Floyd Mayweather Jr claims victory over Manny Pacquiao on a points decision in Las Vegas to move to 48-0 in his career.
The judges declared the 38-year-old the winner on a unanimous verdict as they scored the bout 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112 to allow the American to become the unified Welterweight champion by adding Pacquiao’s WBO title to his own WBA and WBC belts.
The American began the fight in an aggressive fashion as he landed a couple of right hands on the chin of the 36-year-old, using his reach to his advantage.
Pacquiao responded with a strong second round as he pushed Mayweather into the corner, but was unable to land a telling blow on the American who then caught him with a solid right before the bell.
The men battled out an even third round before the Filipino launched an assault on the American as he pinned him to the ropes and landed a series of body shots to make an impact in the fight.
Mayweather came out with an excellent response in the fifth round as he took the initiative to land a couple of blows to the body of Pacquiao, while avoiding the counter punch from the Filipino.
However, the 36-year-old hit back at the American with a series of punches to the body as he forced him into a corner and had a solid spell of pressure for 20 seconds before he relented to take the sixth round.
Mayweather applied pressure in the opening stages of the seventh round to knock Pacquiao out of his rhythm, but the Filipino responded with a right hand, but the American did enough to see off the threat to land further blows to extend his lead in the fight.
Pacquiao came out with a powerful left hook in the eighth round to surprise the American, but the 38-year-old hit back with two quick blows on the counter and was solid in defence to ensure that the Filipino could take the round cleanly.
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