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Fighting has Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao live blog for
round-by-round updates for one of the top boxing fights of all-time.
The
main event will start a little after 11:30 p.m. ET. Check out our
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao results page to find out what happened on the
undercard. Mayweather will be putting his WBC, WBA and The Ring
welterweight titles on the line, while Pacquiao will try to defend his
WBO welterweight championship.
Check out the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao main event live blog below.
Round 1: Here
we go, y'all. Mayweather-Pacquiao is finally here. Feels a bit crazy,
eh? Never thought it would happen. Julio Lopez opens our night up with
the national anthem of Mexico. No joke, a choir rolls out to serenade us
with the Filipino national anthem. Welcome to the spectacle. Jamie Foxx
is our American national anthem singer. Here come the walkouts. Manny
Pacquiao out first, with none other than Jimmy Kimmel by his side. And
there's Floyd Mayweather, walking out with... the Burger King? Uh, yeah.
Justin Bieber and the Burger King. Okay. Introductions over. We're
rolling, ladies and gentlemen. Kenny Bayless is our referee. Mayweather
throws first, finding a home for a right hand off the one-two. Pacquiao
playing it slow. Mayweather slips a one-two then cracks Pacquiao with a
right hand counter. The crowd swells behind Pacquiao, but he's hesitant.
Mayweather dives in with a left to the body. Nice right hand by
Mayweather. Pacquiao finally sticks a right straight in Mayweather's
face. Pacquiao backs Mayweather into the corner but Mayweather clinches. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather.
Round 2: Pacquiao
charges inside but gets cracked. Pacquiao is chasing but can't find his
mark. Big flurry from Pacquiao but Mayweather slips it and clinches.
Mayweather with his hands by his sides. Pacquiao rushes inside and they
tie up. Pacquiao double jabs and pressures Mayweather against the ropes.
Mayweather clinches and circles out. Straight left lands for
Mayweather. Pacquiao ducks under a looping right. Pacquiao stalks
Mayweather into the corner and connects on a hard right. Mayweather
sticks his jab in Pacquiao's face. Pacquiao answers by charging forward
swinging. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Pacquiao. (19-19.)
Round 3: Mayweather
eats a straight left. Low blow from Mayweather and Pacquiao isn't happy
about it. Pacquiao continues to stalk Mayweather into the corner and
look to unload punches. Wild flurry from Pacquiao but Mayweather slips
nearly everything. Repeated clinches from Mayweather anytime Pacquiao
gets inside. Pacquiao bobs and weaves and charges forward with a
right-left. Pacquiao isn't landing much, but Mayweather isn't throwing
much. Nice shot from Pacquiao at the end of the round. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Pacquiao. (29-28 Pacquiao.)
Round 4: Pacquiao
unleashes a flurry along the ropes. And another. Mayweather seems
content to just hang back and dodges a majority of these shots. Pacquiao
starting to find his range. Oh man, wild left hand puts Mayweather on
the defensive! Pacquiao unloading! Pacquiao resets then cracks
Mayweather with a hard right hand. Mayweather clinches when Pacquiao
rushes inside. Mayweather lands a counter right. Pacquiao goes to the
body. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Pacquiao. (39-37 Pacquiao.)
Round 5: Mayweather sticking to the outside now. Pacquiao lunges in and misses with a nasty right hook. Mayweather pops his jab. Mayweather connects again and Pacquiao smiles. Pacquiao misses with a right, but he’s hanging inside the pocket. Pacquiao testing his range with his right. Mayweather clinches. Pacquiao eats a jab, and another. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (48-47 Pacquiao.)
Round 5: Mayweather sticking to the outside now. Pacquiao lunges in and misses with a nasty right hook. Mayweather pops his jab. Mayweather connects again and Pacquiao smiles. Pacquiao misses with a right, but he’s hanging inside the pocket. Pacquiao testing his range with his right. Mayweather clinches. Pacquiao eats a jab, and another. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (48-47 Pacquiao.)
Round 6: Both
men come out swinging. Mayweather blocked most of the salvo, but ate a
nice straight right. Pacquiao continues to be the aggressor, rips a
punch to the gut of Mayweather. Mayweather come over the top, but
Pacquiao counters and traps him against the ropes. Huge flurries from
Pacquiao but Mayweather is blocking everything and countering.
Mayweather keeping Pacquiao at range with his jab. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (57-57.)
Round 7: Mayweather's
corner was furious at their fighter. Mayweather comes out on fire,
snapping that jab out and plastering it on Pacquiao's chin. Pacquiao
lunges inside and catches Mayweather with a nice right. Pacquiao goes
back to stalking and Mayweather clinches when he gets too close. Four
straight jabs from Mayweather. Hard one-two lands for Pacquiao and backs
Mayweather up. Pacquiao goes back to it and misses. Mayweather slips a
right. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (67-66 Mayweather.)
Round 8: Slow start to round eight. Mayweather pawing out his jab. Pacquiao pressure him against the ropes then unleashes a wild combination. And another. Pacquiao is letting it fly now, but Mayweather is blocking them all. Pacquiao goes to the body then back up top. Wow, it's 44 punches to 43 landed punches in Mayweather's favor so far in the fight. Incredible. Mayweather snaps a jab in Pacquiao's face, then follows with a left hook. Mayweather rips off another straight shot. Pacquiao walks Mayweather into the corner but misses. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (77-75 Mayweather.)
Round 8: Slow start to round eight. Mayweather pawing out his jab. Pacquiao pressure him against the ropes then unleashes a wild combination. And another. Pacquiao is letting it fly now, but Mayweather is blocking them all. Pacquiao goes to the body then back up top. Wow, it's 44 punches to 43 landed punches in Mayweather's favor so far in the fight. Incredible. Mayweather snaps a jab in Pacquiao's face, then follows with a left hook. Mayweather rips off another straight shot. Pacquiao walks Mayweather into the corner but misses. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (77-75 Mayweather.)
Round 9: Mayweather
cracks Pacquiao with a short right then backs out of range. Pacquiao
wades inside and connects on a few short shots before Mayweather
clinches. Pacquiao misses a lunging left and eats a counter for his
troubles. Mayweather continues to touch Pacquiao up with that jab.
Straight left from Maweather. Pacquiao rushes inside and unloads a
salvo. Nice shot there from Pacquiao, but his only moment of the round. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (87-84 Mayweather.)
Round 10: Pacquiao
struggling to find his range early. Pacquiao lunges inside but can't
connect flush. Mayweather circles out the backend and snaps off a jab.
Pacquiao traps Mayweather against the ropes but again fails to connect.
Pacquiao eating jabs aplenty here. Pacquiao is firing but man, he's only
hitting air. They clinch. Right hook from Pacquiao. Slow round. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (97-93 Mayweather.)
Round 11: Hard right hand from Mayweather. Nice three-punch combination from Mayweather. Mayweather might be taking over this fight. Oof, nice exchange there. Pacquiao goes to the body. Pacquiao lunges inside but misses. Mayweather casually slips another flurry then fires off a right hand down the pipe. Mayweather backs against the ropes and dodges literally every punch from Pacquiao. Wow. Pacquiao feints, then eats a short hook coming inside. One last jab from Mayweather. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (107-102 Mayweather.)
Round 11: Hard right hand from Mayweather. Nice three-punch combination from Mayweather. Mayweather might be taking over this fight. Oof, nice exchange there. Pacquiao goes to the body. Pacquiao lunges inside but misses. Mayweather casually slips another flurry then fires off a right hand down the pipe. Mayweather backs against the ropes and dodges literally every punch from Pacquiao. Wow. Pacquiao feints, then eats a short hook coming inside. One last jab from Mayweather. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (107-102 Mayweather.)
Round 12: Here
we go. Pacquiao needs to get desperate. Mayweather catches Pacquiao
with a perfect short right as Pacquiao lunges inside. Solid check hook
lands from Mayweather. Clinch from Mayweather. Mayweather snaps out his
jab again and again. Pacquiao storms forward and looks to bull
Mayweather into the corner, but man, that footwork ain't having it.
Mayweather starting to celebrate a bit, hands by his side. Pacquiao
rushes in with another flurry but misses. That's all she wrote. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Mayweather. (117-111 Mayweather.)
Floyd Mayweather def. Manny Pacquiao via unanimous decision (118-110, 116-112, 116-112)