Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero, billed as May Day, was a boxing welterweight championship superfight for Mayweather Jr.'s WBC welterweight title and vacant The Ring welterweight title.[1] The bout was held on May 4, 2013, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on Showtime PPV. The bout was the first major televised fight of Mayweather's career to not be aired on HBO PPV. The card featured some of the rising stars of Mayweather Promotions: J'Leon Love, Badou Jack, Luis Arias, Ronald Gavril and Lanell Bellows.[2] Mayweather won via unanimous decision with Guerrero winning the first 3 rounds, before Mayweather adjusted and won from the 4th to 12th round.

May Day
DateMay 4, 2013
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBC and vacant The Ring welterweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Robert Guerrero
Nickname Money The Ghost
Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Gilroy, California, U.S.
Pre-fight record 43–0 (26 KO) 31–1–1–2 (18 KO)
Age 36 30
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 146 lb (66 kg) 147 lb (67 kg)
Style Orthodox Southpaw
Recognition WBC welterweight champion
WBA (Super) super welterweight champion
The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
5-division world champion		 WBC interim welterweight champion
The Ring No. 8 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
2-division world champion
Result
Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round unanimous decision (117-111, 117-111, 117-111)

Reception

Mayweather's assistant trainer (his father) advised him onto a very defensive strategy, saying that "the less you get hit, the longer you last". This style of fighting elicited boos from the crowd especially during the 11th and 12th round when Floyd may have believed he had the score "locked up" already and didn't need to win any more rounds, saying that "When you're up on the cards, box smart."[3][4][5][6]

Fight earnings

Floyd Mayweather equaled his own all time base purse record with a guaranteed $32 million.[7] Robert Guerrero was guaranteed $3 million.[8]

Fight Card
Weight Class Result Round Time Notes
Welterweight United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. def. United States Robert Guerrero Unanimous Decision 12 3:00 Championship bout.
Featherweight Mexico Abner Mares def. Mexico Daniel Ponce De Leon TKO 9 2:20 Championship bout.
Super Bantamweight Mexico Léo Santa Cruz def. Venezuela Alexander Muñoz TKO 5 1:05
Middleweight United States J'Leon Love vs. United States Gabriel Rosado No Contest 10 3:00
Super Middleweight Romania Ronald Gavril def. United States Roberto Yong TKO 3 2:12
Super Middleweight United States Lanell Bellows def. United States Matt Garretson TKO 4 0:32
Super Middleweight United States Luis Arias def. United States DonYil Livingston Majority Decision 6 3:00
Light Heavyweight Sweden Badou Jack def. Ghana Michael Gbenga TKO 3 2:26

International broadcasting
Country Broadcaster
 AustraliaMain Event
 BrazilSporTV
 CanadaBell TV PPV
 ChinaCCTV-5
 DenmarkTV3 Sport
 EstoniaViasat Sport Baltic
 FrancebeIN Sport
 JapanWOWOW
 LatviaViasat Sport Baltic
 LithuaniaViasat Sport Baltic
 MalaysiaAstro
 MexicoTelevisa Deportes
 New ZealandSky Arena
 NorwayViasat Sport
 PanamaRPC-TV
 PhilippinesSolar Sports, GMA Network, GMA News TV† and AKTV on IBC††
 PolandOrange Sport
 PortugalSport TV
 QatarAl Jazeera Sports
 RomaniaGSP TV
 RussiaNTV Plus
 SpainCanal+
 South AfricaSuperSport
 ThailandTrueVisions
 United KingdomBoxNation
 United StatesShowtime PPV
 VenezuelaMeridiano

† The GMA News TV version cancelled due to low ratings of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero, billed as May Day
†† AKTV on IBC coverage have stopped airing due to high blocktime costs of Mayweather-Guerrero fight during primetime telecast. The last AKTV sports block before its shut down on May 31, 2013.

References
  1. "Ring Ratings Update: Mayweather-Guerrero for RING welterweight title". CraveOnline. 2013-03-06.
  2. "Mayweather Promotions Fighters". mayweatherpromotions.com. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  3. "Floyd Mayweather Jr Proves Now". espn. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  4. sports.yahoo.com
  5. bostonherald.com
  6. "Floyd Mayweather beats Robert Guerrero - as it happened". Guardian. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  7. "Floyd Mayweather equals his own all-time record with $32 million base purse". 2013-05-03.
  8. "Mayweather vs. Guerrero Fight Purse: Money is Worth Every Penny of Guarantee". Bleacher Report.
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