LAS VEGAS (AP) Floyd Mayweather Jr. finally found himself during a real fight, complete with a bloody nose and an opponent in Miguel Cotto who was never progressing to quit.
As usual, he found the simplest way to win.
Mayweather used his speed and accuracy Saturday night to require a unanimous call over a game Cotto during a bruising bout to win a bit of the 154-pound title. however it wasn't simple, as Cotto landed some arduous punches and kept attacking all the thanks to the ultimate bell.
Mayweather dominated late, rocking Cotto within the twelfth spherical to drag out a win and stay unbeaten in forty three fights. not like most of his fights, though, Mayweather got his nose bloodied and engaged in some bruising exchanges he sometimes likes to avoid.
Two judges scored the fight 117-111 and therefore the third had it 118-110. The Associated Press had Mayweather winning 116-112.
The win gave Mayweather the 154-pound title held by Cotto, and warranted him of still being a champion when he reports to jail June one for a sentence stemming from a domestic abuse case involving his former girlfriend and their kids.
Mayweather, who was guaranteed $32 million, was forced to fight each minute of all twelve rounds against the Puerto Rican champion. He did it when weighing in at 151 pounds, the heaviest he has ever been for a fight.
Punch stats showed Mayweather landing 179 of 687 punches to one zero five of 506 to Cotto.
Cotto, who fell to 37-3, was guaranteed his biggest purse ever, $8 million.
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| Floyd Mayweather Jr., right, lands a punch against Miguel Cotto in the fourth round during a WBA super welterweight title fight, Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison) |
Mayweather used his speed and accuracy Saturday night to require a unanimous call over a game Cotto during a bruising bout to win a bit of the 154-pound title. however it wasn't simple, as Cotto landed some arduous punches and kept attacking all the thanks to the ultimate bell.
Mayweather dominated late, rocking Cotto within the twelfth spherical to drag out a win and stay unbeaten in forty three fights. not like most of his fights, though, Mayweather got his nose bloodied and engaged in some bruising exchanges he sometimes likes to avoid.
Two judges scored the fight 117-111 and therefore the third had it 118-110. The Associated Press had Mayweather winning 116-112.
The win gave Mayweather the 154-pound title held by Cotto, and warranted him of still being a champion when he reports to jail June one for a sentence stemming from a domestic abuse case involving his former girlfriend and their kids.
Mayweather, who was guaranteed $32 million, was forced to fight each minute of all twelve rounds against the Puerto Rican champion. He did it when weighing in at 151 pounds, the heaviest he has ever been for a fight.
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| Miguel Cotto, left, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. exchange punches in the second round during a WBA super welterweight title fight, Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Las Vegas. |
Punch stats showed Mayweather landing 179 of 687 punches to one zero five of 506 to Cotto.
Cotto, who fell to 37-3, was guaranteed his biggest purse ever, $8 million.