| Fight Date: | September 14, 2013 |
| Fight Name: | The One |
| Location: | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| Titles: | WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring light middleweight titles |
| Fighter1: |  Floyd Mayweather Jr. |
| Nickname1: | Money |
| Record1: | 44–0 (26 KO) |
| Hometown1: | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Height1: | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight1: | 150+1/2 lb |
| Style1: | Orthodox |
| Recognition1: | WBC and The Ring welterweight champion WBA (Super) light middleweight champion The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 5-division world champion |
| Fighter2: |  Saúl Álvarez |
| Nickname2: | Canelo ("Cinnamon") |
| Record2: | 42–0–1 (30 KO) |
| Hometown2: | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Height2: | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight2: | 152 lb |
| Style2: | Orthodox |
| Recognition2: | WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring light middleweight champion The Ring No. 9 ranked pound-for-pound fighter |
| Result: | Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round majority decision (114–114, 116–112, 117–111) |
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, billed as The One, was a boxing light middleweight championship superfight. The bout was held on September 14, 2013, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on Showtime PPV. The bout took place at a 152-pound catchweight, two pounds below the light middleweight limit of 154 pounds.[1] [2] Mayweather received $41.5 million for this fight before taking into account pay-per-view sales.[3]
The fight was won by Mayweather in a 12-round majority decision in front of a sold out crowd of 16,746. Judge C. J. Ross scored the fight 114–114, a draw. Judge Dave Moretti had it 116–112, and Craig Metcalfe scored it 117–111. Ross retired after this fight, after the scorecards were roundly criticized for not reflecting how dominant Mayweather's performance was.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Out of 86 media scorecards, all 86 scored the fight for Mayweather, with an average score of 119-109.[9]
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light middleweight | Floyd Mayweather Jr. (c) | def. | Canelo Álvarez (c) | MD | 12/12 | ||||
| Light welterweight | Danny García (c) | def. |  Lucas Matthysse (ic) | UD | 12/12 | ||||
| Light middleweight | Carlos Amado Molina | def. | Ishe Smith (c) | SD | 12/12 | ||||
| Welterweight | Pablo César Cano | def. |  Ashley Theophane | SD | 10/10 | ||||
| Super middleweight | def. | Shujaa El Amin | UD | 8/8 | |||||
| Middleweight | Chris Pearson | def. | Josh Williams | TKO | 1/8 | 1:14 | |||
| Super middleweight | Luís Arias | def. | James Winchester | UD | 6/6 | ||||
| Super middleweight | Lanell Bellows | def. | Jordan Moore | KO | 1/4 | 2:30 |
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1The GMA News TV telecast ceased commercial operations due to high airtime cost with live coverage via satellite feed of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, part of GMA News TV ceased broadcasting operations due to the network's "disappointing" development. The GMA Network management announced that GMA News TV would sign-off on December 31, 2013, but the sign-off never materialized.