LAS VEGAS (Nevada), May 6: Floyd Mayweather remained undefeated by taking a 12-round split decision over Oscar de la Hoya here Saturday to take the World Boxing Council super-welterweight title in an epic showdown.

Two judges scored the fight for Mayweather by 116-112 and 115-113 while the third saw de la Hoya winning 115-113.

Mayweather, who became a champion in his fifth different weight class, improved to 38-0. De la Hoya fell to 38-5.

On the Mexican Cinco de Mayo holiday, raucous loud cheers erupted when Mexican-American hero de la Hoya entered the arena. Mayweather made an appeal to the crowd by wearing a sombrero hat as he entered the arena.

The same crowd that chanted ‘Oscar’ in nearly every round jeered the verdict.

The much-anticipated showdown between Mayweather, considered by many the top pound-for-pound fighter, and de la Hoya, boxing's most popular pay-per-view attraction, was expected to rank among the highest revenue fights in history.—AFP