Mayweather vs. Berto Results: Scorecard, Stats, Top Highlights and Comments

Floyd Mayweather Jr. did the expected in what he said was the final fight of his illustrious career on Saturday night, easily dispatching challenger Andre Berto in a unanimous decision after 12 rounds.

In improving his all-time record to 49-0 and tying Rocky Marciano's feat, Mayweather never faced any serious sort of test from Berto and danced around his opponent's attempts like they were coming in slow motion.

That allowed him to pick his moments of attack, leaving an impression on the judges that cemented his victory.

Even with Berto showing his resiliency during one or two rounds and seemingly winning a few, one judge had it scored a clean 120-108 sweep for Mayweather. Showtime Sports reported all three judges' scores:

There were many watching—and even more not watching—who downplayed Mayweather's presumed final fight due to both his ultra-defensive fighting style and his opponent's lack of accolades. But even in denial, it was hard to watch what unfolded on Saturday night and think of Mayweather as anything less than a magician in the ring.

With the 32-year-old challenger coming at him aggressively and throwing everything he could at him, Mayweather didn't look troubled in the least. His quickness allowed him to dodge every blow from Berto—from the significant to the light jabs—with relative ease.

The mismatch became evident very early on, as ESPN.com's Dan Rafael observed:

By the time the middle rounds had passed and Mayweather's victory came into further focus, nothing really changed for the pound-for-pound king. With the opportunity to take some extra chances and perhaps notch his first knockout in years to end his career on, he instead opted to stick to his game plan and continue wearing down Berto.

Simply put, Berto was swinging at air for the majority of the contest, as he landed less than 20 percent of his punches:

Those numbers are only where Mayweather's superiority begins in terms of statistics. CompuBox shared some unofficial numbers from the fight, which include Mayweather hitting 149 of 219 power shots (68 percent).

Meanwhile, Berto connected on just 39 of his 301 jab attempts—a painfully low mark. His game plan to mix things up backfired and then some with Mayweather's swift movement, as Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix noted:

Mayweather could have talked up his own game after the fight like he's known to do, but that's not really needed anymore. If his word is to be trusted, Money has hung up the gloves and is ready to rest on his illustrious career.

He shared some of his thoughts about retirement following the win, per Rafael: "You got to know when to hang it up, and it's time for me to hang it up," Mayweather said. "I'm not going to be doing this when I'm 40 years old. There's nothing else for me to do in the sport of boxing."

Well, that last point could be argued.

Perhaps Mayweather is as accomplished as possible, but he has the opportunity to continue making dozens of millions each fight—and could very well rake in another haul similar to what his fight against Manny Pacquiao generated with the right scheduled bout.

Of course, not everyone is going to be so upset should he not step in the ring again, including Oscar De La Hoya:

It's an understatement that Mayweather has gone about his boxing career in a way that has gotten under the skin of many in the sport, but that doesn't change where he stands now. He's never lost a fight, and despite a number of unsavory matchups late in his career, he has gone up against many of the best the sport has had to offer in his class.

Now that he's got his win over Pacquiao and a few hundred million more dollars to dump in his bank, there seems to be a lot more acceptance from Mayweather that his career is up.

If he's at peace with stepping away from the game, then that's all that matters—even if some folks haven't particularly enjoyed how he went about it.