Las Vegas Weekly

September 19, 2009 · 9:49 PM

Mayweather defeats Marquez in front of star-studded MGM crowd

By Robin Leach

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez weigh-in at MGM Grand.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna/www.erikkabikphoto.com

The king of the ring is back! Las Vegas resident Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. soundly and unanimously defeated Juan Manuel Marquez in 12 rounds at MGM Grand Garden Arena tonight. Floyd didn’t win with a KO, but it was a knockout performance!

For my real-time tweets of The Big Fight, click on my Twitter page HERE, and check back to Vegas DeLuxe tomorrow for our full photo gallery of tonight’s bout, plus our coverage of Floyd’s official after-party at Studio 54.

A few quick reporter’s notes:

Tyrese performed the national anthem. Among the celebrities spotted from where I sat at ringside: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Lopez, Mike Tyson, Charles Barkley and Sean “P.Diddy” Combs, who hosted an afternoon pool party at MGM Grand’s Wet Republic today -- click HERE for that story.

Wrestler Triple H was part of Floyd’s entourage, and “Sugar” Shane Mosley made a commotion in the ring after the bout, demanding that he have a chance at Money.

Check back to Vegas DeLuxe tomorrow!

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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