Japan’s first ever undisputed world boxing champion
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May 1, 2010: Floyd Mayweather beat Shane Mosley by a unanimous 12-round decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, to continue his undefeated streak.
May 2, 2015: Floyd Mayweather beat Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas by a unanimous 12-round decision in the highest grossing fight in boxing history.
May 3, 2014: At the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Marcos Maidana by a rare majority decision.
May 4, 2019: At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez scores a convincing 12 round unanimous decision over Daniel Jacobs, while defending his WBA (Super), WBC, Ring and lineal world Middleweight titles and adds the IBF Middleweight title to his ever burgeoning collection.
May 5, 2007: At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather Jr. beats Oscar De La Hoya by split decision to win the WBC junior middleweight title.
May 9, 2009: At the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Chad Dawson scores a unanimous 12-round decision over Antonio Tarver to retain his IBF/IBO light-heavyweight world titles.
May 6, 1995: At Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Oscar De La Hoya unifies the WBO and IBF lightweight titles by knocking out Rafael Ruelas at the 1:43 mark of round two.
May 7, 2016: At the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas, Canelo Alvarez flattens Amir Khan at the 2:37 mark of round six to retain his WBC world middleweight title.
May 8, 2004: At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao drops Juan Manuel Márquez three times in round one but has to settle for a split draw decision.
May 9, 1971: At the Stade Louis II, in Fontvieille, Monaco, in his first defense of the WBA/WBC world middleweight titles, Monzon knocks out former champion Nino Benvenuti at the 1:05 mark in the third round of a scheduled 15 round fight.
May 10, 1935: At Madison Square Garden in New York City, Tony Canzoneri regained the world lightweight title by scoring a unanimous 15-round decision over Lou Ambers.
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