Mayweather’s win hard to care about

Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s comeback win over Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday was a joke. Sure, Mayweather hasn’t fought in almost two years, so he had that going against him. But Marquez was at a serious size disadvantage for the 144-pound clash. Marquez moved up two whole weight classes for the once-in-a-career bout while Mayweather weighed in four pounds over the limit and was penalized $600,000.

Even so, Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) was unable to finish the smaller, lighter fighter despite knocking him down in the second round and peppering him with countless damaging shots thereafter. Still, a unanimous decision win is still a win. Marquez, meanwhile, drops to (50-5-1).

Mayweather landed 290 of his 493 blows (59 percent) while allowing just 12 percent of Marquez’s 583 punches to land. Mayweather landed more jabs in each round than Marquez landed total punches, and just 16 percent of Marquez’s power shots even got to Mayweather.

Mayweather often appeared to be toying with Marquez, who’s generally considered among the world’s top handful of fighters. Just 18 months ago, Marquez lost a narrow decision to unofficial pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao — who’s likely Mayweather’s top choice for his next bout despite being called out by “Sugar” Shane Mosley in the ring immediately after the fight.