Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto
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| Date | May 5, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA (Super) super welterweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round unanimous decision (117-111, 117-111, 118-110) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto, billed as Ring Kings, was a boxing super welterweight bout held on May 5, 2012, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[1] Mayweather won the fight by unanimous decision in what was deemed to be a clear, but very competitive and exciting victory for Floyd.
Drug Testing
[edit]Both fighters agreed to random blood and urine testing for the fight, which Mayweather had demanded of his most recent opponents at the time.[2]
Background
[edit]Mayweather
[edit]There was immediate speculation as to whom Mayweather would fight. Many felt that he should fight eight division champion, Manny Pacquiao. Indeed Mayweather called out Pacquiao via Twitter.[3] Negotiations for the fight hit the wall, however, when there were arguments over the venue[4] and how the money from the fight should be split.[5]
Mayweather has had one previous fight in the 154-pound division, which was when he outpointed Oscar De La Hoya to win a belt in May 2007.
Mayweather reclaimed one of his old welterweight titles by knocking out Victor Ortiz controversially in the fourth round at the MGM Grand on Sept. 17, 2011.[6]
Cotto
[edit]Making the third defense of his title, Cotto was in a fight without Top Rank as his promoter for the first time in his career. His contract with Bob Arum's company expired following his Dec. 3 revenge, 10th-round knockout victory against Antonio Margarito and he will be working with Golden Boy Promotions, Top Rank's archrival, on the fight with Mayweather.
Reported fight earnings
[edit]- Floyd Mayweather Jr. guaranteed $45 million vs. Miguel Angel Cotto $8 million
- Shane Mosley $750,000 vs. Canelo Álvarez $2 million
The fight drew 1.5 Million pay per view buys.[7]
Main card
[edit]- Super Welterweight Championship bout:
Floyd Mayweather vs. 
Miguel Cotto (c)
Mayweather wins by UD with scores of 118-110 and 117-111 twice.[8]
- Super Welterweight Championship bout:
Canelo Álvarez (c) vs. Shane Mosley
Alvarez wins by UD with scores of 119-109 twice and 118-110.[9]
- Light Welterweight bout: Jessie Vargas vs Steve Forbes
Vargas wins by UD with scores of 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93.[10]
- Super Welterweight bout: Deandre Latimore vs Carlos Quintana
Quintana wins by KO (6)
Preliminary card
[edit]- Welterweight bout: Keith Thurman vs Brandon Hoskins
Thurman wins by TKO (3)
- Featherweight bout: Braulio Santos vs Juan Sandoval
- Lightweight bout: Jeffrey Fontanez vs Benna Acaba
- Lightweight bout: Omar Figueroa vs Robbie Cannon
- Welterweight bout: Antonio Orozco vs Dillet Frederick
International broadcasting
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References
[edit]- ^ Mayweather vs Cotto Confirmed For May 5th at MGM Grand – Boxing News. Boxingscene.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
- ^ Floyd Mayweather Jr. granted license to fight Miguel Cotto – ESPN. Espn.go.com (2012-02-02). Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
- ^ Mayweather calls out Pacquiao on Twitter – Boxing – Yahoo! Sports Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine. Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
- ^ Mayweather and Pacquiao had phone conversation | Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao. Mayweathervspacquiaofight.net. Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
- ^ Christ, Scott. (2012-01-20) Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Mayweather Won't Give Pacquiao a 50–50 Split. Bad Left Hook. Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
- ^ Rafael, Dan. (2012-02-01) Floyd Mayweather to fight Miguel Cotto. ESPN. Retrieved on 2012-02-01.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/floydmayweather/posts/233530213422960 [user-generated source]
- ^ "BoxRec - Floyd Mayweather Jr". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
- ^ "Saul Alvarez vs. Shane Mosley - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
- ^ "Jessie Vargas vs. Steve Forbes - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.