Floyd Mayweather Jnr maintains perfect record
American gets majority decision from bruising 12 rounds, but Marcos Maidana insists that he was robbed
Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jnr ran his perfect record to 46-0 with a 12-round majority decision over Marcos Maidana in their welterweight world title unification bout.
The 37-year-old American Mayweather retained his World Boxing Council world title and took Maidana's World Boxing Association belt, winning the fight on two of the three judges' scorecards, with the third scoring it a draw.
"It was a tough competitive fight tonight," Mayweather said.
He didn't fight like a man. Nobody has ever attacked him the way I did. And nobody has ever landed punches the way I did
"I stayed in there. I wanted to stand and fight. I could have made this fight easy, but it would have been boring."
Mayweather, who was an 11-1 favourite heading into the fight, received scores of 117-111 and 116-112. The third judge scored it 114-114.
Argentina's hard-punching Maidana, 30, who defending his title for the first time, suffered the fourth loss of his career to go with 35 victories.
Maidana was upset with the way the fight was scored, saying he was "robbed" of the decision.