Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Results: Final Scorecards, Fight Highlights and Stats

The hugely anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao may have lacked any real fireworks, but it was a demonstration of the art of boxing by the winner.

Mayweather won a unanimous verdict at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to extend his unbeaten record to 48 wins from 48 fights, per BoxRec.com, as he unified the WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.

He was also a clear winner on the scorecards as judge Dave Moretti scored it 118 to 110 in Mayweather’s favour, while Glenn Feldman and Burt Clements both gave it 116 to 112 to the American.

Mayweather was happy with how the fight went and had no qualms with Pacquiao winning some rounds, per Sky Sports.

“I knew he was going to push me and win some rounds,” said Mayweather. “He had some moments in the fight but I kept him on the outside.”

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Pacquiao, as you would probably expect, was less happy with how the judges scored the fight.

“Well it’s a good fight, I thought I won the fight,” said Pacquiao, per Sky Sports. “He didn’t do nothing, he moved away. I got him many times with solid punches. I thought I won the fight.”

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Rodney Berman, the Chief Executive Officer of Golden Gloves, also questioned the scoring from the judges, per Marc Lewis of Eyewitness News, saying: “It was very lopsided and it must be justice to Pacquiao to win 118 and it is very clear that he won some rounds clearly."

The stats, though, suggest Pacquiao’s traditional punching power was not as big a threat as usual. Ringside stats show that Mayweather was on top in all areas.

Mayweather even threw more punches than Pacquiao, with the Filipino well down on his usual number. That could be explained by the shoulder injury he suffered in the buildup to the fight, per Tim Dahlberg of AP.

Pacquiao, though, did enjoy some of the more memorable moments in the fight after Mayweather had controlled the opening three rounds and quelled any prospect of an early onslaught from his opponent.

In Round 4, Pacquiao had Mayweather retreating to the ropes following a big left hand, but the fight’s best moment came in Round 6. Pacquiao probably momentarily thought he had Mayweather in trouble after catching him with a clean head shot. But Mayweather simply shook his head and mouthed the word “No.” Given the way the rest of the fight went, it’s fair to say Mayweather didn’t really feel the effects of that punch.

Mayweather’s jab, which was almost three times as accurate as Pacquiao’s, kept him in control of the fight in Rounds 7 and 8. The two rounds after that offered little to suggest a change in the outcome, and Pacquiao needed a strong finish.

But in the penultimate round, Mayweather got in a few close-range shots to keep Pacquiao at bay, and a little foot shuffle in the last round from the winner demonstrated his complete control of the contest.

A rematch has been ruled out, and even allowing for Pacquiao’s injury, it’s hard to disagree with Mayweather’s father’s view that the fight would produce the same outcome, per Greg Beacham of The Associated Press:

Mayweather has confirmed he will have one more fight before retiring, per Sports Illustrated, and it would be fascinating to see him step into the ring with someone like Amir Khan or Kell Brook.

As for Pacquiao, he will need to recover from his shoulder injury before he can consider his next bout. If it was primarily the shoulder which hampered him against Mayweather, then he still has lots to offer in the division, and there are plenty of fights out there he could make.