Deliverance for Mayweather
Boxing’s bad boy beat the Golden Boy in one of the richest fights ever, using his superb defensive skills and superior speed to take a 12-round split decision and win the WBC 154-pound title in his first fight at that weight.
He didn’t impress the pro-De La Hoya crowd that roared with every punch thrown by their hero, and even Floyd Mayweather Sr thought his son had lost. But Mayweather landed the harder punches and landed them more often, and that was enough to eke out yet another win.
