No matter for the former welterweight/junior middleweight champion. The judges returned scorecards of 116-114, 115-114 and 114-114, with Williams having the edge on the first two.

As the bout wound down...

Official scores were 115-112 and 115-111 for Mares with one judge ruling in favor of Darchinyan, 115-111.

Mares (20-0-1, 13 KO's) dealt with adversity early, suffering the cut at the end of the first round...

With the win Floyd stayed perfect, improving to 41-0 with 25 KO's.

The battle was fought at welterweight, with Mosley (46-6, 39 KO's) being considered by many as the first legit 147-pounder that Floyd has faced in that division. The size and strength advantages turned out to be all Mayweather's....

One - Botha throws the overhand right. Good body shots by Botha. A lot of clinching after they throw power punches. Holyfield gets a head butt in with 40 seconds left. And another. Botha gets a warning for hitting behind the head after doing it several times in clinches. 10-9 Botha.

Two – Holyfield out on the attack. Botha lands a counter right to the side of the head. Holyfield more assertive this round. Right hand on the inside knocks Holyfield back to the corner. Good right by Holyfield. Botha working the body well. Solid overhand right by Holyfield. Another Botha round. 10-9 Botha, 20-18 Botha.

Three – Another warning for Botha. He does it when Holyfield butts him. Evander tries to bull his way in...

Referee Benjy Esteves stopped the contest at the :44 mark of round seven.

Luevano threw a few more punches over the course of the fight but JuanMa had the upper hand in each round due to his power shots. Luevano got a lot of good work done against Lopez, who is also the WBO jr. featherweight champ. But the heavy hands of Lopez carried the day, both in the scoring of each round and in ending the fight suddenly .

Light heavyweight Isaac Chilemba, fighting in the U.S. for just the third time, notched his biggest win to date with a hard-fought unanimous decision over Edison Miranda on Friday night in Las Vegas. Chilemba (19-1-1, 9 KO's) weathered an early attack from the veteran Miranda and then took control after a third-round accidental headbutt opened a cut that hampered Miranda the rest of the way.

The 31-year old Miranda came out aggressively and scored well, while looking to win consecutive fights for the first time since 2009. Chilemba, the IBF's #6 ranked light heavyweight, made it past the early onslaught and then came the headbutt in round three.

A bad cut was opened over Miranda's left eye and it seemed to rock the Colombian, as he began to throw desperate punches, rather than the consistent, pressuring attack he began the fight with. Chilemba responded by countering effectively and took control until the end of the 10th and final round.

Miranda (35-7, 30 KO's) didn't get any relief in between rounds as the cut bled profusely for most of the remaining rounds. The best he could get was about 30 seconds at the beginning of a round with clear vision. After some shots from Chilemba, the blood would beging to pour down, causing Miranda to swipe at it repeatedly.

Official scores were 97-91, 96-92 and 96-92. The oddball totals are a result of a double point deduction that came in the fifth round due to mutual rabbit punching. Why take a point from both guys, if it comes out a wash on the scorecards? Well, if the fouling continues for either fighter, the path of discipline has been laid and may ultimately lead to a DQ.

It didn't happen in this case, but the cut could have prompted a stoppage at any time from the seventh round on. Chilemba had blood all over his torso at times and he wasn't cut at all. It was all Miranda's blood and it apparently couldn't be stopped by his cutman.

After seemingly endless wrangling over a Mayweather-Pacquaio superfight, Floyd has opted to face Miguel Cotto on May 5 in Las Vegas. Boxing fans have long grown tired of the back-and-forth between the Mayweather and Pacquaio camps and no longer care whether the holdup is over money, drug testing or jail time.

Enter Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO's), the WBA Super Welterweight champion. A perennial mega-fight participant with a huge fan following will be a more-than-worthy PPV draw and with Floyd stepping back up in weight there will be plenty of storylines.

What lies ahead for Pacquiao is unclear. Mayweather (42-0, 26 KO's) will serve a 90-day jail sentence beginning in June. The money split will remain an issue. Unless....

Miguel Cotto and whomever Pacquaio chooses to fight in May or June, if anybody, can change everything.

But if both remain undefeated until Floyd gets out of jail, the nauseating process of putting a Money-Pac fight together will most likely resume.

Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee has passed away at the age of 90 in Tampa, FL. Dundee, who was best-known for working the corners of Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard in some of the biggest fights in history, was a wonderful man of exceptional character, which made him stand out in the world of boxing.

He had every bit of the boxing savvy of the character "Mickey" in the Rocky movies, but he was also polished enough to be an excellent analyst on boxing telecasts.

Angelo Dundee, a 1992 Hall of Fame inductee and one of the bigger-than-life participants in the history of the sport, will be greatly missed.

KEVIN IOLE REMEMBRANCE

Heading into the evening...

CABAZON, Calif. (Dec. 31, 2011) – Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell made triumphant returns to the ring Friday, both winning by knockout during a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME®.

Taylor (29-4-1, 18 KOs), of Little Rock, Ark., registered an eighth-round knockout over game but outclassed Jessie Nicklow (22-3-3, 8 KOs), of Baltimore, Md., in the main event at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa.

Dirrell (20-1, 14 KOs), of Flint, Mich., scored two knockdowns en route a second-round knockout over Darryl Cunningham (24-3, 10 KOs), of Detroit, in the co-feature.

Taylor was making his first start in 26 months; Dirrell his first in 21.

In the opening bout of the telecast...