By: Eric He

In the most anticipated fight in boxing history, the king of the hill stayed on top.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision at the MGM Grand on Saturday night.

The judges ruled it 118-110, 116-112, 116-112, all in favor of Mayweather as the welterweight champion of the world remained unbeaten, improving to 48-0 in his illustrious career.

There was not much action in the fight itself, which turned out a bit anticlimactic considering the hype and the expensive pay-per-view package. Both fighters stand to make more than $100 million from the fight, the richest in boxing history.

Mayweather, famous for his defensive strategy, eluded many of Pacquiao’s punches and made the Filipino fighter chase him around the ring. He even taunted Pacquiao at one point, shaking his head and mouthing “nope” after a flurry of ineffective punches by Pacquiao with Mayweather against the ropes.

To his credit, Pacquiao connected on a few punches, but Mayweather stood his ground defensively, dodging, ducking and counterpunching just enough to hold Pacquiao off. The aggressive Pacquiao stalked Mayweather around the ring for the majority of the fight, but never seemed to grab control away from Mayweather.

According to CompuBox, punches thrown were relatively even — 435-429 in favor of Mayweather — but Pacquiao connected on just 19 percent of them compared to 34 percent for Mayweather. Mayweather also landed 148 punches to Pacquiao’s 81, a testament to Mayweather’s defensive strategy and just how futile Pacquiao’s efforts were.

With the loss, Pacquiao drops to 57-6-2 in his career. For what it was worth, in a post-fight interview, Pacquiao believed he won the fight and that Mayweather “didn’t do nothing.”

Essentially, that was Mayweather’s strategy: doing nothing, warding off punches, and counterattacking just enough to win.

The 38-year-old Mayweather stated after the fight that his final bout will be in September and then the welterweight champion will hang up the gloves on an undefeated career.