Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao I | FULL FIGHT | WBA/WBC/WBO/RING Welterweight Titles | Boxing

Floyd Mayweather Jr. 47–0 (26 KO) vs. Manny Pacquiao 57–5–2 (38 KO), billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion and WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for the unified world welterweight championship. It took place on May 2, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. On June 6, 2008, Floyd Mayweather announced his retirement from boxing, six months after defeating Ricky Hatton by a tenth-round technical knockout. At the time, plans were in motion for a rematch with Oscar De La Hoya on September 20, 2008, Mayweather having defeated him the previous year by split decision. "This decision was not an easy one for me to make as boxing is all I have done since I was a child," Mayweather said. "However, these past few years have been extremely difficult for me to find the desire and joy to continue in the sport." At the time of his retirement, the 31-year-old Mayweather had an unblemished professional record of 39 wins and no losses, and was ranked by The Ring as the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, with Manny Pacquiao at No. 2. During Mayweather's brief retirement, Pacquiao earned superstar status in much of the Western world with his eighth-round technical knockout victory over Oscar De La Hoya, for which he moved up two weight classes from lightweight to welterweight (135 pounds to 147 pounds), and cemented his place as the new pound-for-pound No.1. On May 2, 2009, the day of Pacquiao's fight against Ricky Hatton, Mayweather announced that he was coming out of retirement and would fight Juan Manuel Márquez, The Ring lightweight champion and No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter, on July 18, 2009, in a welterweight non-title fight. Márquez had previously fought Pacquiao on two occasions: they fought to a 12-round draw on May 8, 2004, and Pacquiao was awarded a 12-round split decision win on March 15, 2008. Mayweather played down Pacquiao's newfound stardom at his press conference, stating: "If he wins tonight, don't be all shocked ... Cause guess what? I beat (Hatton) when he was undefeated. Pacquiao beat Oscar, it don't matter. Going down to 147 pounds was too much for (De La Hoya), he was dead after the first round. ... When you talk boxing, you talk Floyd Mayweather." Pacquiao would go on to defeat Hatton by a second-round knockout to win The Ring junior welterweight title. The win made him the second boxer in history to win titles in six weight divisions, the first being Oscar De La Hoya. Mayweather vs. Márquez was postponed until September 19, 2009, due to a rib injury suffered by Mayweather. Despite being out of the ring for 21 months, Mayweather looked as sharp as ever and dominated the fight, winning by a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision. After the bout, Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe stated that a fight with Pacquiao was the "next obvious choice from a marketing standpoint." On November 14, 2009, Pacquiao stopped Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto in round 12 to win the WBO welterweight title, becoming boxing's first ever seven-weight world champion. Pacquiao's victory sparked a media frenzy and fans were quick to demand a fight between him and Mayweather to determine the best fighter in the world. SUCKERPUNCH BOXING ------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE LIKE 👍🏻 & SUBSCRIBE ✅ ------------------------------------------------------------ #BOXING #FIGHTS #DOCUMENTARY #MayweatherPacquiao2 #Mayweather #Pacquiao