MAYWEATHER: THE PRETTY BOY IS BACK TO WHERE HE RIGHTLY BELONGS

IS FLOYD GONNA BE THE GREATEST EVER?

Is he the new Mohammed Ali?

Excluisve pound for pound report By Osage Cerutti, with kind information from AFP

 

He is pretty, classy and power packed.

Floyd Mayweather further strengthened his claim to greatness with a one-sided defeat of Saul Alvarez in Las Vegas.

In doing so the 36-year-old American secured the WBC and WBA light-middleweight titles and stretched his unbeaten professional run to 45 fights.
He pockets upwards of $45m (£26.1m) for his efforts, a world record purse, and the fight is set to go down as the most lucrative pay-per-view show in history.
The judges scored the fight 114-114, 116-112, 117-111.
Mayweather was never threatened, making his Mexican foe look ordinary at times, and the announcement of CJ Ross's drawn card was met with stunned silence.
"It is about skills," said five-weight world champion Mayweather. "I came out and showed my skills.
"I just listened to my corner, listened to my dad [Floyd Sr, who is also his trainer]. My dad had a brilliant game-plan and I went out there and got the job done.''
"I didn't know how to get him - it's extremely simple,'' said Alvarez, who was previously unbeaten in 43 fights.
This is big deal   for according to agency report the Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr said he dislocated his left elbow in the middle of his majority points decision over previously unbeaten Saul Alvarez on that night.
The 36-year-old Mayweather earned a the  purse for a dominating 12-round victory in which he claimed Alvarez's World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association super welterweight belts.
"I could have used more combinations down the stretch. I think I dislocated my elbow," said Mayweather during the post-fight news conference.

Telling blow: Mayweather (R) throws throws a left at Saul Alvarez. Photo: AFP

Mayweather said that for rounds six and seven he couldn't use his jab because of the suspected dislocated elbow, although round seven still turned out to be one of his strongest of the fight.

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"My arm was hurting, and I wanted to stop using my jab and just paw with it," Mayweather said.
Doctors were expected to examine the elbow this week.

Alvarez lands a left jab on Mayweather. Photo: Getty Images

He used his superior hand speed to keep Alvarez at bay, but Mayweather still only managed to win the fight on two of the three judge's scorecards.
Judge CJ Ross surprisingly scored it a draw, 114-114. The other two judges, Craig Metcalfe (117-111) and Dave Moretti (116-112) had Mayweather winning in a breeze.
Ross surprised many by giving six rounds to Alvarez. She is also one of two judges who scored a win for Timothy Bradley over Manny Pacquiao last year.

Mayweather celebrates his victory with Justin Bieber. Photo: AFP

Mayweather criticised Ross after the fight.
"I think it is a woman, and she could be older," said Mayweather.
Mayweather was fighting for just the second time since being released from prison after serving a sentence for assaulting the mother of his children.
Mayweather gave away 13 years in age and 15 pounds to the younger and stronger Alvarez.
The Mexican fighter tipped the scales at Friday's weigh-in right on the 69kg catch weight. But by the time he entered the ring, Alvarez had ballooned to 75kg, 6kg heavier than he was at the weigh-in. It was also 4.5kg heavier than the weight he had been sparring at in the week leading up to the fight.
The added weight made him look slow and awkward in the ring as he suffered the first loss of his career.
This was the second fight in Mayweather's six-bout, 30-month contract with Showtime that could pay him more than $US200 million.
Saturday's fight marked the first time since 2007 that he has fought twice in a calendar year, and Mayweather said he plans to repeat that schedule in 2014 and 2015 by fighting in May and September.
Mayweather repeated several times after the fight that he is counting down the months until retirement, and he believes he will stop boxing sometime in 2015.
"I only got 24 months left," he said.