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Manny Pacquiao (right) and Floyd Mayweather, Jr., in their 2015 welterweight bout; Mayweather won in a unanimous decision.
Professional boxing bouts are typically scheduled to last between 4 and 12 rounds. While championship bouts traditionally lasted 15 rounds until the late 1980s, major organizations now schedule these contests for 12 rounds.1
Each round generally lasts three minutes. However, two-minute rounds are commonly used in women's bouts and in some matches held in Great Britain.21