{"id":22630,"date":"2013-09-15T14:24:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/mayweather-puts-on-dominating-display-in-win-over-alvarez\/"},"modified":"2013-09-15T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T12:24:17","slug":"mayweather-puts-on-dominating-display-in-win-over-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mayweather-puts-on-dominating-display-in-win-over-alvarez\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayweather puts on dominating display in win over Alvarez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=16766\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16766   \" alt=\"Floyd Mayweather lands a right hand on the way to a majority decision. Photo: Sky Sports\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/82043_floydmayweather1_3003721-600x318.jpg\" width=\"416\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floyd Mayweather lands a right hand on the way to a majority decision. Photo: Sky Sports<\/p>\n<p>Canelo Alvarez proved nothing more than easy money for Floyd \u201cMoney\u201d Mayweather Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather turned one of the richest fights ever into just another $41.5 million payday Saturday night, dominating Alvarez from the opening bell and winning a majority decision in a masterful performance that left no doubt who the best fighter of his era is.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting off his shortest layoff in years, Mayweather was sharp, efficient and sometimes brutal in dismantling an unbeaten fighter who was bigger and was supposed to punch harder.<\/p>\n<p>He frustrated Alvarez early, pounded him with big right hands in the middle rounds, and made him look just like he said he would \u2014 like any other opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather was favored 117-111 and 116-112 on two ringside scorecards while a third inexplicably had the fight 114-114. The Associated Press scored it 119-109 for Mayweather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just listened to my corner, listened to my dad,\u201d Mayweather said. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/mayweather-is-obsessed-with-perfection\/\" target=\"_blank\">My dad had a brilliant game plan, and I went out there and got the job done.<\/a>\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Floyd Mayweather Jr. news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/floyd-mayweather-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/82043_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Floyd Mayweather lands a right hand on the way to a majority decision. 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