SPORTS FACTS AND FIGURES 1: MANNY PACQUIAO VS. FLOYD MAYWEATHER II
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 01 Jan 2024
Former eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao announced his rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the RIZIN’s New Year’s Eve event in Japan. "I hope to see you again in Japan against Floyd Mayweather. I’m excited for that,” Pacquiao announced.
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The fight will surely be an exhibition match but there was no confirmation from the camp of Mayweather.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness took place on May 2, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Mayweather Jr. won the fight by unanimous decision, with two judges scoring it 116–112 and the third had it 118–110.
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That time Mayweather was the WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion, the WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring light middleweight champion, The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter and five-division world champion.
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Pacquiao was the WBO welterweight champion, The Ring No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter and 8-division world champion.
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The fight broke PPV viewership records in the United States, with 4.6 million buys and over $410 million in revenue.
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Naoya Inoue joined an exclusive club when he stopped Marlon Tapales in the 10th round to become an undisputed champion at two weight divisions. He joins Terence Crawford as the second boxer to accomplish this in 2023, but also the second fighter to do so since the four-belt era began.
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Inoue became the undisputed super bantamweight world champion and also the former undisputed bantamweight world champion. Crawford is the undisputed welterweight champion and former undisputed light welterweight champion.
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Punch Stats
PUNCHES INOUE TAPALES
Total landed 146 52
Total thrown 401 310
Percent 36% 17%
Jabs landed 32 9
Jabs thrown 138 90
Percent 23% 10%
Power landed 114 43
Power thrown 263 220
Percent 43% 20%
-- Courtesy of CompuBox
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Sports History: January 1, 1935. Baby Arizmendi became the first world champion from Mexico in boxing history.
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