LAS VEGAS -- After Floyd Mayweather remained unbeaten Saturday, pulling away from and beating Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision, here are five things that we learned:

1. Mayweather is the best of his era

You don’t have to like him -- and the buildup to Saturday’s “Fight of the Century” spent a great deal of time focusing on that narrative -- but Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) proved over 12 rounds why he’s the best boxer of his day. In a fight that would undoubtedly go a long way toward putting a bonnet on the legacies of both, Mayweather showcased why he has no peers as a craftsman and technician of the sweet science. He controlled pace and distance throughout the second half of the fight and repeatedly caught Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) on his way in with clean right hands. Mayweather, 38, also utilized a stiff jab strategically to reset himself and detour Pacquiao’s momentum. Mayweather made the 36-year-old Pacquiao look like an ordinary fighter over the last six rounds and that fact alone speaks of his greatness.

2. The fight failed to live up to expectations

But that’s by design. Let’s not forget, Mayweather is a boxer in the purest sense of the word and not a fighter. He has also proved to be boxing’s greatest businessman. But for the majority of his career -- and it's one of the secrets to his longevity -- he has mostly avoided having to be a fighter. Anyone expecting a fight against Pacquiao was soundly disappointed outside of a few brief skirmishes in the early rounds. Mayweather’s plan is to suck the excitement out of every fight with his brilliant defensive style, and he executed his game plan to near perfection. As the fight rolled on, Pacquiao’s output decreased because Mayweather tagged him with accurate potshots.

3. Pacquiao had no plan B or C

The PacMan never tried for the knockout, a surprise to anyone expecting a close fight or a Pacquiao victory. After the fight, Pacquiao explained his somewhat passive approach in the final two rounds by saying he believed he was comfortably ahead. But the reason he wasn’t ahead was that he never made an adjustment once Mayweather was able to take away his overhand left in the middle rounds. Pacquiao did a good job of cutting off the ring early and was able to corner Mayweather at times in the second half of the fight. But he was never able to keep him there, and that proved to be the difference. Outside of a left hand that briefly staggered Mayweather into the ropes in Round 4, Floyd was never in visible trouble again. While most of that credit goes to Mayweather, we never saw an adjustment or variation to Pacquiao’s style of straight-ahead attacking.

4. Mayweather has no problem with southpaws

For all of the talk of Pacquiao’s hand and foot speed, and the awkwardness to his style as a southpaw, Mayweather stood his ground well during Pacquiao’s moments of success early and had little trouble adjusting. Any issues Mayweather had in brief pockets earlier in his career against lefties DeMarcus Corley or Zab Judah (who both, not coincidentally, served as Mayweather's sparring partners) were not duplicated against Pacquiao. Along with establishing his jab -- which isn’t common for an orthodox fighter against a southpaw -- Mayweather won the fight with efficiency. More than half of Mayweather’s punches were power shots and he landed 48 percent of them, according to CompuBox. He also limited Pacquiao to just 19 percent efficiency overall. Yet, despite Floyd’s incredible efficiency, he also took away any avenue for Pacquiao -- who drew loud cheers from the crowd for any flurry he missed or landed -- to influence the judges based on activity alone. In fact, Mayweather threw more punches than Pacquiao (435 to 429), which very few would have expected.

5. Lomachenko is really, really, really good

Admittedly, this isn’t something we just learned Saturday night. Yet Vasyl Lomachenko, the featherweight titlist and two-time Olympic gold medalist, used the incredible platform given to him on this undercard to showcase his breathtaking brilliance. Lomachenko, a quick-fisted boxer, was able to toy with Gamalier Rodriguez at will by using his superior footwork to literally spin him around repeatedly. And the native of Ukraine was destructive enough to floor him twice and win by ninth-round KO. The buzz created by Mayweather-Pacquiao left many mainstream sports pundits to ponder which of today’s young fighters might be next in line as marquee attractions after Floyd and Manny leave the sport for good. Lomachenko, from a pound-for-pound standpoint, just might be that guy. Not bad for someone with just five pro fights.