Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez

Storyline

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, billed as The One, was a boxing light middleweight championship superfight. The bout was held on September 14, 2013, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on Showtime PPV. The bout took place at a 152-pound catchweight, two pounds below the light middleweight limit of 154 pounds.[1][2] Mayweather received $41.5 million for this fight before taking into account pay-per-view sales.