MAYWEATHER VS MAIDANA PRESS SCORES
Floyd Mayweather the self proclaimed "Best Ever" was made to work harder than expected by Argentine puncher Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas last night. Mayweather unified the WBC and WBA Welterweight titles on a night where he was hit much more than he is used too before coming away with a majority decision. The pro Maidana crowd of 16,268 booed the decision as they thought their man had done enough to finally end Mayweather's 18 year winning streak. It was a majority decision, the 2nd in a row for Floyd who saw his record improve to 46-0 only 3 short of Heavyweight legend Rocky Marciano's 49-0 record that has stood since the 50s.
After all the controversy the night before regarding the padding in Miadana's Everlast gloves, Maidana was somehow forced to change his Everlast MX gloves to a different type. This after the commission had passed them as being fit and proper to use. No doubt there will be more on this in the coming days as Maidana should not have been asked to change them especially after the officials were happy with them. In the post fight press conference both Maidana and his trainer Robert Garcia made the point to the media that they were "forced" to change gloves. When Mayweather was asked he simply dodged the question and went on about fighters safety.
To the fight and Maidana as everyone expected started fast bullying Mayweather to the ropes trying to land his chopping right as Floyd ducked and dived. The WBC champion responded in the 2nd by using his blinding speed to catch Maidana with his quick counter right. The pattern continued for the first 4 rounds. It was an even fight. Maidana kept the pressure on in the 5th as Floyd now cut from a head clash looked worried about the sight of his own blood.. Later Floyd said that he couldn't see for 2 rounds, this partly explains why Maidana had such a strong 4th and 5th round.
Mayweather came back in rounds 6 and 7 as he controlled the pace of the fight, moving more freely as his eye began to heal. Floyd put on the expected clinic as Maidana was now the one to look tired but as ever he came back in the 8th out working the 1/10 ON favourite. The fight was even again, the upset was on, could Maidana keep the pressure on?. The answer was NO as Floyd stepped up his output. That lead right hand knocked Maidana's head back more and more as the smooth boxing, the picking of his shots looked like it was confusing the man from Santa Fe. Floyd swept rounds 9 to 11 on this writers card which put him in lead which could only be caught with knockdowns or a knockout from Maidana.
The 12th was close as Maidana tried to go for the KO, Floyd was still moving well but was probably out worked especially in the last minute in the round. As the final bell rung both fighters raised their hands in victory, the Maidana fans were sure of victory as they cheered loudly expectant for their fighter to be declared the winner. They were to be denied though as Judges Burt Clements and Dave Moretti scored the fight to Mayweather 117-111 and 116-112. The 3rd judge Michael Pernick had it a draw 114-114. AT the post fight press conference Maidana screamed for a rematch, Floyd on his part agreed so it looks like it could be on in September. The rematch will now be bigger as Maidana pushed Floyd really close with many questioning if Floyds long career is finally catching up with. It was a great fight, much better than expected. If Mayweather is on the slide then the September fight should be better especially if Maidana can were his preferred gloves.
Below is over 110 Media scores for "The Moment" along with this writers card and the official punch stats from the fight.
Bobby Hunter's Scorecard
Round 1.... 10-9 Maidana
Round 2.... 9-10 Mayweather
Round 3.... 9-10 Mayweather
Round 4.... 10-9 Maidana
Round 5.... 10-9 Maidana
Round 6.... 9-10 Mayweather
Round 7.... 9-10 Mayweather
Round 8.... 10-9 Maidana
Round 9.... 9-10 Mayweather
Round 10.. 9-10 Mayweather
Round 11.. 9-10 Mayweather
Round 12.. 10-9 Maidana
TOTAL : 115-113 Mayweather
Showtime TV Punch Stats:
Mayweather : Thrown 426 , Landed 230 , Connect Percentage 54%
Maidana : Thrown 858 , Landed 221 , Connect Percentage 26%
Boxing Media Percentage of Votes for Each Fighter
Total Scores : 112
Scores For Mayweather :( 92 ), which is 82% of media scores
Scores For Maidana :( 9 ) , which is 8% of media scores
Scores for the Draw : (11 ), wich is 10% of media scores
Boxing Media Scores :
Scott Christ (Bad Leftt Hook) : 115-113 Mayweather
Barry Jones (Boxnation TV) : 117-111 Mayweather
Steve Lillis (Boxnation TV) : 116-113 Mayweather
John Wharton (KCC Boxing Show) : 114-114 DRAW**
Ron Lewis (The Times) : 116-114 Mayweather
Kevin Iole (Yahoo) : 115-113 Mayweather
Adam Abramowitz (Saturday Night Boxing) : 115-113 Mayweather
Chris Mannix (Sports Illustrated) : 116-112 Mayweather
Dan Rafael (ESPN) : 115-113 Mayweather
Mike Coppinger (USA Today) : 115-113 Mayweather
Alex Morris (KTC Boxing) : 114-114 DRAW**
Ramon Aranda (3 More Rounds) : 115-113 Mayweather
Paul Webb (First Class Boxing) : 116-112 Mayweather
Cliff Rold (BoxingScene) : 114-114 DRAW**
Shaun Brown (Boxingscene) : 115-113 Mayweather
Steve Zemach (Queensberry Rules) : 114-114 DRAW**
Brian Campbell (ESPN) : 115-113 Mayweather
Michael Woods (The Sweet Science) : 117-113 Mayweather
All About Boxing : 114-114 DRAW**
Victor M Salazar (Tha Boxing Voice) : 115-113 MAIDANA***
Steve Kim (Maxboxing) : 115-113 Mayweather
Corey Quincy (FightersXchange) : 115-113 Mayweather
Asian Boxing : 115-113 MAIDANA***
Al Bernstein (Showtime TV) : 115-114 Mayweather
Steve Farhood (Showtime TV) : 115-113 Mayweather
Paulie Malignaggi (Showtime TV) : 115-114 Mayweather
Boxing Socialist : 115-113 Mayweather
The Heavy Bag : 115-113 MAIDANA***
Danny Winterbottom (Boxing News) : 117-113 Mayweather
Wolfgang Shiffbauer (Sturm Promotions) : 115-113 Mayweather
Paddy Cronan (OnTheGrindBoxing) : 117-111 Mayweather
Danny Flexen (Boxing News) : 116-112 Mayweather
Matt Mojica (The Fight Source) : 115-113 Mayweather
Tris Dixon (Boxing News ED) : 117-112 Mayweather
Phil D Jay (World Boxing News) : 115-113 Mayweather
Steve Bunce (Boxnation TV) : 116-112 Mayweather
Pro Boxing Fans : 116-112 Mayweather
James Tonks (Ringnews 24) : 115-113 Mayweather
Boxing Mad Magazine : 115-113 Mayweather
Stevie J Adams (Boxing Mad Magazine) : 117-112 Mayweather
Nathan Fogg (Boxing News) : 116-112 Mayweather
The Boxing Advocaat : 116-112 Mayweather
Iconic Boxing : 115-113 Mayweather
Fight Insight : 115-113 Mayweather
Lou Dibella (Promoter) : 116-113 Mayweather
V2 Boxing : 116-113 Mayweather
Daniel Vano (Checkhookboxing) : 115-114 MAIDANA***
The Boxing Channel : 115-113 Mayweather
Check Left : 116-112 MAIDANA***
The Title Fight : 114-114 DRAW**
New Legend Boxing : 115-113 Mayweather
Ray Markarian (The Sweet Science) : 116-113 Mayweather
William Holmes (Boxing Insider) : 116-112 Mayweather
Danny Gonzalez (Tha Boxing Voice) : 115-113 MAIDANA***
Joel Sebastianelli (KO Digest) : 116-112 Mayweather
Ryan Bivins (SweetBoxing) : 116-112 Mayweather
Onthebeak Boxing : 115-114 Mayweather
Ring Magazine TV : 118-110 Mayweather
Max Kellerman (HBO TV) : 116-112 Mayweather
Jake Donovan (Boxingscene) : 115-113 Mayweather
Nacion Boxeo : 115-113 Mayweather
Josh McDaniel (Leave It The Ring Radio) : 116-113 Mayweather
Write On The Button : 115-113 Mayweather
Kevin McRae (Bleacher Report) : 115-113 Mayweather
Fight Ghost : 115-113 Mayweather
The Cruelest Sport : 116-113 Mayweather
Gareth A Davies (The Telegraph) : 116-113 Mayweather
Tommy Allan (Boxing Asylum) : 115-113 Mayweather
Nigel Collins (ESPM FNFs) : 114-114 DRAW**
Ron Borges ( Boston Herald) : 115-114 Mayweather
NY Post : 115-113 Mayweather
The Sweet Science : 116-113 Mayweather
Leave It In The Ring Radio : 115-113 Mayweather
Associated Press : 115-113 Mayweather
ESPN.com : 115-113 Mayweather
Jeff Powell (The Mail) : 117-113 Mayweather
John Hoolan (Freelance) : 114-114 DRAW**
liam Hoppe (Eurosport) : 115-113 Mayweather
Ben Thompson (Fighthype) : 118-110 Mayweather
UK Fighthype : 117-111 Mayweather
TKO Radio : 115-115 DRAW**
Steve Carp (Las Vegas Review-Journal) : 116-112 Mayweather
S.I.com : 116-112 Mayweather
Ernest Gabion (BoxingScene) : 115-113 MAIDANA***
3 More Rounds : 115-113 Mayweather
Mike Sloan (Secondsout) : 117-111 Mayweather
John J Raspanti (Doghouseboxing) : 115-113 Mayweather
Anthony Larger (Bad Left Hook) : 115-113 MAIDANA***
Kevin Mitchell (The Guardian) : 116-114 Mayweather
Andy Paterson (BoxingAsylum) : 115-113 Mayweather
ED Robinson (Sky Sports TV) : 115-113 Mayweather
John Evans (Live Fight) : 116-112 Mayweather
Aaron Richardson (BoxingAsylum) : 115-113 Mayweather
Kasim Aslam (Global Boxing) : 115-113 Mayweather
Ciaran Shanks (Irvine Times) : 115-113 Mayweather
Tom Gray (Ring Magazine) : 115-113 Mayweather
Marcos Villegas (The Boxing Channel) : 116-113 Mayweather
Ciaran Gibbons (Freelance) : 117-114 Mayweather
Lee John Wyle (The Sweet Science) : 115-113 Mayweather
Mathew McEvoy (Forever Sports) : 116-113 Mayweather
John A MacDonald (Livefight) : 115-113 Mayweather
Agent One Sports : 115-113 Mayweather
Chris Davies (LCD Boxing) : 115-113 MAIDANA***
Paul Daley (TopClassBoxing) : 115-113 Mayweather
Boxing.com : 114-114 Draw**
Sam Sheppard (Queensberry Rules) : 116-112 Mayweather
Billy Ferguson (UK Fighthype) : 116-112 Mayweather
Ben Weisman (BoxingAsylum) : 116-112 Mayweather
Kieran Mulvaney (ESPN) : 116-112 Mayweather
Andrew McKart (FirstClassBoxing) : 114-114 Draw
