By Jake Donovan - Well before he announced the September 12 welterweight championship fight with Andre Berto late in the summer, Floyd Mayweather has insisted this will be the final fight of his career.
If so, he goes out on a high note in terms of the end result. Mayweather coasted—literally, at times—to a 12-round decision over Andre Berto in their Showtime Pay-Per-View main event Saturday evening at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Scores were 120-108, 118-110 and 117-111 in favor of Mayweather, whose final performance came in front of an announced crowd of 13,395. It was a far cry from the jam-packed house on hand for his previous appearance, when he and Manny Pacquaio destroyed every financial record in boxing history with their superfight in this very same venue.
In terms of action, his 12-round performance versus Berto was similar to the night's work Mayweather turned in versus Pacquiao and just about every other opponent throughout his career—more clinical than entertaining.
Mayweather was a massive betting favorite when the fight was first announced, but enough believers (or bettors who simply love to take a risk on a longshot) placed enough action to bring the odds from 33-1 at the start of fight week all the way down to 18-1 by the time the opening bell sounded.
