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Floyd Mayweather, left, and Miguel Cotto pose for a photo...

Floyd Mayweather, left, and Miguel Cotto pose for a photo during a news conference Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in Las Vegas. Mayweather and Cotto are scheduled to box for a super welterweight title on Saturday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Credit: AP Photo/Julie Jacobson

Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 25 KOs) will take on Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs) on Saturday night in a 12-round 154-pound bout in Las Vegas. At stake is Cotto's WBA Super Welterweight World Championship and the vacant WBC Super Welterweight Diamond Belt. There will be a free view of preliminary fights to air from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30.

FIGHT FACTS

Where: MGM Grand Garden Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
When: Saturday, May 5 (A free preview of preliminary fights will air beginning at 7:00 p.m. The main event will not begin until after 11:00)
Broadcast: (HBO Pay-Per-View, $59.95)
Weight class: Junior middleweight/super welterweight (154 pounds)

Purses
Mayweather
$32 million*

Cotto
$8 million*

*Purse price does not include potential PPV earnings for each fighter.

Undercard Bouts
154 pounds, 12 rounds
Shane Mosley (46-7, 39 KOs) vs. Canelo Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KOs) (WBC Super welterweight champion)

147 pounds, 10 rounds
Jessie Vargas (18-0, 9 KOs) vs. Steve Forbes (35-10, 11 KOs)

154 pounds, 10 rounds
DeAndre Latimore (23-3, 17 KOs) vs. Carlos Quintana (28-3-3, 22 KOs)

135 pounds, Eight Rounds
Omar Figueroa (15-0-1, 12 KOs) vs. Robbie Cannon (12-6-2, 6 KOs)

147 pounds, Eight Rounds
Keith Thurman (16-0, 15 KOs) vs. Brandon Hoskins (16-0-1, 8 KOs)

147 pounds, Eight Rounds
Antonio (13-0, 9 KOs) vs. Dillet Frederick (8-5-3, 5 KOs)

Featherweights, Four/Six Rounds
Braulio Santos (5-0, 5 KOs) vs. Juan Sandoval (5-8-1, 3 KOs)
 

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