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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]
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. Jesús Chávez: RTD 9/12 note 1: Super Bantamweight 122 lbs. Manny Pacquiao (c) vs. Agapito Sánchez (c) TD-D 6/12 note 2: Welterweight 147 lbs. Dmitry Salita: def. Miguel Mares TKO 3/4 Cruiserweight 190 lbs. Jorge Kahwagi: def. Perry Williams TKO 1/4 Light Heavyweight 175 lbs. Paul Briggs: def. James Green TKO 3/4 ...
Mayweather expressed interest in facing the soon-to-be-WBC super lightweight champion Arturo Gatti, and negotiations began in February 2004 to designate a fight between Mayweather and former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora, who was also moving up in weight, as a WBC super lightweight title eliminator with the winner becoming the ...
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.
Mayweather has managed to make his millions through several high-profile fights, including a cool $240M in his record-breaking fight to Manny Pacquiao in 2015 (which amassed the highest number of ...
Mayweather Jr. wins via 12-round unanimous decision (117-111, 117-111, 117-111) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero , billed as May Day , was a professional boxing match contested on May 4, 2013, for the WBC and vacant The Ring welterweight championship.
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 ...