Floyd_Mayweather_vs._Andre_Berto

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto, billed as High Stakes, was a professional boxing fight, contested for the welterweight championship. The bout was held on September 12, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Showtime PPV[1] Mayweather Jr. confirmed his retirement after the bout.[2]

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Mayweather dominated the fight, landing an impressive 56% [232/410] punches thrown, and 67% of power punches [132/196] compared to Berto's underwhelming number of 16% [83/495] punches landed and 22% [39/177] of power punches thrown.[3] Mayweather won the fight, 120-108, 118-110 and 117-111.[4][5]

Fight card

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^Note 1 for WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles
^Note 2 For WBC super middleweight title
^Note 3 For WBO super featherweight title

Broadcast

The telecast of the fight was televised via Showtime PPV, with its price set at US$64.99. For the first time in Showtime history, viewers were also able to purchase and watch the PPV online through the CBS website; those who purchase the fight online also received a free 3-month subscription to CBS All Access. The move to offer the fight online by official means was considered to be in response to the unauthorized redistribution of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.[6]

Estimates reported the number of PPV buys for the fight to be around 400,000, which was the lowest for a Mayweather fight in almost a decade.[7]


References

  1. "Mayweather officially fighting Andre Berto". TMZ.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  2. Loop, Nate. "Results and Punch Stats from Mayweather vs. Berto". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  3. "Floyd Mayweather 'ends career' undefeated after one-sided victory over Andre Berto". Guardian. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  4. "Floyd Mayweather (49-0) decisions Andre Berto in one-sided send-off". ESPN. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. "CBS to Live Stream Showtime's Mayweather-Berto Fight". Variety. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  6. "The pay per view numbers for Mayweather-Berto are not good". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

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