Mayweather vs. Cotto: Twitter Reaction to Money May's Win

The undefeated reign of Floyd Mayweather continued on Saturday night, as he polished off Miguel Cotto to go 43-0 in his career.

And as might be expected, Twitter was rife with amusing anecdotes, interesting factoids and unique reactions during the event.

Let's take a look back on this fight, Twitter style.

"

Here's that video of Mayweather coming out last night in Vegas with ... Justin Bieber is.gd/R45x2t

— Jason McIntyre (@TheBigLead) May 6, 2012"

Yeah, that actually happened. Your guess is as good as mine.

"

Floyd Mayweather just lost a lot of street cred for having Justin Bieber walk out with him.

— Faux John Madden (@FauxJohnMadden) May 6, 2012"

True story.

"

At the very least, Floyd Mayweather is guaranteed $14,815 PER IN FIGHT SECOND tonight (if fight goes to cards)

— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) May 6, 2012"

"

In his entire life, Floyd Mayweather has spent about 16 hours in the ring actually fighting.

— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) May 6, 2012"

As usual, Darren Rovell had some interesting facts he sprinkled about before the fight. Pretty good stuff right there.

"

Floyd Mayweather is so money, and he knows it. #MayweatherBeatsCotto

— ESPN (@espn) May 6, 2012"

After the fight, the effusive praise began.

"

Floyd Mayweather won. In other news grass is green, the daytime sky is blue, water is wet, and Chris Bosh is soft.

— Not Bill Walton (@NotBillWalton) May 6, 2012"

Though we'd be lying if we didn't see a Mayweather win coming. There would be no Buster Douglass moment on this night.

"

Floyd Money Mayweather wins a unanimous decision in a fight that tested him like never before: 117-111, 117-111, 118-110.

— HBOboxing (@HBOboxing) May 6, 2012"

You know what might would actually test him like never before? Fighting Manny Pacquiao.

"

Floyd Mayweather is only as good as the people he fights.

— The Illuminati (@ThelIluminati) May 6, 2012"

I rest my case.


Hit me up on Twitter—my tweets are the mint juleps of the Internet.