47 Games Unbeaten: Floyd Mayweather Beats Marcos Maidana In Las Vegas

Floyd Mayweather was bitten on his left hand by Argentine wild man Marcos Maidana and not only the deed but the words were ugly reminders of serial chomper Suarez. The scene had moved from the football pitch to the prize ring but the act was just as despicable. After Mayweather protested he had been bitten in the eighth round, referee Kenny Bayless issued a severe lecture to the Maidana corner before allowing the fight to continue.

Once he had finished delivering a master-class to his challenger, Mayweather said: ‘At first I didn’t know what had happened but then I realised that he bit me. My fingers went numb and from the eighth round I could only really use the other hand.’ In true Suarez fashion, Maidana said: ‘No, no.’ And when showed the video clip of his crime he said: ‘Perhaps he put his glove in my mouth. Maybe he thinks I’m a dog.’
It was outrageous behaviour but it could not diminish the brilliance which gave Mayweather the 47th victory of his phenomenal, undefeated career.

Maidana could have been thrown out for the biting incident but Mayweather needed no help to pirouette and punch his way to victory. Twice Maidana was so bewildered that he wandered towards the wrong corner at the end of two rounds. On the second occasion, Mayweather turned round to point his opponent in the right direction.

Maidana was in denial on all fronts. He claimed he had won the fight saying: ‘If the judges want to give it to a fighter who ran, good luck to them.’ In truth those three official gave it to ‘still’ the best boxer in the world. Two of them by the same score card - 116-111. Once again, Mayweather was bang on the Money. 

Once again, a Floyd Mayweather fight ended with panic among the crowds leaving at the sold-out 16-000 seat arena. The exit procedure seemed to be working better than when there was crushing at the first Maidana fight four months ago.

Suddenly, hundreds of fans came running back into the MGM Grand Garden Arena, several of them falling over the seats.
There was a report that someone had brandished a gun on the concourse and the fans were fleeing. Several were wheeled away on stretchers but none of the injuries appeared serious.

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