Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez

"Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Márquez: Number One/Numero Uno" was a welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

superfight which took place on September 19, 2009, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas metropolitan area

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between five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (39-0, 25 KO

Knockout

A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

) and three-division champion Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion...

(50-4-1, 37 KO). The fight served as a return to the ring for Mayweather, who after his knock out victory

Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton, billed as Undefeated, was a boxing match that took place on December 8, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, between reigning WBC & The Ring welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and reigning The Ring light welterweight champion Ricky...

of Ricky Hatton

Ricky Hatton

Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....

in December 2007, announced he would take a two-year layoff from boxing which later turned into full blown retirement.

Mayweather successfully returned winning an unanimous decision

Unanimous decision

A unanimous decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all three judges agree on which fighter won the match....

Details

The fight took place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada under the promotion of Golden Boy Promotions

Golden Boy Promotions

Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is a combat sport promotional firm started by former boxer six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya...

and Mayweather Promotions. It was contested at 146 pounds, with no titles being on the line.

The fight was televised on HBO Pay-Per-View

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, with the cost to watch the fight at $49.95 in the USA. It was also shown in movie theaters across the country via NCM Fathom

National CineMedia

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.

This fight sold over 1,000,000 PPV buys generating over $52 Million in sales.

Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel Márquez

made a guaranteed $3.2 million, as well as an additional $600,000 due to Floyd Mayweather, Jr. coming in two pounds over the 144 lbs weight limit. Floyd Mayweather earned $10.0 million.

Hype

As part of the buildup for the fight, HBO produced an unprecedented four-part prelude. The series, titled Mayweather-Marquez 24/7, aired installments on the final three Sundays of September, with the fourth installment airing on Friday, September 18, one day before the fight.
The series focused on each fighter's training and preparation for the bout. Promoted as the return of Floyd Mayweather, promoters labeled it Number One/Numero Uno due to Mayweather's previous position as pound-for-pound boxing champion and Marquez's position as Mexico's number one fighter.

Bout

The opening round was largely a feeling-out round as Mayweather worked with a quick jab and a lunging left hand. Marquez threw the occasional hook but was unable to connect against the speedy Mayweather. A minute into Round 2, Marquez landed a right hand that got the attention of Mayweather. A Mayweather left hook, however, caught Marquez coming in and put him down midway through the round. He was up quickly and received a mandatory eight-count. Mayweather continued to outbox Marquez in the third, finding success with the lunging left hook. Mayweather continued to show impeccable defensive skills in Round 4 making Marquez miss with most of his shots. Marquez did land another right hand in the final minute, however, that brought a smile to the face of Mayweather. By the end of Round 4, Mayweather had opened a small cut above the right eye of Marquez. Round 5 saw Mayweather continue to be too fast for Marquez. He began landing more frequently with both left and right hands. Marquez did seem to have a greater sense of urgency in Round 5 as he was clearly trailing on the cards. The disparity between the two fighters grew in the 6th as Mayweather began landing a lead right hand that at one point wobbled Marquez, who had begun bleeding from the nose. Marquez was simply unable to land against the supremely quick Mayweather, who either dodged the attack outright or shoulder rolled it with ease. Round 7 saw Mayweather continuing to land with the jab and looking to land uppercuts as Marquez came in. Marquez at one point had Mayweather backed into the ropes but could not connect against Mayweather's movement. In the last minute of Round 8, Mayweather backed against the ropes and encouraged Marquez to attack, at which Marquez came in wildly throwing hooks to the body. As the bell rang, Mayweather smiled walking to his corner attempting to further aggravate Marquez. Marquez opening the 9th Round strong and was able to land against Mayweather intermittently. A big left hand, however, caught Marquez flush toward the end of the round. The 10th Round continued with much of the same; Mayweather landing the occasional lunging left hand and lead right and Marquez showing desire but not connecting with anything of significance. In the 11th Round, Marquez continued to show effort but still took big punches. The final round went like the many previous with Mayweather totally in control.

Reception

The Bout generated 1 million pay-per-view buys, and is just the sixth highest ranking non-heavyweight event to generate 1 million buys on a list headed by Mayweather's split-decision victory over Oscar De La Hoya in 2007, which had a record 2.44 million. This was later beaten by the reported 1.25 million Pacquiao-Cotto fight.

Controversy

Because Marquez had never before fought above 135 lbs and had fought at 130 lbs as recently as March 2008, while Mayweather had campaigned at 147 lbs since 2005, the fight was scheduled to take place at a catchweight of 144 lbs to account for the size disparity between the two fighters. The fight was originally scheduled for July 18, 2009 at the MGM Grand arena but was postponed due to a rib injury sustained by Mayweather. The bout was rescheduled for September 19, 2009. During the official weigh in for their 144 lb bout, Marquez weighed in at 142 lbs and Mayweather weighed in at 146 lbs thereby incurring a financial penalty ($300,000 for each pound over 144 lbs) as he was 2 pounds over the catchweight. It was later revealed that the contract was changed a few days prior to the weigh in so that Mayweather would be allowed to weigh up to the welterweight limit of 147 lbs while avoiding paying an additional fine to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, in addition to the fine he agreed to pay to Marquez.

Televised

Welterweight bout: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes...

vs. Juan Manuel Márquez
Juan Manuel Márquez
Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion...

Mayweather defeats Marquez via Unanimous Decision. (120-107, 119-108, 118-109)

Featherweight Championship bout: Chris John
Chris John (boxer)
Yohannes Christian John is an Indonesian professional boxer, and the current WBA featherweight champion....

vs. Rocky Juarez
Rocky Juarez
Ricardo Rocky Juarez is a professional Mexican-American boxer. Juarez has a current professional record of 28 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, with 19 wins coming by way of knockout.- Professional career :...

John defeats Juarez via Unanimous Decision. (119-109, 117-111, 114-113)

Lightweight bout: Michael Katsidis
Michael Katsidis
Michael Alan Katsidis is an Australian professional boxer of Greek descent. He is a former two-time WBO interim lightweight titleholder whose crowd-pleasing, all-action fighting style has often drawn comparisons with the late Arturo Gatti.-Amateur career:In an amateur career which began at the...

vs. Vicente Escobedo
Vicente Escobedo
Vicente Escobedo is an American professional boxer of Mexican descent.-Amateur career:As an amateur Escobedo boxed out of the Woodland Boxing Club....

Katsidis defeats Escobedo via Split Decision. (118-110, 115-113, 112-116)

Preliminary card

Featherweight bout: Cornelius Lock
Cornelius Lock
Cornelius Eugene Lock is a professional boxer in the Lightweight division and is the former WBO NABO Featherweight Champion.-Pro career:...

vs. Orlando Cruz

Lock defeats Cruz via Technical Knockout at 2:08 of the fifth round.

Welterweight bout: Said Ouali
Said Ouali
Said Ouali is a Belgian professional boxer at welterweight. His nicknames include "Prince", "The Crowd Pleaser" and "The Maaseik Sledgehammer" .- Early life :...

vs. Francisco Rios Gil

Ouali defeats Rios Gil via Technical Knockout at 1:27 of the second round.

Middleweight bout: Erislandy Lara vs. Jose Varela

Lara defeats Varela via Knockout at 2:12 of the first round.

Light Welterweight bout: Jesse Vargas
Jesse Vargas
Jessie Vargas is an undefeated Mexican-American boxer in the Light Welterweight division. Vargas is trained by Robert Alcazar and is signed to Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s boxing company, Mayweather Promotions....

vs. Raul Tovar

Vargas defeats Tovar via Unanimous Decision. (60-52, 60-52, 59-53)

Super Middleweight: Dion Savage vs. Loren Myers

Savage defeats Myers via Technical Knockout at 0:22 of the fourth round.

Lightweight bout: Michael Perez vs. Richard Ellis

Perez defeats Ellis via Unanimous Decision. (40-34, 39-35, 38-36)

International broadcasting

The exclusive coverage in the Mayweather-Marquez fight at the following international broadcasters:

Country	Broadcaster
Albania	SuperSport 1 SuperSport Albania SuperSport Albania is a TV package that is part of the DigitAlb pay TV company. They broadcast a range of different sports. Some of the main sports that they broadcast are the Spanish Primera Division, Italian Serie A, French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, Dutch Eredivisie, Liga Sagres of Portugal,...
Argentina	TyC Sports Torneos y Competencias Torneos y Competencias is an Argentine sports communications firm created by businessman Carlos Ávila, who has left the company...
Australia	Main Event Main Event Main Event is Australia's only pay-per-view channel. It transmits through Foxtel, Optus Television and Austar, which jointly own the channel...
Brazil	SporTV SporTV SporTV is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 1991 by Globosat. It's the most watched sports channel in Brazil.- Auto Racing :Formula One Stock Car Brasil...
Chile	ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN + is an ESPN channel based in Argentina broadcasting to 8 countries of South America. Its programming is mostly football, tennis and rugby union related...
Czech Republic	Sport 1 Sport 1 Sport 1 is a European sports channel which is currently available in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania broadcasting in different languages...
Denmark	TV2 Sport TV 2 Sport (Denmark) TV 2 Sport is a Danish sports channel operated as a joint-venture between Danish TV 2 and Swedish Modern Times Group.MTG launched a dedicated Danish version of its Viasat Sport channel in January 2002...
Fiji	Sky Pacific Sky Pacific Sky Pacific is a Fijian pay tv owned by Fiji Television which is a direct-to-home satellite delivered service which carries 16 pay channels to subscribers in Fiji and across the Pacific.-Channels available:...
Early Modern France	Canal+ Canal+ Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...
Germany	Sky Sport 1 Sky Sport (Germany) Sky Sport is a German set of sports channels.Events broadcast on the channels include UEFA Champions League, DFB-Pokal , UEFA Cup, Premier League, Formula One, DEL, golf and professional wrestling like WWE and TNA...
Greece	Nova Sports 4
Hungary	Sport 2 Sport 1 Sport 1 is a European sports channel which is currently available in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania broadcasting in different languages...
Italy	Sky Calcio 12 Sky Italia Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 1 August 2003, when the former platforms TELE+ and Stream TV merged together...
Malaysia	Astro SuperSport 2
Mexico	Canal 5 Televisa Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
New Zealand	SKY Box Office 200 SKY Network Television Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:808,617 digital subscribers20,840 other subscribers...
Philippines	ABS-CBN (live via satellite) Studio 23 Studio 23 Studio 23 is a Filipino television network owned by the ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV, which is carried on UHF channel 23... (primetime telecast) Note: The 19th birthday celebration of Erich Gonzales Erich Gonzales Erika Chryselle Gonzales Gancayco known as Erich Gonzales, is a Filipina actress and one of ABS-CBN's Star Magic artists.-Biography:... was cancelled.
Poland	Polsat Sport Extra Polsat Sport Extra Polsat Sport Extra is a Polish television channel owned and operated by Polsat....
Portugal	SPORT TV2 Sport TV SportTV is the brand name for a group of seven Portuguese sports-oriented television channels. SportTV is the dominant subscription television sports brand in Portugal. The first channel, then known as only SportTV, was launched on 16 September 1998 and is produced by ZON Multimédia and...
Qatar	Al Jazeera Sports 1 Al Jazeera Sports Al Jazeera Sports is a popular Arabic-language sports channel launched in November 2003 by the well-known Al Jazeera network.Al Jazeera Sports also owns the exclusive broadcasting rights in the Middle East for major football leagues, such as the Spanish La Liga, the French Ligue 1 and the Italian...
Kingdom of Romania	Sport.ro Sport.ro Sport.ro is a private channel in Romania, launched on July 27, 2003 and dedicated entirely to sports. Sport.ro reaches nearly 64% of the population of 21.5 million inhabitants of Romania and its broadcast schedule contains domestic and international sporting events...
Russia	NTV Plus Sport NTV Plus Sport NTV Plus Sport is Russia's first dedicated sports channel. It is a part of the NTV Plus network....
Slovakia	Sport 1 Sport 1 Sport 1 is a European sports channel which is currently available in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania broadcasting in different languages...
South Africa	SuperSport 2
Spain	Taquilla 3
Ukraine	Sport 1
United Kingdom	Sky Sports 1 Sky Sports Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
United States	HBO PPV
	Movie Theaters via NCM Fathom National CineMedia National CineMedia operates NCM Media Networks, an integrated media company reaching U.S. consumers in movie theaters, online and through mobile technology...
	US Military via AFN Sports American Forces Network The American Forces Network is the brand name used by the United States Armed Forces American Forces Radio and Television Service for its entertainment and command internal information networks worldwide...
Venezuela	Meridiano Meridiano Televisión -History:Meridiano Televisión was created in 1996 as a privately owned television network in Venezuela, exclusively dedicated to national and international sports...

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