By Ernest Gabion, Luis Sandoval, Ryan Burton at ringside

At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KOs) dominated WBA welterweight champion "Sugar" Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KOs) to win a twelve round unanimous decision. The scores were 119-109, 119-109 and 118-110. Mayweather used his speed and quicker punches to dominate the fight.

Both fighters were very cautious in the first round. Mosley was jabbing well to the body. The rest of the round was a chess match between the two.

The second round was pure fire. Mosley stunned Mayweather bad with a hard right hand and was catching him with a lot of hard punches from both hands. Mosley took his time and was patient, picking his shots and boxing until the bell.

Mayweather switched it up in the third. He went back to boxing and picking his spots to potshot Mosley from the distance. Mayweather continued the same motions in the fourth round, hitting Mosley with rights and lefts, picking his spots and landing. The same trend continued in the fifth round.

In the sixth, Mayweather was landing some very hard rights and lefts that Mosley had no answers for. Mosley had no answers in the seventh, as Mayweather was landing his shots. During the eight, Mayweather was landing some very hard shots. The two started trash-talking with each other. Mayweather closed strong.

The eight saw Mayweather once again picking his spots. Mosley looked spent and tired. Mayweather was landing some crisp counters. Mayweather continued to bust Mosley up in the tenth round and appeared to be going for the knockout. For the first time, Naazim Richardson told Mosley before the start of the eleventh, that he might stop the fight.

Mayweather dominated the action in the eleventh round. He kept Mosley at the end of the jab and landed his power punches. The twelfth round ended in the same fashion, with Mayweather dominating the action until the bell.

Undercard Action  

Live from MGM Grand  for the non TV portion of tonight's mega event we have a nice list of prospects from both Golden Boy and Mayweather Promotion's stables that in the not so distant future we may see graduate to televised fights.

Super Middleweights next up as we saw prospect Dion Savage of  Flint, MI drub a game but overmatched Tommy Speller by a unanimous decision 80-72 accross the board.  Savage did everything well enough to win the fight but nothing really stands out with the now 8-0 (5 KOs) fighter.  Best indication I can give you is this is now the third fight I have seen of his 8 fight career and short of this one I do not remember seeing him fight.  I would call the jury still out on Savage at this time.
 
On the free TV portion (well free for those with cable or satelite TV) we see Salinas, CA native Eloy "The Prince" Perez, a fast handed but light hitting prospect that had been working with Shane Mosley up in Big Bear, take on a tough and durable Gilbert Leon Sanchez out of Mexicali, BC Mex. Perez has made a name for himself recently with good wins over fellow Golden Boy prospect David Rodela and a memorable all out war with Dannie Williams at the Playboy Mansion which saw both fighters hit the canvas.  This was an entertaining affair that saw the height and reach of Sanchez and the quickness and output of Perez dictate the flow of the fight.  Early on it was Sanchez keeping a stiff jab on the face of Perez with sharp rights coming behind it.  Perez' pressure and quickness took control of the second half of the fight which gave him the close but clear nod as scores were 95-95 97-93 96-94 in favor of Perez.  Perez now 17-0 (4 KOs) while Sanchez falls to 21-7 (7 KOs).
 
Mayweather Promotions Junior Welterweight prospect Jesse Vargas closes the free TV show with a drubbing of a game but outclassed Arturo Morua.  Vargas was simply too much for Morua hitting him almost at will with crisp combinations.   Referee Tony Weeks puts a halt to the fight at 1:20 of the 6th round as Morua was simply taking too much punishment for his own good.  Vargas improves to 10-0 (5 KOs) while Morua drops to 25-14 (14 KOs).

Opening the night's card was Santa Ana, CA prospect Luis Ramos Jr. in what should have been his toughest test to date against Allen Litzau, brother of contender Jason. However, what we got was a rather disappointing affair as Litzau seemingly did not want to engage.  The southpaw Ramos took advantage of Litzau's tenative nature and forced referee Russell Mora to call a halt to the fight 55 seconds into the second round.  For Ramos this improves his record to 15-0 (8KOs) while Litzau falls to 13-5 (7 KOs).  Ramos, a southpaw with a storied amateur career, is definitely someone to keep on eye in the next few months. 

In the first fight of the live pay-per-view, welterweight Said Ouali (27-3, 19 KOs) got dropped in the opening seconds of the first round, but got up, weathered the storm and then knocked down Hector David Saldivia (33-2) with very hard right hand. Saldivia was very hurt and never recovered. Ouali dropped him against with a hard right before the fight was waved off.

In the second fight of the live pay-per-view, Daniel Ponce De Leon (39-2, 32KOs) retained his WBC latin featherweight title with a close ten round unanimous decision over Cornelius Lock (19-5). The scores were 96-94, 97-93, 96-94. Ponce De Leon suffered some cuts and swelling but he fought through it and outboxed Lock using his jab.

In the third fight of the live pay-per-view, Mexican welterweight sensation Saul Alvarez (32-0, 24KOs) stopped Jose Miguel Cotto (31-2, 23KOs) in the ninth round. Cotto started strong by hurting Alvarez with a hard counter hook. Cotto pounded on him for a moment or two against the ropes. Alvarez came back to knock Cotto down in the second. The fight was fought at a hard pace for the next few rounds, but it was Alvarez's strong hard punches that broke Cotto down. In the ninth, a hard right hand stunned Cotto and then Alvarez battered him against the ropes with an impressive display of power punches to force the stoppage. The first time Cotto has been stopped.