Mayweather Vs Alvarez Result: 'Money' Dominance Stained By Judge's Questionable Scorecard

Floyd Mayweather, Jr had a brilliant performance in making short work of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in their welterweight match Saturday night. However, the result was seemingly tarnished by one judge's 'questionable' scorecard.

Mayweather, also nicknamed "Money" to denote that he has lots of it, and because of his undefeated record (A bet for Mayweather is sure money) cruised to defend his WBA-WBO super-welterweight title, and now has a 45-0 record. His opponent, Alvarez, had an equally impressive 42-0 record, and only had one draw. Only one of them left the stadium undefeated, though.

The victory was not without controversy, though. Despite an impressive performance that all spectators and analysts lauded, it was just a majority decision. One judge, CJ Ross, scored it an even draw, 114-114.

According to Kevin Iole, Yahoo Sports boxing analyst:   "Ross' scorecard was totally inexplicable. Mayweahter out-landed Alvarez 232-117, yet Ross somehow found a way to give Alvarez six rounds. It has to rank as one of the worst judging calls in the history of boxing, as Mayweather utterly outclassed Alvarez.

Other than benefiting from a judge's largesse, Alvarez did nothing. He said afterward that Mayweather was too elusive and that he couldn't catch him.

Virtually everyone saw that but Ross."

The other judges,  117-111 and 116-112 for Mayweather. Judge CJ Ross was already involved in a controversial decision. In last year's welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, Ross scored in favor of Bradley, contrary to most observers and analysts who thought that Pacquiao had won the fight.