aftermath

Great night of fights, even though my longshot Zab didn't come through (which is why he was an 8-1 dog). The undercard was solid, as I expected- the Diaz/Cotto fight was a non-stop tornado of punching, I think the first clinch came in the 11th round (and only lasted a few seconds)...the rest of the fight was two guys filling the air with leather. Diaz was the clear winner, having an crucial edge in handspeed and landing the cleaner shots, but Cotto came to win and left it all in the ring. No shame in losing to a better fighter.

Arce/Alvarez was intersting while it lasted, but Alvarez was simply too small and too old. Great style matchup though, and a cut above the usual undercard fodder.

They also fed another raw, undersized white dude to Chavez Jr, about which the less said the better.

The main event provided 7 interesting rounds out of 12, which is a pretty good ratio for a PBF fight. I had Zab up 3-1 after four, but then he got nailed good in the 5th and went into his shell, covering up, not throwing and coasting along until he woke up for the 12th.

The fight was marred by one of those "only in boxing" demi-riots, occasioned by Judah throwing a savage (and entirely intentional) low blow in the 10th as Floyd was beating his ass around the ring like a rented mule.
Floyd staggered away, hopping on one leg, and his trainer though that was a good time to leap into the ring and scream at Zab....which of course triggered the invasion of the ring by sundry members of each fighters "team" and assorted ringside hooligans....followed with heart warming alacrity by a sizable phalanx of venue security and real cops, who snuffed the budding crisis before it could spread beyond the ropes.

What should have happened, according to the letter of the law, is a DQ of Floyd. If anyone from a fighter's corner enters the ring during a round, that fighter forfeits. It's pretty clear. But not making that call was a fair enough result, because Mayweather had completely taken over the fight and was cruising until the nut-shot speed bump.

According to fightnews the NSAC is witholding the fighter's purses:

The purses of both Floyd Mayweather and Zab Judah have been withheld by the Nevada State Athletic Commission until a review of the tenth round near riot is made....Trainer Roger Mayweather has been placed on indefinite suspension for entering the ring.....15 minutes after the fight promoter Don King was still arguing with officials that Mayweather should have been disqualified when Roger Mayweather entered the ring.

I don't think anything will come of it, but it's boxing so you never know.
Anywhere but Vegas I'd be worried about Don King pulling some shenanigans, but his influence in Sin City is markedly less toxic than in other boxing meccas.