(AP) LAS VEGAS – Trash-talkin' Floyd Mayweather Jr. came to the ring wanting to give pretty-boy Oscar De La Hoya a beatdown.
He left with a split-decision win, a retirement announcement, and the right to put daddy Floyd Sr. to shame for working with the enemy. (Get that story here)
Floyd won one of boxing's richest fights ever Saturday night by using his superb defensive skills and superior speed to take a 12-round split decision and win the WBC 154-pound title in his first fight at that weight.
Billed as the fight that would save boxing - if nothing else - it was entertaining. The fight ended with the sellout crowd on its feet roaring and two fighters trading punches wildly at the final bell.
They then stopped and embraced each other. Why? Can you say KA-CHING!
In the end, Mayweather was simply faster and more slippery in a bout where neither fighter managed to hurt the other and neither went down.