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Perfect Mayweather sees off Maidana to unify belts

Source: AFP | May 5, 2014, Monday |

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POUND-FOR-POUND king Floyd Mayweather ran his perfect record to 46-0 with a 12-round majority decision over Marcos Maidana in a welterweight world title unification bout in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

The 37-year-old American Mayweather retained his World Boxing Council world title and took Maidana’s World Boxing Association belt, winning the fight on two of the three judges’ scorecards, with the third scoring it a draw.

“It was a tough competitive fight tonight,” Mayweather said. “I stayed in there. I wanted to stand and fight. I could have made this fight easy but it would have been boring.”

Mayweather, who was an 11-1 favorite heading into the fight, received scores of 117-111 and 116-112. The third judge scored it 114-114.

Mayweather did not get the decisive victory that so many had predicted as the more aggressive Maidana gave him all he could handle.

The event was marred when a large crowd of fans, fearing what they thought was a gunshot, rushed in panic towards the exit. Some two dozen fans were injured in the melee and some were hospitalized.

Argentina’s Maidana, 30, was upset with the way the fight was scored, saying he was “robbed” of the decision.

“I definitely think I won,” Maidana said. “He didn’t fight like a man. Nobody has ever attacked him the way I did. And nobody has ever landed punches the way I did.”

Also, British star Amir Khan made his debut in the welterweight division a successful one, winning a unanimous decision over former champion Luis Collazo.

The 27-year-old Khan, who was fighting for the first time after a 12-month layoff, knocked Collazo down three times in the non-title fight. Khan looked impressive in the 67kg division debut, winning on all three judges’ scorecards. Two judges scored it 119-104 while the other had it 117-106.

Khan hopes that this win puts him in line to fight Mayweather next. “Definitely, people want to see that fight between me and Floyd,” Khan said.

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