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After successfully defending his WBC and The Ring for the third time in his previous fight against Phillip N'dou on November 1, 2003, Floyd Mayweather Jr. confirmed that the fight would be his last in the lightweight division as he would be moving up the 140-pound super lightweight division. [2]
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. (c) def. Phillip N'dou: TKO 7/12 note 1: Featherweight 126 lbs. Juan Manuel Márquez (c) def. Derrick Gainer (c) TD-U 7/12 note 2: Preliminary bouts Welterweight 147 lbs. Dmitry Salita: def. Verdell Smith: UD 6/6 Super Bantamweight 122 lbs. Eduardo Escobedo: def. Sandro Orlando Oviedo KO 2/6 Heavyweight 200+ lbs. Marselles ...
In July 1998, it was announced that reigning WBC super featherweight champion Genaro Hernández would meet undefeated up-and-comer Floyd Mayweather Jr. on October 3 that same year. The 21-year old Mayweather was less than two years into his professional career when the fight was made official but was a perfect 17–0 with 13 knockouts.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. had made his debut at super lightweight eight months prior on May 22, 2004, defeating DeMarcus Corley in a WBC super lightweight title eliminator to become the WBC's number-one contender and mandatory challenger to super lightweight champion Arturo Gatti, whom Mayweather had heavily pursued. [2]
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.
However, when Mayweather no-showed a press conference promoting the card three days before the event, Arum, having tired of Mayweather's antics, decided to flip the two fights with the Klitschko–McCline bout taking the main event slot, while the Mayweather–Castillo fight was moved to the undercard.
Late in the first round as Gatti bent forwards, Mayweather leaned on him and the referee instructed, "Stop punching." Mayweather continued to punch and Gatti looked to the referee to complain. With Gatti's attention turned towards the referee, Mayweather landed a left hook that sent Gatti into the ropes and on his knee.