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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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][6]
Fight card
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
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| Welterweight |  Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c) |
def. | Andre Berto |
UD | 12/12 | ||||
| Super Middleweight |  Badou Jack (c) |
def. |  George Groves |
SD | 12/12 | ||||
| Super Featherweight |  Román Martínez (c) |
draws |  Orlando Salido |
SD | 12/12 | ||||
| Super Welterweight | Vanes Martirosyan |
def. | Ishe Smith |
MD | 10/10 | ||||
| Super Featherweight | Jonathan Oquendo |
def. | Jhonny González |
MD | 10/10 | ||||
| Middleweight | Christopher Pearson |
def. |  Janks Trotter |
TKO | 7/10 | ||||
| Super Middleweight |  Ronald Gavril |
def. | Scott Sigmon |
RTD | 8/10 | ||||
| Welterweight | Ashley Theophane |
def. | Steve Upsher Chambers |
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.[7]
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.[8]
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.
- ↑ "Mayweather beats Berto: Re-live round-by-round coverage from MGM Grand of record-breaking Money Man's 49th and final bout before retirement". Daily Mail. 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.