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By Sammy Rozenberg - After months of heavy buildup, the sold-out crowd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, filled with high profile celebrities and athletes, saw Floyd Mayweather, Jr.(38-0, 24KOs) put an exclamation mark on his legacy by winning a split decision over Oscar De La Hoya to win the WBC junior middleweight title, his fifth title in his fifth weight class.
When tickets went on sale on January 27, they sold out in three hours and produced a Las Vegas gate record of $19 million dollars. We knew right away the fight would be big, but nobody would have predicted just how big it became. It was dubbed right away as the fight that carried the sport of boxing on it's shoulders.
Even with all of the public pressure to put on a great fight - both men delivered.
The mind games lasted for months between both fighter and they did not stop on the night of the fight. Mayweather came down to the ring wearing Mexican colors, and wearing a sombrero as rapper 50-Cent performed his entrance music. [details]
When tickets went on sale on January 27, they sold out in three hours and produced a Las Vegas gate record of $19 million dollars. We knew right away the fight would be big, but nobody would have predicted just how big it became. It was dubbed right away as the fight that carried the sport of boxing on it's shoulders.
Even with all of the public pressure to put on a great fight - both men delivered.
The mind games lasted for months between both fighter and they did not stop on the night of the fight. Mayweather came down to the ring wearing Mexican colors, and wearing a sombrero as rapper 50-Cent performed his entrance music. [details]