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Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Miguel Cotto

2012-06-12T01:11:39Z

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<fight>1652401</fight>
*'''Ring Announcer:''' [[Michael Buffer]]
*'''Promoters:''' Mayweather Promotions, [[Golden Boy Promotions]]
*'''Aired On:''' [[HBO Pay-Per-View]] "Ring Kings"
*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Super World Light Middleweight Title''' (3rd defense by Cotto)
*'''[[WBC]] Diamond Light Middleweight Title''' (vacant)
== Notes ==
*Floyd Mayweather Jr. 42-0 (26 KOs) vs. Miguel Cotto 37-2 (30 KOs)
*Mayweather entered as the # 2 pound-for-pound fighter in the world and the # 2 welterweight according to [[The Ring Magazine]]. Cotto, a 4.5/1 betting underdog, was ranked as the # 1 junior middleweight by the same publication. [http://ringtv.craveonline.com/ratings/jr-middleweight] [http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/odds/moneyline]
* For Mayweather, it was only the second time in his professional career he had fought at the 154 pound limit. In his [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|previous bout at 154]], which was five years to the day earlier, he earned a split-decision over [[Oscar De La Hoya]] for the [[WBC]] Light Middleweight Title. it was Cotto's fourth fight at 154 lbs.
* At 151 lbs., Mayweather was fighting at the heaviest weight of his professional career to date.
* The purse for the bout was split 65/35 in favor of Mayweather, with Mayweather to receive a guaranteed $32 million.[http://www.boxingnews24.com/2012/02/cotto-sees-himself-hauling-in-30-million-for-the-mayweather-bout/]
* Ticket prices for the event ranged from $200 to $1,500,[http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/story/_/id/7878576/boxer-floyd-mayweather-sports-biggest-financial-control-freak-espn-magazine]
*The fight had 1.5 million pay-per-view buys and tallied $94 million in PPV revenue. [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dan-Rafael-ESPN/320596341293700]
*As part of the pre-fight buildup, [[HBO]] aired its "24/7" series which documented some of the training of the fighters leading up to the bout.
*The price of the pay-per-view was $59.95. It was also shown in 440 theaters, most of which charged about $20 per person. [http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/story/_/id/7878576/boxer-floyd-mayweather-sports-biggest-financial-control-freak-espn-magazine] [http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/story/_/id/7878576/boxer-floyd-mayweather-sports-biggest-financial-control-freak-espn-magazine]
*It was the eighth overall, and fifth consecutive fight for Mayweather at the [[MGM Grand]] in Las Vegas, Nevada. It too was the eighth overall appearance for Cotto at this venue.
*Less than a month after the fight, on June 1, Mayweather was due to report for an 87-day sentence at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas for a reduced domestic violence charge and no contest to two harassment charges. The case stemmed from a hair-pulling, punching and arm-twisting argument with his ex-girlfriend Josie Harris while two of their children watched in September 2010. [http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/7376829/floyd-mayweather-jr-sentenced-90-days-jail-domestic-violence-plea]
*Among the notables in attendance were [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], [[Thomas Hearns]], [[Bernard Hopkins]], [[Yuriorkis Gamboa]], and [[Oscar De La Hoya]].
*Mayweather wore red leather trunks with white trim and red gloves. Cotto wore black trunks with pink and white trim, black gloves and long pink socks.
Unofficial scorecards:
*Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: 115-113 Mayweather
*Jake Emen, ProBoxing-Fans.com: 115-113 Mayweather
*John Chavez, Boxing Truth: 115-113 Mayweather
*Kevin Mitchell, The Guardian (UK): 116-113 Mayweather
*Steve Lillis, BoxNation: 116-112 Mayweather
*Steve Bunce, BBC: 116-112 Mayweather
*Cameron Sharpe, Boxing Fancast: 116-112 Mayweather
*David Coldwell, boxing trainer: 116-112 Mayweather
*Max Kellerman, HBO: 116-112 Mayweather
*Dan Rafael, ESPN: 116-112 Mayweather
*Doug Fischer, Ring Magazine: 116-112 Mayweather
*Chris Manix, Sports Illustrated: 116-112 Mayweather
*Brian Arman Graham, Sports Illustrated: 116-112 Mayweather
*Associated Press: 116-112 Mayweather
*Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN/Reuters: 116-112 Mayweather
*Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com: 116-112 Mayweather
*Mike Sloan, SecondsOut.com: 116-112 Mayweather
*Tom Gray, SecondsOut.com: 117-111 Mayweather
*John Raspanti, DogHouseBoxing.com: 117-111 Mayweather
*Tim Smith, New York Daily News: 117-111 Mayweather
*Harold Lederman, HBO: 117-111 Mayweather
*Robert Morales, Los Angeles Daily News: 117-111 Mayweather
*TheSweetScience.com: 117-111 Mayweather
*Paddy Cronan, OnTheGrind Boxing Radio: 117-111 Mayweather
*BoxingSocialist.com: 117-111 Mayweather
*Eric Raskin, Ring Magazine/TheSweetScience.com: 118-110 Mayweather
*Ben Thompson, FightHype.com: 118-110 Mayweather
*World Boxing News: 118-110 Mayweather
*Suge Green, On The Grind Boxing Radio: 114-114 Draw
*Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times: 115-113 Cotto

== Bout Summary ==
[[File:Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Miguel Cotto (poster).jpg|thumb|right|225px|Official Fight Poster]]
Mayweather likely earned the opening round working behind a jab, with movement and stingy defense. Cotto, the crowd favorite, came forward, looked to get in close, but struggled to land. Mayweather continued to out land Cotto in Round 2, with Cotto at one point picking up Mayweather while the two were clinched. Cotto had an improved Round 3 one which could have been scored for either man. By the end of Round 3, Cotto had noticeable bruising on his left temple. Mayweather threw some looping right hands in Round 4, many of which landed on the gloves of Cotto. The round closed with Mayweather fighting with his back in the corner and the two slipping and trading punches. Round 5 was fought mostly in close quarters with Mayweather controlling much of the action, before Cotto came on in the final 30 seconds with some decent work to the body. Cotto perhaps had his best round so far and landed well in Round 6 as Mayweather had begun to bleed from the nose and mouth. Cotto had developed some bruising under his right eye by the end of the round. Mayweather likely picked up Round 7 with a higher work rate as Cotto pursued but landed sparingly. The two fought much of Round 8 in close with Cotto having success with combinations. Mayweather looked to slip and roll punches but did very little offensively and appeared somewhat worse-for-wear at the end of the round continuing to bleed from the nose. Neither man necessarily controlled the 9th Round as Cotto pursued but landed infrequently and Mayweather threw when Cotto was at a distance. Mayweather continued to move in the 10th and threw combinations from a distance. Cotto looked to steal the round and landed some punches in the final 30 seconds. Cotto came forward in Round 11, but struggled to land against Mayweather's movement. Mayweather worked over a game but fading Cotto in the final round with some clean power shots as Cotto stood in front of him with his gloves up and was caught with counter shots when he threw.

== Quotes ==
*"You're a helluva champion. You're the toughest guy I ever fought." [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] to Cotto following the bout.
*"The judges said I lost the fight. I can't do anything else. I have to take my defeat. I brought my best and I did my best every morning in training camp and I did my best tonight. I'm happy with my fight and with my performance. So is my family. I can't ask for anything else." [[Miguel Cotto]] in the post-fight interview.

Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley (1st meeting)

2012-06-11T16:27:02Z

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|+ [http://compuboxonline.com/compubox-stats-bradley-w-12-pacquaio/ '''CompuBox Punchstats''']
|- {{pstable-bg1}}
! Total Punches || Pacquiao || Bradley
|-
| Landed || 253 || 159
|-
| Thrown || 751 || 839
|-
| Pct. || 34% || 19%
|- {{pstable-bg1}}
! Jabs || Pacquiao || Bradley
|-
| Landed || 63 || 51
|-
| Thrown || 258 || 449
|-
| Pct. || 24% || 11%
|- {{pstable-bg1}}
! Power Punches || Pacquiao || Bradley
|-
| Landed || 190 || 108
|-
| Thrown || 493 || 390
|-
| Pct. || 39% || 28%
|}
<fight>1656951</fight>
*'''[[World Boxing Organization]] Welterweight Title''' (4th defense by Pacquiao)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Top Rank]] ([[Bob Arum]])
*'''Ring Announcer:''' [[Michael Buffer]]
*'''Aired On:''' [[HBO Pay-Per-View]] (Main Event)
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== Notes ==
[[File:Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley (poster).jpg|right|275px]]
*Manny Pacquiao 54-3-2 (38 KOs) vs. Tim Bradley 28-0 (12 KOs)
*Pacquaio entered as the #1 welterweight in the world according to [[The Ring Magazine]]. Bradley, a 3.6/1 betting underdog, entered as the #1 junior welterweight in the world by the same publication. [http://ringtv.craveonline.com/ratings/jr-welterweight] [http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/odds/moneyline]
*The price of the pay-per-view was $54.95. [http://www.comcast.com/corporate/programming/comingevents.ashx]
*Pacquiao's fight night check was for $6 million, although he was guaranteed $26 million by Top Rank promoter [[Bob Arum]], and also received a portion of the pay-per-view sales. Bradley's purse was a career-high $5 million and more based on pay-per-view sells. [http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/1244/purses-for-pacquiao-bradley-card]
*At 147 lbs., Pacquiao was fighting at the heaviest weight of his professional career to date.
*Attendance was 14,206 for a gate of a little over $9 million.

== Quotes ==
*"It's either corruption or incompetence. There'll be a rematch. It speaks to the corruption of the sport. The criminals will be rewarded" - ESPN's [[Teddy Atlas]]
*HBO's [[Jim Lampley]] referred to it as the "worst scoring he has every seen."
*"People, a great sport is now on a respirator. Boxing is presently a polluted playing field in every respect. Tonight was par for the course." - [[Lou DiBella]]
*"Okay well maybe not worse than my draw with Holyfield but still bad nonetheless." - [[Lennox Lewis]]
*"Bradley by split decision. I am shocked. I don't even know what to say. That was absolutely horrible" - ESPN's [[Dan Rafael]]
* Timothy Bradley after the fight suggested he will look at the fight replay to see if he won the fight
* Bob Arum (promoter of both Fighters) "Can you believe that? Unbelievable," "I went over to Bradley before the decision and he said, 'I tried hard but I couldn't beat the guy.'" "I'm going to make a lot of money on the rematch, but this [decision] was outrageous."
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== Unofficial Scorecards ==
[[File:Scorecard.jpeg|right|650px|thumb|Official scorecards]]
*Danny Flexen, Boxing News: 115-113 Bradley
*Cameron Sharpe, Boxing Fancast: 115-115 Draw
*Lem Satterfield, Ring Magazine: 115-113 Pacquiao
*Armando Alvarez, Telemundo: 115-113 Pacquiao
*Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com: 115-113 Pacquiao
*Terry Dooley, BoxingScene.com: 115-113 Pacquiao
*Steve Bunce, BoxNation.com/BBC: 116-112 Pacquiao
*George Willis, The New York Post: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Robert Morales, Los Angeles Daily News: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Ben Thompson, FightHype.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Tim Smith, New York Daily News: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Suge Green, On the Grind Boxing Radio: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Steve Zemach, The Queensbury Rules.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Michael Nelson, TheCruelestSport.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Tom Gray, SecondsOut.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Joel Sebastionelli, LIITR Box Radio: 116-112 Pacquiao
*BoxingSocialist.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Ricky Hatton: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Wayne McCulloch: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Alexander Belenky Sport-Express.ru: 116-112 Pacquiao
*Rob Day, RingNews24.com: 117-112 Pacquiao
*Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com: 117-112 Pacquiao
*Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Ron Borges, Boston Herald: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Chris Robinson, BoxingScene.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*David Mayo, The Grand Rapids Press: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Robert Little, BlackSportsOnline.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Jorge Hernandez, The Low Blow.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*David Greisman, BoxingScene.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*EastSideBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*The Guardian (UK): 117-111 Pacquiao
*Luis Sandoval, BoxingScene.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Jonathan Sakti, Comcast Sports Net Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Richie Tomasini, Comcast Sports Net Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Tim Starks, The Queensbury Rules: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Champ Ross, DaTruthBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Darren Velasco, 8CountNews.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Ryan Maquinana, Comcast Sports Net Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
*George Diaz, The Orlando Sentinel: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Doug Fischer, Ring Magazine: 117-111 Pacquiao
*FightersRated.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Scott Christ, BadLeftHook.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Tommy Gunn, BoxingAsylum.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*NoHoldsBarred.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Gareth Davies, London Telegraph: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Ron Lewis, Primetime/BBC: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Jake Emen, ProBoxing-Fans.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Alexey Sukachev, Sports.ru: 117-111 Pacquiao
*Steve Lillis, BoxNation: 118-111 Pacquiao
*Brett Newton, Pound4Pound.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Mark Lyons, 8CountNews.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Mike Koppinger, Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Ryan Songalia, Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Pete O'Brien, USA Today: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Eric Raskin, TheSweetScience.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Rich Marotta, KFI Los Angeles: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Ace Freeman, FightFan.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Kelsey McCarson, TheSweetScience.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Mario Cabrera, The Boxing Republic: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Ramon Aranda, 3MoreRounds.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Colin Seymour, Examiner.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Nigel Collins, Espn.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Paddy Cronan, On the Grind Boxing Radio: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Denzil Stome, OnTheBeak.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*WorldBoxingNews.net: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Michael Rosenthal, Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Eugeny Pilipenko Vringe.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Vadim Zhuk Championat.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
*Barry Tompkins, Showtime: 119-110 Pacquiao
*Vittorio Tafur, The San Francisco Chronicle: 119-109 Pacquiao
*Ray Markarian, TheSweetScience.com: 119-109 Pacquiao
*Harold Lederman, HBO: 119-109 Pacquiao
*Dan Rafael, ESPN: 119-109 Pacquiao
*Fox Sports: 119-109 Pacquiao
*Michael Woods, ESPN: 119-109 Pacquiao
*Michael Marley, BoxingConfidential.com/Examiner.com: 119-109 Pacquiao
*Skip Bayless, ESPN: 119-109 Pacquiao

*'''Among the experts above, 81 scored the bout for Pacquiao, and 1 scored the bout for Bradley.'''
*'''None of the scores for Pacquiao were offered by Philippine media.'''
*'''The score for Bradley was not provided by American media.'''