Mayweather earns $180m in 36 minutes

In the biggest boxing event two in years, Floyd Mayweather de­feated Manny Pacquiao by unanimous
decision after 12 rounds to improve his professional record to 48-0 and unify the world welterweight titles. By this victory he earned about $180 million which is 60 percent of the $300 mil­lion prize money for both fighters. And he earned this in just 36 minutes in a 12-rounder of three min­utes each.
“Pacquiao definitely had his moments in the fight. As long as I moved on the out­side, I was able to stay away from those. He’s a really smart fighter. Only when he stayed in the pocket was he able to do what he needed to do.”
Mayweather was asked about his father, who ap­peared to be quite animated in the corner.
“My dad wanted me to do more, but I had to take my time. Because Manny Pac­quiao is a competitor, and he’s extremely dangerous.”
As for Pacquiao, who fell to 57-6-2, he said: “I thought I won the fight. He’s moving around. It’s not easy to throw punches when he’s moving around so much. …
“It’s not about size. Size doesn’t matter. I fought big­ger. I thought I caught him many more times than he caught me.”
ROUND-BY-ROUND
Round 1: Mayweather was more active than usual in the early going and had already begun leaning on Pacquiao and landed several scoring blows, including a straight right. Advantage: Floyd.
Round 2: Pacquiao came back strong, moving Floyd into the corner and landing. Mayweather was unable to connect with his right like in Round 1. Advantage: Manny.
Round 3: Mayweather kept the action in the center of the ring, attacking the body and landing straight rights up top. Pacquiao swinging wildly and miss­ing. Advantage: Floyd.
Round 4: Pacquiao be­gan throwing at a high rate but lands only several times. Mayweather didn’t appear fazed, but Pacquiao appears to be gaining confidence, landing on counterpunches and having the crowd squarely behind him. Ad­vantage: Manny.
Round 5: Mayweather scored on counterpunches with Pacquiao laying back after a whirlwind Round 4. More activity from Mayweather, who was able to land combinations. Advantage: Floyd.
Round 6: Pacquiao came back with more volume combinations that connected mainly to the body but glance off Mayweather’s gloves up top. Pacquiao not landing at high percentage but, Mayweather didn’t land at all. Advantage: Manny.
Round 7: Mayweather took control by keeping the action in center of the ring and setting up Pacquiao with the jab. Pacquiao was able to land with a straight left, but Mayweather connected with greater fre­quency. Advantage: Floyd.
Round 8: Pacquiao was the more active fighter, but Mayweather more accurate, scoring with straight rights. Mayweather bait Pacquiao to come forward, then landed several counters. Advantage: Floyd.
Round 9: Pacquiao draws cheers from the partisan crowd with a flurry at the end of the round, but Mayweather landed enough early and more frequently to keep the fight in the center of the ring. Advantage: Floyd.
Round 10: Mayweather got backed into the corner but never absorbed more than a glancing blow and was able to counter enough. Pacquiao was more active but not nearly as accurate. Advantage: Floyd.
Round 11: Mayweather came out firing and landed at his highest volume of the fight. Pacquiao has a brief flurry, but Mayweather ducked and escaped back to the center of the ring where he was completely comfort­able. Advantage: Floyd.
Round 12: Mayweather completed the fight as he did in most of the rounds: own­ing the center of the ring and not allowing Pacquiao to get inside. Mayweather was too quick and too skilled defen­sively. Advantage: Floyd.
The winner: Mayweather remained undefeated via unanimous decision, with two judges scoring it 116- 112 and the other 118-110. Mayweather landed 67 more punches according to Com­puBox. Pacquiao landed double-figure punches in only three out of 12 rounds. Accuracy, defense and ring generalship clearly belong to Mayweather, even at age 38.