Mayweather vs. Cotto: Final Score Card for Epic Showdown

Floyd Mayweather went toe-to-toe with Miguel Cotto in an epic fight and won his 43rd consecutive match in impressive fashion, earning the WBA Super Light Middleweight Title in the process.

The final score card: Hoyle, 118-110; Morse Jarman, 117-111; Moretti 117-111—giving a resounding unanimous decision if favor of Mayweather.

Fans have long desired to see if Money May could stand up to the challenge of a big hitter like Cotto. Everyone knows he is one of the best defensive boxers of all time, but what we didn't know was whether or not Mayweather could duke it out and come away victorious.

After the first couple of rounds yielded little in the way of big-time action, both fighters started lighting one another up with big blows from the third round until the finish.

Cotto dished out more punishment than we're used to seeing Mayweather absorb—at times causing Baby Face's nose and mouth to bleed—but in the end it was Cotto who came away looking worse for the wear.

The early rounds all belonged to Mayweather. His speed and precision was on full display, and Cotto wasn't able to stop the blows from raining down on his head.

Cotto made a charge in the middle of the fight, winning the eighth round outright by keeping Mayweather trapped in the corner and landing body shots and gorgeous combos the entire round.

Mayweather was too resilient a champion to fall so easily, though, and in the end it was he who triumphed. He dominated the final four rounds, landing devastating uppercuts to go along with his patented straight right.

They saved the best for last. Both men came out guns blazing in the 12th round to the delight of the 16,047 people who were fortunate enough to land tickets to the fight.

Mayweather looked fresher in that final round than he had all night long, finishing off the fight with a flourish of combos, visibly hurting Cotto.

Both fighters gave it their all, but in the end only one was left standing.

What Next?

Mayweather will now head off to jail for a potential 87-day stay due to misdemeanor domestic violence and harassment charges (h/t New York Times).

He wants to fight Manny Pacquiao next, but we've been hearing that old tune or months now. The two sides are bound to get a deal done sometime in the future, though. They are running out of capable fighters to go against in the meantime.

Mayweather commented on the possibility of finally doing the deal to make the fight happen after his victory over Cotto, via USA Today:

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I'm just really tired of the media and the people being fooled. The truth is, (Pacquiao's promoter) Bob Arum is not going to let the fight happen. It's not on me. I went to Pacquiao and offered him $40 million, and told him I would wire him $20 million within 48 hours. He turned me down and said he wanted a 50-50 split. I'm like, how can you ask for 50-50 and you're not doing the same numbers that I'm doing.

I don't know where we're going to go from here because we basically fought everyone in the sport

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That doesn't sound promising, but there isn't much left for Mayweather to do after he gets out of jail except try to get the deal finished.

As for Cotto, it's unknown what his intentions are following this devastating loss. He has now failed to beat both Mayweather and Pacquiao, and there isn't much left to do except go back to the drawing board and try to build up some more momentum to get one last shot at one of them before he's done.

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