Mayweather Jr vs Maidana

Who won Mayweather Jr vs Maidana?

Floyd Mayweather Jr beat Marcos Maidana by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 3rd May 2014 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 116-112, 117-111, 114-114 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 unified welterweight championship of the world, with the WBC & WBA belts on the line.

Mayweather Jr vs Maidana stats

Back in May 2014, Floyd Mayweather Jr stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 45 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 26 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Marcos Maidana made his way to the ring with a record of 35 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 31 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Maidana had a massive power advantage over Mayweather Jr, boosting at 89% knock out percentage over Mayweather Jr's 58%.

Floyd Mayweather Jr was the older man by 7 years, at 38 years old.

Mayweather Jr had a height advantage of 1 inch over Maidana. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Floyd Mayweather Jr & Marcos Maidana fought out of an orthodox stance.

Mayweather Jr was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 1996, 7 years and 8 months earlier than Maidana, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 204 more professional rounds, 397 to Maidana's 193.

Mayweather Jr vs Maidana form

Mayweather Jr remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Canelo Alvarez on 14th September 2013 by majority decision in their WBC World Super Welterweight and WBA Super World Super Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Robert Guerrero on 4th May 2013 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Miguel Cotto on 5th May 2012 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Juan Manuel Marquez on 19th September 2009 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas.

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.

Activity check

Mayweather Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 58 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.6 rounds on average.

Maidana's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 33 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.3 rounds on average.

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