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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 .
Boxer Record Weight class (boxing) Title(s) held Championship years Title defenses Notes Jimmy Barry [1] 61–0–10, 1NC Bantamweight World: 1894–1899 6 Fought when the bantamweight category was not fully established. The weight limits in the United States shifted during his career. Joe Calzaghe [2] 46–0–0: Super middleweight WBO: 1997 ...
Floyd Mayweather holds a professional boxing record of 50-0, with 27 wins by knockout. Floyd Mayweather is a former five-division world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame .
The then-current South African president Thabo Mbeki would write a note to N'dou in which he expressed "full confidence" that N'dou would put forth a performance that would make all South Africans proud and defeat Mayweather. When Mayweather heard of N'dou's meeting with Mandela he quipped "Nelson Mandela's a great man, he's big in America, but ...
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 5 May 2012 – 19 Jan 2016 1 Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016. [99] The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality". [100] 47 Erislandy Lara – Regular champion
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 ...
Floyd Patterson (def. Archie Moore) 30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 1959 4 14 Ingemar Johansson: 26 Jun 1959 – 29 Jun 1960 0 15 Floyd Patterson (2) 20 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 1962 2 16 Sonny Liston: 25 Sep 1962 – 22 Jul 1963 0 Era ends because the WBC is inaugurated. Liston would win the inaugural WBC title on his rematch with Floyd Patterson.
As if Floyd Jr. didn't have enough boxing mentors and trainers, Jeff and Roger Mayweather – Floyd's uncles – were both professional boxers as well. Roger Mayweather was Floyd's original ...