Fight Date: | September 12, 2015 |
Fight Name: | High Stakes |
Location: | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
Fighter1: | Floyd Mayweather Jr. |
Nickname1: | Money |
Record1: | 48–0 (26 KO) |
Hometown1: | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Height1: | 5 ft 8 in |
Weight1: | 146 lb |
Style1: | Orthodox |
Recognition1: | WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion WBA (Super) and WBC super welterweight champion The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 5-division world champion |
Fighter2: | Andre Berto |
Weight2: | 145 lb |
Nickname2: | The Beast |
Record2: | 30–3 (23 KO) |
Hometown2: | Winter Haven, Florida, U.S. |
Height2: | 5 ft 6+1/2 in |
Style2: | Orthodox |
Recognition2: | WBA interim welterweight champion Former two-time welterweight champion |
Titles: | WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles |
Result: | Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round unanimous decision (118-110, 117-111, 120-108) |
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]
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]
Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Welterweight | Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c) | def. | Andre Berto | UD | 12/12 | |||
Super Middleweight | Badou Jack (c) | def. | George Groves | SD | 12/12 | |||
Super Featherweight | Román Martínez (c) | vs | Orlando Salido | SD | 12/12 | |||
Super Welterweight | Vanes Martirosyan | def. | Ishe Smith | MD | 10/10 | |||
Super Featherweight | Jonathan Oquendo | def. | Jhonny González | MD | 10/10 | |||
Middleweight | Christopher Pearson | def. | Janks Trotter | TKO | 7/10 | |||
Super Middleweight | Ronald Gavril | def. | Scott Sigmon | RTD | 8/10 | |||
Welterweight | Ashley Theophane | def. | Steve Upsher Chambers | UD | 10/10 | |||
Lightweight | Gervonta Davis | def. | Recky Dulay | TKO | 1/6 | |||
Welterweight | Sanjarbek Rakhmanov | def. | Farkhad Sharipov | UD | 6/6 | |||
Super Lightweight | Trakwon Pettis | def. | Devonte Seay | TKO | 1/4 |
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]