# Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, billed as The One, was a professional boxing match contested on September 14, 2013, for the WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring light middleweight championship. The bout was held in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on Showtime PPV.

## Background

In May 2013 Floyd Mayweather Jr. confirmed via Twitter that a deal had been reached to face WBC Super welterweight champion Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez in a unification bout on September 14. It would be the first defence of his Light middleweight title since he won it from Miguel Cotto in May 2012, 16 months earlier.
The bout took place at a 152-pound catchweight, two pounds below the light middleweight limit of 154 pounds and included a 13 pound rehydration clause. Mayweather received $41.5 million for this fight before taking into account pay-per-view sales.

## The fight

The fight was won by Mayweather in a 12-round majority decision in front of a sold out crowd of 16,746. Judge C. J. Ross scored the fight 114–114, a draw. Judge Dave Moretti had it 116–112, and Craig Metcalfe scored it 117–111.
CompuBox stats showed Mayweather's dominance in the fight. He landed 232 of 505 punches (46%) while Álvarez connected on 117 of 526 thrown (22%).
Ross retired after this fight, after the scorecards were roundly criticized for not reflecting how dominant Mayweather's performance was. Out of 86 media scorecards, all 86 scored the fight for Mayweather, with an average score of 119-109.

## Aftermath

Speaking of the controversial scorecard, Mayweather said, "I can't control what the judges do."

## Fight card

Confirmed bouts:
* ↑ For WBA (Super), WBC & The Ring light middleweight titles.
* ↑ For WBA (Super), WBC & The Ring light welterweight titles.
* ↑ For IBF junior middleweight title.

## International broadcasting

| Country | Broadcaster |
| Argentina | Space |
| Argentina | TV Pública Digital |
| Australia | Main Event |
| Brazil | SporTV |
| Belgium | BeTV |
| Cambodia | CTN |
| Canada | Viewers Choice |
| Chile | Space |
| China | CCTV-5 |
| Colombia | Space |
| Denmark | TV3 Sport |
| Estonia | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Ecuador | Space |
| France | beIN Sport |
| Germany | DMAX |
| Hungary | Sport 1 |
| Iceland | Stöð 2 Sport |
| Israel | Sport 1 |
| Italy | Sportitalia |
| Japan | WOWOW |
| Latvia | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Lithuania | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Malaysia | Astro |
| Mexico | Televisa |
| New Zealand | Sky Arena |
| Norway | Viasat Sport |
| Panama | RPC-TV |
| Peru | Space |
| Philippines | GMA Network GMA News TV$^1$ |
| Poland | Orange Sport |
| Portugal | SPORT.TV2 |
| Qatar | Al Jazeera Sports |
| Romania | GSP TV |
| Russia | Rossiya 2 |
| Singapore | SuperSports |
| Spain | Canal+ |
| South Africa | SuperSport |
| Thailand | True Sport |
| Ukraine | XSPORT |
| United Kingdom | BoxNation |
| United States | Showtime PPV |
| United States | US Military AFN Sports |
| Venezuela | Meridiano |
| Venezuela | Space |
$^1$The GMA News TV telecast ceased commercial operations due to high airtime cost with live coverage via satellite feed of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, part of GMA News TV ceased broadcasting operations due to the network's "disappointing" development. The GMA Network management announced that GMA News TV would sign-off on December 31, 2013, but the sign-off never materialized.