Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, billed as The One, was a boxing light middleweight championship superfight. The bout was held on September 14, 2013, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on Showtime PPV. The bout took place at a 152-pound catchweight, two pounds below the light middleweight limit of 154 pounds.[1][2] Mayweather received $41.5 million for this fight before taking into account pay-per-view sales.[3]

The One
DateSeptember 14, 2013
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring light middleweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Canelo Álvarez
Nickname Money Canelo
("Cinnamon")
Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Pre-fight record 44–0 (26 KO) 42–0–1 (30 KO)
Age 36 23
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 150+1⁄2 lb (68 kg) 152 lb (69 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC and The Ring welterweight champion
WBA (Super) light middleweight champion
The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
5-division world champion		 WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring light middleweight champion
The Ring No. 9 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
Result
Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round majority decision (114–114, 116–112, 117–111)

The fight was won by Mayweather in a 12-round majority decision in front of a sold out crowd of 16,746. Judge C. J. Ross scored the fight 114–114, a draw. Judge Dave Moretti had it 116–112, and Craig Metcalfe scored it 117–111. Ross retired after this fight, after the scorecards were roundly criticized for not reflecting how dominant Mayweather's performance was.[4][5][6][7][8] Out of 86 media scorecards, all 86 scored the fight for Mayweather, with an average score of 119-109.[9]

Fight card
Weight Class vs. Method Round Time Notes
Light middleweight United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c) def. Mexico Canelo Álvarez (c) MD 12/12 [note 1]
Light welterweight United States Danny García (c) def. Argentina Lucas Matthysse (ic) UD 12/12 [note 2]
Light middleweight Mexico Carlos Amado Molina def. United States Ishe Smith (c) SD 12/12 [note 3]
Welterweight Mexico Pablo César Cano def. United Kingdom Ashley Theophane SD 10/10
Super middleweight Romania Ronald Gavril def. United States Shujaa El Amin UD 8/8
Middleweight United States Chris Pearson def. United States Josh Williams TKO 1/8 1:14
Super middleweight United States Luís Arias def. United States James Winchester UD 6/6
Super middleweight United States Lanell Bellows def. United States Jordan Moore KO 1/4 2:30
  1. For WBA (Super), WBC & The Ring light middleweight titles.
  2. For WBA (Super), WBC & The Ring light welterweight titles.
  3. For IBF junior middleweight title.

International broadcasting
Country Broadcaster
 Argentina Space
TV Pública Digital
 AustraliaMain Event
 BrazilSporTV
 BelgiumBeTV
 CambodiaCTN
 CanadaViewers Choice
 ChileSpace
 ChinaCCTV-5
 ColombiaSpace
 DenmarkTV3 Sport
 EstoniaViasat Sport Baltic
 EcuadorSpace
 FrancebeIN Sport
 GermanyDMAX
 HungarySport 1
 IcelandStöð 2 Sport
 IsraelSport 1
 ItalySportitalia
 JapanWOWOW
 LatviaViasat Sport Baltic
 LithuaniaViasat Sport Baltic
 MalaysiaAstro

Country Broadcaster
 MexicoTelevisa
 New ZealandSky Arena
 NorwayViasat Sport
 PanamaRPC-TV
 PeruSpace
 PhilippinesGMA Network
GMA News TV1
 PolandOrange Sport
 PortugalSPORT.TV2
 QatarAl Jazeera Sports
 RomaniaGSP TV
 RussiaRossiya 2
 SingaporeSuperSports
 SpainCanal+
 South AfricaSuperSport
 ThailandTrue Sport
 UkraineXSPORT
 United KingdomBoxNation
 United StatesShowtime PPV
US Military AFN Sports
 VenezuelaMeridiano
Space

1The GMA News TV telecast ceased commercial operations due to high airtime cost with live coverage via satellite feed of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, part of GMA News TV ceased broadcasting operations due to the network's "disappointing" development. The GMA Network management announced that GMA News TV would sign-off on December 31, 2013, but the sign-off never materialized.

References
  1. Lem Satterfield (30 May 2013). "Mayweather-Alvarez is set for Sept. 14 – RingTV". Ringtv.com. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. Dan Rafael (30 May 2013). "Mayweather-Alvarez to fight at 152". ESPN. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. "Google Trends 2013: 'Mayweather vs Canelo' breaks top 10 in U.S". Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  4. "Floyd Mayweather vs Canelo Alvarez - as it happened". The Guardian. London. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  5. "Mayweather wins majority decision vs. Alvarez". USA Today. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  6. "As it happened". BBC Sport. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  7. "Mayweather dominates Alvarez despite laughable scorecards". The Ring. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  8. Staff, B. N. "Looking back on that infamous CJ Ross Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez scorecard - Boxing News". www.boxingnewsonline.net. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  9. Christ, Scott (2013-09-15). "CJ Ross: 'I stand behind my decision'". Bad Left Hook. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
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