Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana, billed as The Moment, was a boxing welterweight championship fight. It was held on May 3, 2014 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, and broadcast on Showtime PPV.

Mayweather won the fight in a highly contested 12-round fight via majority decision. Judge Michael Pernick scored the fight 114–114, a draw. Judge Dave Moretti had it 116–112, and Burt A. Clements scored it 117–111.

The two fought again later that year in Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana II, where Mayweather won again.

Fight card

^Note 1 For WBC Welterweight, WBA Welterweight title & The Ring Welterweight titles.

Reception

The fight was sold out, grossing US$15 million at the live gate, the fourth highest of any boxing event in Las Vegas. It sold an estimated 900,000 buys on pay-per-view, the year's highest-selling PPV up until May 2014, grossing an estimated $63 million in pay-per-view revenue, bringing the event's total revenue to an estimated $78 million.

Fight purses

Guaranteed fight purses: Over $37 million total (including most expensive undercard in pay-per-view history, as of May 2014)

Headline

• Floyd Mayweather ($32,000,000) vs. Marcos Maidana ($1,500,000)

Undercard

• Amir Khan ($1,500,000) vs. Luis Collazo ($300,000)
• Adrien Broner ($500,000) vs. Carlos Molina ($100,000)

References

External links

• Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana Official Fight Card from BoxRec
• Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana on Showtime
• Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana Archived 2014-09-10 at the Wayback Machine on BoxNation