Who won Mayweather Jr vs Guerrero?
Floyd Mayweather Jr beat Robert Guerrero by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 4th May 2013 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced as 117-111, 117-111, 117-111 in favor of winner Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).
This contest was for the WBC welterweight championship of the world.
Mayweather Jr vs Guerrero stats
Back in May 2013, Floyd Mayweather Jr stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 43 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 26 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Robert Guerrero made his way to the ring with a record of 31 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 18 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Mayweather Jr had a slight advantage in power over Guerrero, with a 60% knock out percentage over Guerrero's 58%.
Floyd Mayweather Jr was the older man by 6 years, at 36 years old.
Guerrero had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mayweather Jr. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.
Floyd Mayweather Jr fought out of the orthodox stance, while Robert Guerrero was a southpaw.
Mayweather Jr was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 1996, 4 years and 6 months earlier than Guerrero, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 91 more professional rounds, 403 to Guerrero's 312.
Mayweather Jr vs Guerrero form
Mayweather Jr remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Miguel Cotto on 5th May 2012 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had defeated Juan Manuel Marquez on 19th September 2009 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had beat Ricky Hatton on 8th December 2007 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBC World Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada.
Before that, he had won against Oscar De La Hoya on 5th May 2007 by split decision in their WBC World Super Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Nevada.
He had beat Jose Luis Castillo on 20th April 2002 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Lightweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
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Mayweather Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 11 years and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 58 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.6 rounds on average.
What time did Mayweather Jr vs Guerrero start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 AM EST / 9:00 PM PST at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 5:00 AM BST in the UK.
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