Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saúl Álvarez
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| Date | September 14, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC Super Welterweight title. WBA (Super) Super Welterweight title. The Ring Junior Middleweight title. |
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| Boxer |  Floyd Mayweather Jr. |
 Saúl Álvarez |
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| Nickname | Money | Canelo | |
| Hometown | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | |
| Pre-fight record | 44–0–0 (26 KO) | 42–0–1 (30 KO) | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Style | Orthodox | Orthodox | |
| Recognition |
WBA Super Welterweight (Super) Champion. WBC Welterweight Champion. Ring Welterweight Champion. Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound. Ring No. 1 ranked welterweight. |
WBA Super Welterweight Champion. WBC Super Welterweight. Ring Super Welterweight Champion. Ring No. 9 ranked pound-for-pound. Ring No. 1 ranked Jr. Middleweight. |
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. Mayweather received $41.5 million for this fight before taking into account pay-per-view sales.
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. Judge Ross retired after this fight.
^Note 1 For WBA (Super), WBC & The Ring light middleweight titles.
^Note 2 For WBA (Super), WBC & The Ring light welterweight titles.
^Note 3 For IBF junior middleweight title.
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