I’d like to take the job unexpected gift essay Tapping his vast experience and superior skills and speed, Mayweather dominated the younger and slower Saul (Canelo) Alvarez, maintaining his perch atop the sport and making a mockery of the idea that Alvarez had more than a puncherâÂÂs chance against Mayweather. He didnâÂÂt. Mayweather boxed masterfully, landing his trademark straight right hand while also unleashing more combinations that heâÂÂs used to throwing against the 23-year-old. It was the easiest $41.5 million he could have made, which is what Mayweather earned for his brilliant effort, a record purse for a boxer even if the judge’s decision didn’t indicate his dominance in front of an announced crowd of 16,746 fans.