. WBC Super Welterweight. Ring Super Welterweight Champion. Ring No. 9 ranked pound-for-pound. Ring No. 1 ranked Jr. Middleweight.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, billed as "The One", was a boxing light middleweight championship superfight. The bout was held on September 14, 2013, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on Showtime PPV. Mayweather received $41.5 million for this fight before taking into account pay-per-view sales. This superfight ended up being the most profitable boxing and sporting event of all time.^[1]

The fight was won by Mayweather in a 12-round majority decision in front of a sold out crowd of 16,746. Judge C. J. Ross scored the fight 114–114, a draw. Judge Dave Moretti had it 116–112, and Craig Metcalfe scored it 117–111. Judge Ross retired after this fight.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Fight card

Weight Class		vs.		Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Middleweight	Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c)	def.	Canelo Álvarez (c)	MD	12/12		^Note 1
Light welterweight	Danny García (c)	def.	Lucas Matthysse (ic)	UD	12/12		^Note 2
Light middleweight	Carlos Amado Molina	def.	Ishe Smith (c)	SD	12/12		^Note 3
Welterweight	Pablo César Cano	def.	Ashley Theophane	SD	10/10
Super middleweight	Ronald Gavril	def.	Shujaa El Amin	UD	8/8
Middleweight	Chris Pearson	def.	Josh Williams	TKO	1/8	1:14
Super middleweight	Luís Arias	def.	James Winchester	UD	6/6
Super middleweight	Lanell Bellows	def.	Jordan Moore	KO	1/4	2:30

^Note 1 For WBA (Super), WBC & The Ring light middleweight titles.

^Note 2 For WBA (Super), WBC & The Ring light welterweight titles.

^Note 3 For IBF junior middleweight title.

International broadcasting

Country	Broadcaster
Argentina	Space
	TV Pública Digital
Australia	Main Event
Brazil	SporTV
Belgium	BeTV
Cambodia	CTN
Canada	Viewers Choice
Chile	Space
China	CCTV-5
Colombia	Space
Denmark	TV3 Sport
Estonia	Viasat Sport Baltic
Ecuador	Space
France	beIN Sport
Germany	DMAX
Hungary	Sport 1
Iceland	Stöð 2 Sport
Israel	Sport 1
Italy	Sportitalia
Japan	WOWOW
Latvia	Viasat Sport Baltic
Lithuania	Viasat Sport Baltic
Malaysia	Astro

Country	Broadcaster
Mexico	Televisa
New Zealand	Sky Arena
Norway	Viasat Sport
Panama	RPC-TV
Peru	Space
Philippines	GMA Network GMA News TV^1
Poland	Orange Sport
Portugal	SPORT.TV2
Qatar	Al Jazeera Sports
Romania	GSP TV
Russia	Rossiya 2
Singapore	SuperSports
Spain	Canal+
South Africa	SuperSport
Thailand	TrueVisions
Ukraine	XSPORT
United Kingdom	BoxNation
United States	Showtime PPV
	US Military AFN Sports
Venezuela	Meridiano
	Space

¹The GMA News TV telecast ceased commercial operations due to high airtime cost with live coverage via satellite feed of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, part of GMA News TV ceased broadcasting operations due to the network's "disappointing" development. The GMA Network management announced that GMA News TV would sign-off on December 31, 2013.

References

1. Google Trends 2013: 'Mayweather vs Canelo' breaks top 10 in U.S
2. "Mayweather's latest masterpiece was desecrated by judge who should retire". The Daily Mail. London. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
3. "Floyd Mayweather vs Canelo Alvarez - as it happened". The Guardian. London. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
4. "Mayweather wins majority decision vs. Alvarez". USA Today. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
5. "As it happened". BBC Sport. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
6. "Mayweather dominates Alvarez despite laughable scorecards". The Ring. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez Official Fight Card from BoxRec
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez on Showtime
• Golden Boy Promotions
• Mayweather Promotions