MAYHEM: WEIGHTS AND ANALYSIS

Saturday night we will finally see the rematch of the highly competitive first fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Marcos Maidana. The much hyped event has built to a fever pitch, with today’s weigh-in generating more excitement than any of the press tour stops. All that’s left is fight night.

After all the talk and ALL ACCESS episodes leading up to MAYHEM, the two fighters stepped on the scales today:

FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. – 146 1/2
MARCOS MAIDANA – 146

With the weights official, the fight is on. The fighters will continue their epic battle from earlier this year. Because of that tense contest, many are questioning the outcome of an upcoming Mayweather fight for the first time in a very long time.

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BRONER UD12 OVER TAYLOR

Adrien Broner came on down the stretch and floored Emmanuel Taylor in the 12th round to seal a victory and gain the WBA international light welterweight title Saturday night. Broner (29-1, 20 KO’s) fought in front of his hometown fans in Cincinnati but there was no home-cooking in the scorecards.

Official scores were 116-111, 116-111 and 115-112. InTheCorner.net scored the fight 115-112 for Broner.

Taylor (18-3, 12 KO’s) came out aggressively and took advantage of Broner’s tendency to lay back and not throw punches. Broner styled his way around the ring in the first two rounds while Taylor sustained an attack that wasn’t especially damaging, but counted on the scorecards.

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