Sunday, 5 May 2013

Mayweather cruises to points win on ring return (Reuters)

WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (L) of the U.S. connects a punch on Robert Guerrero, also of the U.S., during their title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Steve Marcus (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BOXING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

By Kieran Mulvaney LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Floyd Mayweather showed little sign of ring-rust after a year out of the sport as he used sublime defense and a steady parade of right hands to dominate fellow American Robert Guerrero and retain his WBC welterweight championship on Saturday. One day short of 12 months since his last bout, Mayweather, who also spent two months in jail in 2012 for a domestic abuse offence, landed an astonishing 60 percent of his power punches en route to a unanimous 12-round decision. ...




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