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Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; born February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and won 15 major world championships spanning five weight classes from super featherweight to light middleweight .
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Jesús Chávez, billed as The Next Generation, was a professional boxing match contested on November 10, 2001, for the WBC and Lineal super featherweight title. [ 1 ] Background
Mitchell was the more active fighter, throwing 274 punches compared to Mayweather's 231, but struggled to penetrate Mayweather's defense and landed just 31 punches through six rounds. Mayweather, meanwhile, landed 85 punches, all but 20 being classified as power punches.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Phillip N'dou was a professional boxing match contested on November 1, 2003, for the WBC and The Ring lightweight titles. [1] Background.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, [1] was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion and WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for the unified world welterweight championship.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. had captured his first world title at the age of 21 two months prior after defeating Genaro Hernández on October 3, 1998. [3] Following his victory, Mayweather quickly entered negotiations with Angel Manfredy and the two fighters reached an agreement to face one another that same month with the fight set for December 19, 1998. [4]
The fight's promoter Bob Arum, while not necessarily saying Mayweather didn't win, called the called the scoring for the fight, with Mayweather having won comfortably by five points on one scorecard and four points on the other two, "ludicrous" and vowed that he would attempt to schedule a rematch on August 10 at the Staples Center in Los ...
Mayweather's most recent fight against Andre Berto (in September 2015) added another casual $32M in the bank for the retired boxer, helping secure Mayweather's title as the highest-paid athlete in ...