Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto, billed as High Stakes, was a professional boxing match contested on September 12, 2015, for the WBC, WBA and The Ring welterweight championship.
[1] On August 4, 2015, it was announced that, after months of speculation, Floyd Mayweather Jr. would make the 5th defence of his welterweight championship against WBA interim champion Andre Berto on September 12, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Showtime PPV.
[4] The announcement received some backlash due to Berto being (3–3) in his last 6 fights with many feeling that he wasn't a credible opponent.
[5] Berto believed Mayweather chose him as his final opponent for personal reasons, which could date back to when he won the National Golden Gloves tournament.
[6] Showtime's, Stephen Espinoza revealed the reason why Mayweather never chose Khan, was because he would have been observing Ramadan before the fight and therefore wouldn't be "at the top of his game".
"[10] A week later Mayweather was stripped by The Ring of his Light middleweight title due to his inactivity in the weight class.
[11] The day before the bout, it emerged that Mayweather had broken Nevada State Athletic Commission rules before his victory over Manny Pacquiao in May, when he used a drip of saline and vitamins without approval.
If needed, the NSAC should impose the appropriate sanction to sustain its credibility and to show the world they did not give preferential treatment to the Mayweather camp.
[15] On 21 July, the fight was pushed back from 22 August to instead take place on the undercard of Mayweather Berto.
Groves continued to grow into the bout winning the 4th, 5th and 6th rounds all three scorecards as the technical jab contest gave way to in-fighting as he kept busy and kept Jack moving backward.
[23] The chief support saw a rematch between Román Martínez and Orlando Salido for the WBO super featherweight title.
[24][25] Martinez retained his world title by split decision draw in the with the three official judges scoring the bout (113-115, 115-113 & 114-114).
The move to offer the fight online by official means was considered to be in response to the unauthorized redistribution of Mayweather vs.