Floyd Mayweather Jr has claimed that he was the "better man" after he stretched his unbeaten record to 48-0 with a unanimous points victory over Manny Pacquiao.

The Michigan scrapper eased past the Filipino at a sold-out MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday evening and, despite Pac-Man believing that he had done enough to win, Mayweather stressed that he was more than worth his victory.

Mayweather is quoted as saying by BBC Sport: "I made the non-believers into believers. I was the better man, the smarter fighter - more calculated, more patient.

"He was applying pressure but not landing many punches and I was just keeping my jab in his face. For years everyone said that I was scared and that I'd lose. [I made the critics] eat their words."

Pacquiao has since revealed that he sustained a shoulder injury prior to the fight.