Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto
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| Date | September 12, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring and lineal welterweight titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mayweather Jr. wins by unanimous decision | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto, billed as "High Stakes", was a professional boxing fight, contested for the welterweight championship. The bout was held on September 12, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Showtime PPV[1] Mayweather Jr. confirmed his retirement after the bout.[2]
Mayweather dominated the fight, landing an impressive 56% [232/410] punches thrown, and 67% of power punches [132/196] compared to Berto's underwhelming number of 16% [83/495] punches landed and 22% [39/177] of power punches thrown.[3] Mayweather won the fight, 120-108, 118-110 and 117-111.[4][5]
Fight card
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
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| Welterweight |  Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c)
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def. | Andre Berto
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UD | 12/12 | ||||
| Super Middleweight |  Badou Jack (c)
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def. |  George Groves
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SD | 12/12 | ||||
| Super Featherweight |  Román Martínez (c)
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draws |  Orlando Salido
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SD | 12/12 | ||||
| Super Welterweight | Vanes Martirosyan
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def. | Ishe Smith
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MD | 10/10 | ||||
| Super Featherweight | Jonathan Oquendo
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def. | Jhonny González
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MD | 10/10 | ||||
| Middleweight | Christopher Pearson
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def. |  Janks Trotter
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TKO | 7/10 | ||||
| Super Middleweight |  Ronald Gavril
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def. | Scott Sigmon
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RTD | 8/10 | ||||
| Welterweight | Ashley Theophane
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def. | Steve Upsher Chambers
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UD | 10/10 |
Broadcast
The telecast of the fight was televised via Showtime PPV, with its price set at US$64.99. For the first time in Showtime history, viewers were also able to purchase and watch the PPV online through the CBS website; those who purchase the fight online also received a free 3-month subscription to CBS All Access. The move to offer the fight online by official means was considered to be in response to the unauthorized redistribution of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.[6]
Estimates reported the number of PPV buys for the fight to be around 400,000, which was the lowest for a Mayweather fight in almost a decade.[7]
References
- ^ "Mayweather officially fighting Andre Berto". TMZ.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
- ^ "Ellerbe confirms Mayweather will be retiring after Berto".
- ^ Loop, Nate. "Results and Punch Stats from Mayweather vs. Berto". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ "Floyd Mayweather 'ends career' undefeated after one-sided victory over Andre Berto". Guardian. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Floyd Mayweather (49-0) decisions Andre Berto in one-sided send-off". ESPN. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "CBS to Live Stream Showtime's Mayweather-Berto Fight". Variety. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "The pay per view numbers for Mayweather-Berto are not good". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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