Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Statistics
Real name	Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Nickname(s)	Pretty Boy Money
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Nationality	American
Birth date	February 24, 1977 (1977-02-24) (age 33)
Birth place
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	41
Wins	41
Wins by KO	25
Losses	0
Draws	0

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  United States
Men's boxing
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Featherweight

Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. (born Floyd Sinclair on February 24, 1977), is an American professional boxer. He is the son of Floyd Mayweather, Sr.

From July 18, 2005 through June 2, 2008, he was rated by The Ring magazine as the number 1 pound for pound boxer in the world. Mayweather has won nine world boxing championships in five different boxing weight classes. For his achievements he was named Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year in 1998 and 2007; Best Fighter ESPY Award 2007, 2008 and currently 2010; BWAA Fighter of the Year 2007 by Boxing Writers Association of America; ESPN.com Fighter of the year 2007; The Ring Magazine event of the year 2007, 2008; and currently The Ring Magazine comeback of the year 2009.^[2][3][4]

He is the former WBC World Super Featherweight Champion, WBC World Lightweight Champion, The Ring World Lightweight Champion, WBC World Light Welterweight Champion, IBF World Welterweight Champion, The Ring World Welterweight Champion, WBC World Welterweight Champion and WBC World Super Welterweight Champion.

Mayweather is undefeated with 41 wins including 25 by knockout and is currently rated by The Ring as the number two pound-for-pound boxer in the world. Many prominent boxing websites and magazines such as BoxRec,^[5] Fox Sports^[6] and BBC Sports^[7] currently list Mayweather as the number one pound for pound boxer in the world. Additionally, he is currently rated by The Ring^[8]and ESPN^[9] as number 1 Welterweight in the world.

Mayweather was involved in the most lucrative fight ever in boxing history. The fight was with six division world champion Oscar De La Hoya, with over $120 million in generated revenue and a live gate of $19 million. The live gate broke the previous record of $16 million held by Evander Holyfield vs Lennox Lewis, and selling a total of 2.4 million household Pay-per-view buys. Mayweather vs. De La Hoya also broke the previous record of 1.99 million PPV buys held by Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson II.^[10]

After his wins over De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, Mayweather was ranked "Number 14" in Forbes Magazine's list of the Biggest Celebrity Paydays of 2007.^[11] On June 22, 2010, he was ranked 2nd on Forbes magazine's list of the "Richest and Powerful Sports Athletes of 2010". Mayweather fell just behind Tiger Woods with earnings of $65 million ($65,000,000,00).^[12][13]

He is also the co-founder of HBO 24/7 (TV series), HBO alongside Mayweather produced a series of countdowns previewing their big pay-per-view fights. These shows are 30 minute specials designed to get undecided and casual fans excited enough to purchase and watch the fights live.^[14]

Mayweather is one of two boxers ever in Compubox history to go an entire round without being hit, alongside Roy Jones, Jr.^[15][16]

Contents 1 Background 2 Amateur career 3 Professional career 3.1 Super Featherweight 3.2 Lightweight 3.3 Junior Welterweight 3.4 Welterweight 3.5 Super Welterweight 3.6 Return to Welterweight 3.6.1 Ricky Hatton 3.6.2 Juan Manuel Marquez 3.6.3 Manny Pacquiao 3.6.4 Shane Mosley 3.6.5 Future plans 4 Professional boxing record 5 Major and minor titles 6 World Wrestling Entertainment 7 Dancing With the Stars 8 Honours, awards and recognitions 9 See also 10 Notes 11 External links

Background

Mayweather was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his mother's last name.^[17] His last name would change to Mayweather shortly thereafter. His father, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., is a former welterweight contender, while two of his uncles, Jeff Mayweather and Roger Mayweather, won championship titles.

Amateur career

Mayweather had an amateur record of 84-6^[18] and won national Golden Gloves championships in 1993 (at 106 lb), 1994 (at 114 lb), and 1996 (at 125 lb).^[19] He was given the nickname "Pretty Boy" by his amateur teammates because he had relatively few scars, a result of the defensive techniques that his father (Floyd Mayweather, Sr.) and uncle (Roger Mayweather) had taught him.^[20] In his orthodox defensive stance, Mayweather—much like James Toney—often utilizes the 'shoulder roll'. The shoulder roll is an old-school boxing technique in which the right hand is held normally or slightly higher than normal, the left hand is down around the midsection, and the lead shoulder is raised high on the cheek in order to cover the chin and block punches. The right hand (from orthodox stance) is used as it normally would be to block punches coming from the other side, such as left hooks. From this stance, Mayweather blocks, slips, and deflects most of his opponents' punches, even when cornered, by twisting left and right to the rhythm of their punches.^[21]

At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Mayweather won a bronze medal by reaching the semi-finals of the featherweight (57 kg)^[22] division's 31-boxer tournament. In the opening round, Mayweather led 10-1 on points over Bakhtiyar Tileganov of Kazakhstan before he won by round 2 referee stoppage. In the second round, Mayweather outpointed Artur Gevorgyan of Armenia 16-3. In the quarterfinals, Mayweather survived a late rally by Lorenzo Aragon of Cuba to win 12-11. In his semifinal bout against the eventual silver medalist, Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, Mayweather lost by a controversial decision that the U.S. team officially protested. Many who saw the bout, including the referee (who mistakenly raised Mayweather's hand when the decision was read), believed that Mayweather had won.

Professional career

Super Featherweight

Mayweather fought his first professional bout on October 11, 1996 against fellow newcomer Roberto Apodaca who was knocked out in round 2. Mayweather's trainer at the time was his uncle, Roger Mayweather, because Floyd Mayweather, Sr. was still imprisoned after having been convicted of illegal drug trafficking in 1993. Mayweather, Sr. took over as Mayweather, Jr.'s trainer when he was released from prison (after Mayweather, Jr.'s fourteenth fight—a second-round knockout of Sam Girard).^[23] From 1996 to early 1998, Mayweather won most of his fights by knockout or TKO.

In 1999, Mayweather won his first world title, the WBC junior lightweight (130 lb) championship, when the corner of Genaro Hernandez stopped the fight after round 8. Hernandez had never been defeated at the weight class. From there, Mayweather defended his title with performances against contenders such as Angel Manfredy and Carlos Gerena.

Before he fought against former WBC featherweight champion Gregorio Vargas in early 2000, Mayweather fired his father as his manager and replaced him with James Prince. A few months after the fight, the rift between the father and son became wide enough that Mayweather, Jr. fired Mayweather, Sr. as his trainer as well.^[24] Roger Mayweather returned to his role as Mayweather, Jr.'s trainer in his next bout—a non-title fight against Emanuel Burton. In an interview in 2004, Mayweather, Jr. said that he loves Mayweather, Sr. as his father but feels that he has better chemistry with Roger, and his father had put too much pressure on him to be perfect.^[25]

Mayweather's biggest fight as a junior lightweight was on January 20, 2001, against Diego Corrales. At the time, neither fighter had been defeated or knocked down. In the bout, Mayweather won every round and knocked down Corrales five times (three times in round 7 and twice in round 10). After the fifth knockdown, Corrales' cornermen climbed onto the apron and stopped the fight, thereby establishing Mayweather as one of the claimants to boxing's mythical pound-for-pound title. At the time of the stoppage, Mayweather was way ahead on the scorecards, leading by the official tallies of 89-79, 90-79, and 90-78.^[26]

In Mayweather's next bout, on May 26, 2001, future IBF champion Carlos "Famoso" Hernández knocked down Mayweather for the first time. Mayweather entered the bout with injured hands.^[27] When Mayweather hit Hernández with a left hook in round 6, the pain caused Mayweather to drop his left hand to the canvas, and the referee called it a knockdown. Nonetheless, Mayweather won the fight by unanimous decision. In the award-winning^[28] documentary film More Than Famous, Hernández's bout against Mayweather was prominently featured.

Mayweather's last fight in the junior lightweight division was against future junior lightweight and lightweight champion Jesús Chávez. It was Mayweather's eighth defense of the WBC junior lightweight title, which he had held for more than three years. He won when Chávez's corner stopped the fight after round 9. Mayweather had such difficulty making weight for this fight that he did not eat for four days before the weigh-in.^[29]

Lightweight

In 2002, Mayweather moved up to the lightweight (135 lb) division. Mayweather fought only four bouts at this weight, but they were all world championship fights. Mayweather won two bouts for the WBC and The Ring lightweight belts against José Luis Castillo. In their first bout, Castillo had success when he cut off the ring and used his strength to wear down Mayweather. But it was not enough to make up for his slow start in the fight. Still, many analysts and fans feel that Mayweather should have lost the fight,^[30] but he won by unanimous decision. In the rematch, Mayweather used his quick footwork, combinations and his jab specialty to coast to another unanimous decision victory, this time with no controversy. The smaller Mayweather was outweighed by Castillo on the night of the fight, as Castillo weighed 147 and Mayweather weighed 138.^[31]

On April 19, 2003, Mayweather dominated the Dominican Victoriano Sosa and won by unanimous decision. Mayweather's next fight (on November 1, 2003) was in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He fought against the promising South African knockout specialist Phillip Ndou, whose record was 31-1 with 30 KOs. Uncharacteristically, Mayweather was offensively oriented from the beginning of the fight. Round 5 was one of 2003's most action-packed.^[32] In the middle of the round, Mayweather landed a barrage of powerful punches. Ndou endured and threw wild punches that forced Mayweather into the ropes, but Mayweather demonstrated his rhythmic defensive technique and let Ndou wear himself out further. In round 6, Ndou wobbled and was pushed down. In round 7, a combination of three straight right hands knocked down Ndou and caused a TKO, when N'Dou's trainers - Nick Durandt and Tommy Brooks - contemplated throwing in the towel. However, the ref stopped the fight as Ndou did not move forward (as part of a test to ensure he was okay from the knockdown).

Junior Welterweight

Mayweather then moved up to the junior welterweight (140 lb) division. His first fight in this division was against southpaw DeMarcus Corley. Mayweather used his speed and jabs to win the early rounds. In the first minute of round 4, Corley landed a solid left hand and drove Mayweather into the ropes, but Mayweather recovered and fought back ferociously. After that round, Mayweather mostly controlled Corley. Mayweather knocked down Corley in rounds 8 and 10, but Corley was able to continue until the end. Mayweather won by unanimous decision. The fight was Mayweather's only one in 2004.

On January 22, 2005, Mayweather fought against Henry Bruseles of Puerto Rico in a WBC junior welterweight title eliminator bout. Mayweather easily outclassed Bruseles throughout the first seven rounds. In round 8, Mayweather knocked down Bruseles twice, and the fight was stopped.

The win over Bruseles made Mayweather the mandatory challenger for Arturo Gatti's WBC Super Lightweight Championship. Before the fight, Mayweather was supremely confident. He described Gatti with terms such as "a C+ fighter", "a fake", and "a blown-up club fighter."^[33] The pay-per-view fight occurred on June 25, 2005 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where the fans heavily supported Gatti. Near the end of round 1, Mayweather pushed Gatti's head down in close and the referee instructed the fighters to "Stop punching." Gatti broke and left himself vulnerable while Mayweather either deliberately or indeliberately disobeyed the referee's command and continued to land punches. Gatti turned to the referee to complain and Mayweather capitalised, sending Gatti to the canvas with more shots for what was scored a knockdown, despite Gatti's complaints.^[34] Throughout the next five rounds, the much faster Mayweather landed with nearly every big shot against Gatti, who had no offense with which he could return fire. Gatti's corner stopped the fight after round 6—giving Mayweather his third world title. It was one of the most one-sided and most impressive contests in boxing history. In the post-fight interview, Mayweather praised Gatti and claimed that his pre-fight comments "were just to sell tickets." Among many boxing experts, Mayweather's one-sided dominance over Gatti solidified his position as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.^[35] Compubox had Mayweather outlanding Gatti by a total of 168 to 41.^[36]

One month after the Gatti fight, Mayweather went to trial for a domestic violence charge. He faced a minimum of one year in prison if he was convicted. Mayweather had been accused of violence against his former girlfriend, Josie Harris. Harris had claimed that Mayweather had punched and kicked her during an argument in Mayweather's Bentley, outside a Las Vegas nightclub in 2003. During the trial, however, Harris admitted that she had lied on the initial police report and testified that Mayweather never hit her. The jury acquitted Mayweather.^[37]

Welterweight

On November 19, 2005, Mayweather fought a non-title bout at 147 lb (67 kg) against welterweight Sharmba Mitchell. In round 3, Mayweather knocked down Mitchell with a straight right hand to the head. In round 6, another straight right hand—this one to Mitchell's body—dropped Mitchell again and ended the fight.

On April 8, 2006, Mayweather defeated Zab Judah for the IBF and vacant IBO world welterweight titles by unanimous decision. Beforehand, the fight had been jeopardized after Judah lost the WBA, WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight titles to Carlos Manuel Baldomir on January 7, 2006, but Mayweather's and Judah's camps reworked the contract and decided that the fight would go on.^[38] In the fight, Mayweather stayed calm during Judah's aggressive early rounds. Mayweather began to dominate Judah in round 5, and Judah eventually bled. Near the conclusion of the tenth round, Judah hit Mayweather with a left hand that was clearly below the belt and followed up with a right-handed rabbit punch. After referee Richard Steele called time with five seconds remaining in the round, Roger Mayweather entered the ring and approached Judah, but Steele restrained him. Judah's father and trainer, Yoel Judah, entered the ring as well. Floyd remained in the neutral corner while both Yoel and Zab scuffled with Roger (and others who had entered the ring) until police and security managed to restore order. Roger was thrown out, but the fight continued and went the scheduled 12 rounds. Mayweather won by the official scores of 116-112, 117-111, and 119-109. Compubox statistics showed Mayweather as landing 188 punches to 82 for Judah.^[39]

Five days after the fight, the Nevada State Athletic Commission decided not to overturn the result of the bout, but Roger Mayweather was fined US$200,000 and suspended for one year.^[40] The suspension entails that Roger can train Mayweather, Jr. in the gym but cannot work the corner during fights.^[41] On April 17, 2006, the IBF ordered a rematch between Mayweather and Judah, but the NSAC suspended Judah for one year on May 8, 2006.^[42] Mayweather vacated the IBF title on June 20, 2006.

Mayweather rejected an offer of US$8 million to fight Antonio Margarito and split with promoter Bob Arum.^[43] Oscar De la Hoya, however, postponed his decision until 2007, leaving Mayweather in the awkward position of choosing his next opponent.^[44] Mayweather considered moving up in weight again to fight junior middleweight champion Cory Spinks, but because of negative publicity and Spinks' impending mandatory defense of his title, he finally decided to face WBC and The Ring welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir on November 4, 2006 in Las Vegas.^[45]

Mayweather would ultimately defeat Baldomir by unanimous decision for both titles. Ringside punch statistics showed Mayweather landing 199 of 458 punches, while Baldomir landed just 79 of 670. Mayweather earned $8 million for the fight, while Baldomir was paid $1.6 million. Both were career highs in earnings for each fighter at the time.

During the fight, Baldomir chased Mayweather sluggishly, unable to land any meaningful shots but trying to remain the busier fighter, while Mayweather picked away with sharp jabs and hooks, even managing to cut Baldomir over his left eye in the first round. This pattern continued throughout the fight. The defensive-minded Mayweather put on what many witnesses and Mayweather himself called a "boxing clinic" to take Baldomir's WBC and Ring welterweight titles in a lopsided 12 round decision. Two judges had Mayweather winning all 12 rounds, with the other giving all but two rounds to Mayweather. After the fight Mayweather called out for a fight with Oscar De la Hoya.

Super Welterweight

Mayweather's next match was the long-anticipated superfight against six-division champion and current WBC Super Welterweight titleholder Oscar De La Hoya on May 5, 2007. De La Hoya's belt was on the line, which required Mayweather to move up in weight from 147 pounds to 154.

Despite De La Hoya's insistence that money was not a factor, the Mayweather-De La Hoya bout set the record for most PPV buys for a boxing match with 2.7 million households, shattering the record of 1.95 million for Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson II. Around $120 million in revenue was generated by the PPV, which set another record. With the percentages factored in, Oscar De La Hoya ended up earning $58 million for the bout, the highest purse ever for a fighter. The previous record was $35 million, held by Tyson and Holyfield. Floyd Mayweather earned about $25 million for the fight.^[46]

At one time, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., Mayweather, Jr.'s father, was in talks to train Oscar De La Hoya and be in his corner during the fight but he decided to train with Freddie Roach.

Mayweather won by a controversial split decision in 12 rounds, capturing the World Boxing Council (WBC) title though most saw the fight as being fairly one-sided on his behalf.

Return to Welterweight

Ricky Hatton

Mayweather decided to relinquish his WBC junior middleweight championship^[47] and kept his WBC welterweight championship. On July 28, 2007, it was announced that Mayweather would come out of his short retirement to fight light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton which was promoted by Oscar De La Hoya's promotion company Golden Boy Promotions and Floyd Mayweather's "Mayweather Promotions." The bout was labelled "Undefeated" and took place on December 8, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, in a fight which was the biggest welterweight showdown of two undefeated fighters since Oscar De La Hoya and Félix Trinidad met in their 1999 superfight. In the build up to their fight, Mayweather claimed that he was the greatest boxer ever, saying: "I respect what Robinson and Ali did for the sport. But I am the greatest, and this is my time." ^[48]

Mayweather controlled the fight from the start and knocked Hatton out in the 10th round to retain the welterweight championship.^[49] Hatton suffered a cut over his right eye in round three from the punches of Mayweather, and it seemed that it was at this point that his pace and movement began to slow. In round six Hatton lost a point for punching the back of Floyd's head as he was caught draped on the ropes. Mayweather had a huge eighth round, landing a number of clean, effective power shots.

In the 10th round Hatton was caught with a check left hook thrown from Mayweather's hip, and as a result he fell forward head first into the turnbuckle and hit the deck. Hatton managed to make it to his feet, but was clearly dazed. Two more big lefts in a flurry put Ricky down again and Cortez stopped it at 1:35 of round 10.^[50]

After the fight, Mayweather said that Hatton was one of the toughest fighters he had ever fought, that he just kept coming and coming, and that he wants to promote fights, with Hatton being his first client. Mayweather announced a two-year layoff from boxing to concentrate on his promotional company.^[51]

On March 18, 2009, it was reported that Mayweather was "ready to dance again" according to a source from within the Mayweather camp. Announcing his return to the ring seemed to be somewhat of a formality at this point, as even his estranged father, current trainer of Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Sr. stated, "He's gonna fight again." ^[52]

Juan Manuel Marquez

On May 2, 2009, it was confirmed that Mayweather was coming out of a 21-month retirement to fight lightweight champion Juan Manuel Márquez at a catchweight of 144 lb on July 18 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on HBO PPV.^[53] The fight was postponed due to a rib injury Mayweather received during training. HBO's reality series 24/7 was also postponed to start on August 29. The fight took place on September 19, 2009 in conjunction with Mexican Independence Day, traditionally a big boxing weekend. During the official weigh in for their 144 lb bout, Mayweather failed to meet the required limit by weighing in at 146 lb, two pounds heavier than Marquez. He was subsequently fined as a result.^[54] However it was later revealed that the contract was changed so that Mayweather could make weight within the welterweight limit of 140-147 lb as long as Marquez received a large guaranteed sum of money.^[55] Mayweather won a unanimous decision after 12 rounds in one of the most statistically lop sided fights between 2 world class opponents. Marquez only managed to land 12% of his total 583 punches while Mayweather landed 59% of 490 total punches.^[56] This fight marks only the fifth time in boxing history that a non-heavyweight fight sold more than 1 million pay-per-views, with the official HBO numbers coming in at over 1 million buys equalling a total of approximately $52 million. Four of those fights all featured Oscar De La Hoya as the main event, making this fight the one of two events where a non-heavyweight fight sold over 1 million PPVs without Oscar De La Hoya. The other fight was Manny Pacquiao versus Miguel Cotto which sold 1.25 million PPVs.^[57]

Manny Pacquiao

Pacquiao had reportedly agreed to fight Mayweather on March 13, 2010, for a split of $50 million up front, at the MGM Grand Las Vegas which the promoters of both camp already agreed.^[58] However, the fight has been called off as of now, according to promoter Bob Arum, due to disagreements about Olympic style drug tests. Floyd Mayweather's camp wanted blood tests by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, which conducts the tests anytime from the fight is signed to the fight date.^[59] However the Pacquiao camp refused to provide these samples, only willing to allow blood to be taken from Pacquiao if the test were scheduled. Freddie Roach, on the other hand, has commented that he would allow a blood sample to be taken from Pacquiao if there was a cut-off date for the blood testing or at least one week before the fight, but promoter Arum has offered the chance to fight Pacquiao instead to Joshua Clottey. Leading up to and since the Clottey bout, both Arum and Roach have stated that Pacquiao would not fight under any testing that included taking blood randomly instead of the scheduled urine test.^{[60][61][62][63][64]}

Shane Mosley

Negotiations for a proposed matchup between Mayweather and Shane Mosley immediately began after Andre Berto pulled out of his scheduled January 30 unification bout with the latter, due to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.^[65] Both sides eventually agreed to fight on May 1, 2010 for Mosley's WBA World Welterweight title. It was later revealed that Floyd Mayweather refuse to pay sanctioning fees required by WBA, Mayweather said "all belts do is collect dust". However the belt will only be on the line for Mosley to defend against Mayweather.^[66] Both Mayweather and Mosley agreed to Olympic-style testing for this bout.^[67][68] Not because of the failed negotions between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao but because of Mosley's own history of performance-enhancing drugs.^[69] Mosley started the fight well landing two solid right hands in Round 2 making Mayweather's knees buckle. Mayweather showed tremendous heart and courage and went on to dominate, outbox, and outclass Mosley eventually winning a unanimous decision. Judges scored the fight 119-109, 119-109, 118-110 all in favor of Mayweather. During the fight in Round 4 Compubox picked up Mosley throwing seven punches without landing any, making Mayweather the second boxer after Roy Jones, Jr to go an entire round without being hit. After the fight president of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya stated that "No doubt about it in my mind, in Mosley's mind, in anybody's mind that he is the best. He keeps on proving it over and over again, I have to say, the truth tonight convinced me that he is the best, possibly of all times, Mayweather has the skill, has the talent to beat anybody."^[70]

The fight was the second highest non heavyweight pay-per-view bout in the history of boxing selling 1.4 million Pay-per-views. HBO officially released that the fight generated $78.3 million in revenues. After Mayweather's lopsided victory over Shane Mosley several boxing rankings placed him as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.

Future plans

After the fight Floyd expressed interest in moving up in weight to capture his seventh world title in six different weight classes and to challenge newly crowned middleweight champion Sergio Martinez.^[71]

It has been reported that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Top Rank Chief Bob Arum are trying to work out a fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather has asked Pacquiao to undergo random blood and urine testing up until the fight day, because of rumors speculating from professional boxers including Andre Berto, Paul Malignaggi, Nate Campbell, Kermit Cintron and Ricky Hatton of Pacquiao's jump through seven weight classes. Pacquiao said he will undergo blood and urine testing up until 14 days before the fight, stating that giving blood too close to the fight day will weaken him. United States Anti-Doping Agency chief officer Travis Tygart stated that if an athlete is tested prior to a 14-day window leading up to a big match or tournament, then that athlete is still able to cheat by utilizing performance enhancing drugs.^[72]

On July 19, 2010, Leonard Ellerbe, one of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s closest advisers, denied that negotiations for a super fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao had ever taken place. Leonard Ellerbe stated "Bob Arum is not telling the truth, but history tells us who is lying". Ellerbe was clearly taking a shot at Arum, who is famous for playing fast and loose with the truth after having uttered the famous quote years ago, "Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth."^[73]

Mayweather for his part later told the associated press that he fought 60 days ago and that he was in no rush to fight Pacquiao.^[74]

On August 18, 2010, Roger Mayweather stated in bleacher report article that his nephew asked for a random blood and urine testing up until the fight date. Something Pacquiao refused privately and stated publicly that he had agreed. Roger Mayweather also went on to say that Floyd will fight in calender 2010 again.^[75]

Professional boxing record

41 Wins (25 knockouts, 16 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[76]
Res.	Record	Opponnent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	41-0	Shane Mosley	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	2010-05-01	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	WBA Super World welterweight title not on the line for Mayweather; only for Mosley.
Win	40-0	Juan Manuel Marquez	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	2009-09-19	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	39-0	Ricky Hatton	TKO	10 (12) 1:35	2007-12-08	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Welterweight title.
Win	38-0	Oscar De La Hoya	Decision Split	12 (12)	2007-05-05	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won WBC Super Welterweight title.
Win	37-0	Carlos Baldomir	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	2006-11-04	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained IBO and won IBA and WBC Welterweight titles.
Win	36-0	Zab Judah	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	2006-04-08	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won IBF and vacant IBO Welterweight titles. Mayweather vacated the IBF title on June 20.
Win	35-0	Sharmba Mitchell	TKO	6 (12) 2:06	2005-11-19	Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon, United States
Win	34-0	Arturo Gatti	TKO	6 (12) 3:00	2005-06-25	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Won WBC Super Lightweight title, which Mayweather later vacated in order to move up to Welterweight.
Win	33-0	Henry Bruseles	TKO	8 (12) 2:55	2005-01-22	American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida, United States
Win	32-0	DeMarcus Corley	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	2004-05-22	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	31-0	Phillip Ndou	TKO	7 (12) 1:08	2003-11-01	Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States	Retained WBC Lightweight title, which Mayweather later vacated in order to move up to Light Welterweight.
Win	30-0	Victoriano Sosa	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	2003-04-19	Selland Arena, Fresno, California, United States	Retained WBC Lightweight title.
Win	29-0	José Luis Castillo	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	2002-12-07	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Lightweight title.
Win	28-0	José Luis Castillo	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	2002-04-20	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won WBC Lightweight title.
Win	27-0	Jesús Chávez	TKO	9 (12) 3:00	2001-11-10	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, United States	Retained WBC Super Featherweight title, which Mayweather later vacated in order to move up to Lightweight.
Win	26-0	Carlos Hernández	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	2001-05-26	Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States	Retained WBC Super Featherweight title.
Win	25-0	Diego Corrales	TKO	10 (12) 2:19	2001-01-20	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Super Featherweight title.
Win	24-0	Emanuel Augustus	TKO	9 (10) 1:09	2000-10-21	Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Win	23-0	Gregorio Vargas	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	2000-03-18	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Super Featherweight title.
Win	22-0	Carlos Gerena	TKO	7 (12)	1999-09-11	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Super Featherweight title.
Win	21-0	Justin Juuko	KO	9 (12) 1:20	1999-05-22	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Super Featherweight title.
Win	20-0	Carlos Rios	Decision Unanimous	12 (12)	1999-02-17	Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States	Retained WBC Super Featherweight title.
Win	19-0	Angel Manfredy	TKO	2 (12) 2:47	1998-12-19	Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, Florida, United States	Retained WBC Super Featherweight title.
Win	18-0	Genaro Hernandez	TKO	8 (12)	1998-10-03	Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won WBC Super Featherweight title.
Win	17-0	Tony Pep	Decision Unanimous	10 (10)	1998-06-14	Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	16-0	Gustavo Cuello	Decision Unanimous	10 (10)	1998-04-18	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	15-0	Miguel Melo	TKO	3 (10)	1998-03-23	Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
Win	14-0	Sam Girard	TKO	2 (10)	1998-02-28	Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	13-0	Hector Arroyo	TKO	5 (10) 1:21	1998-01-09	Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
Win	12-0	Angelo Nuñez	TKO	3 (8) 2:52	1997-11-20	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	11-0	Felipe Garcia	KO	6 (8) 2:56	1997-10-14	Bank of America Centre, Boise, Idaho, United States
Win	10-0	Louie Leija	TKO	2 (10) 2:33	1997-09-06	County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, United States
Win	9-0	Jesús Chávez	TKO	5 (6)	1997-07-12	Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
Win	8-0	Larry O'Shields	Decision Unanimous	6 (6)	1997-06-14	Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Win	7-0	Tony Duran	TKO	1 (6) 1:12	1997-05-09	Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	6-0	Bobby Giepert	TKO	1 (6) 1:31	1997-04-12	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	5-0	Kino Rodriguez	TKO	1 (6) 1:44	1997-03-12	Stadium Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Win	4-0	Edgar Ayala	TKO	2 (4) 1:39	1997-02-01	Swiss Park Hall, Chula Vista, California, United States
Win	3-0	Jerry Cooper	TKO	1 (4) 1:39	1997-01-18	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	2-0	Reggie Sanders	Decision Unanimous	4 (4)	1996-11-30	Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Win	1-0	Roberto Apodaca	TKO	2 (4) 0:37	1996-10-11	Texas Station Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Major and minor titles

Major Sanctioning Bodies:

• WBC World Super Featherweight Champion (130lbs)
• WBC World Lightweight Champion (135lbs)
• The Ring World Lightweight Champion (135lbs)
• WBC World Light Welterweight Champion (140lbs)
• IBF World Welterwight Champion (147lbs)
• The Ring World Welterweight Champion (147lbs)
• WBC World Welterweight Champion (147lbs)
• WBC World Super Welterweight Champion (154lbs)

Minor Sanctioning Bodies:

• IBO World Welterweight Champion (147lbs)
• IBA World Welterweight Champion (147lbs)

Lineal Championship titles:

• World Lightweight Champion (130lbs)
• World Welterweight Champion (147lbs)

World Wrestling Entertainment

Mayweather appeared at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s No Way Out pay-per-view on February 17, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was involved in a storyline physical altercation with The Big Show, after Mayweather jumped a security barricade and attacked him with a punching combination, in an attempt to help Rey Mysterio, whom Show threatened to chokeslam. Originally, Mayweather took on a babyface role in the storylines, though met with some reluctance from the fans.^[77] The attack resulted in Big Show receiving an actual broken nose, reportedly not part of the storyline. The following night on Raw, Big Show challenged Mayweather to a one on one No Disqualification match at WrestleMania XXIV, which Mayweather accepted. At WrestleMania, Mayweather turned heel by using various underhanded tactics and defeated Big Show by knockout using brass knuckles to maintain his unbeaten record.^[78] Mayweather claimed that he was paid $20,000,000 USD for the fight, but WWE's financial statements do not show the number.

Mayweather was the guest host for WWE Raw in Las Vegas on August 24, 2009. He interfered with a tag team match that resulted in a loss for the Big Show (now heel again) and his partner Chris Jericho as Mayweather gave Montel Vontavious Porter brass knuckles to use to knock Jericho out, giving Porter and his new tag team partner Mark Henry the win and a shot at the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles at WWE Breaking Point against Big Show and Jericho. He then celebrated with Henry and Porter, thus turning face. Later on in the night he was involved in a backstage segment with Mr. McMahon, D-Generation X, and Carlito where he helped Mr. McMahon get ready for his 6 Man Tag Team Match against Legacy along with DX. During the segment, McMahon knocked out Carlito.

Dancing With the Stars

Floyd Mayweather Jr appeared on Dancing With The Stars his partner was the famous Ukrainian American born professional ballroom dancer Karina Smirnoff. It was the fifth season of the show and on October 16, 2007, Karina and Floyd were the fourth couple to be eliminated from the competition and came in 9th place.^[79]

Honours, awards and recognitions

• 1996 Atlanta Olympics Bronze medalist
• 1998 The Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year
• 2007 The Ring Magazine Fighter of the year
• 2007 Best Fighter ESPY Award
• 2008 Best Fighter ESPY Award
• 2010 Best Fighter ESPY Award
• 2007 Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the year
• 1998 International Boxing Award (Muhammed Ali Boxing Award) Fighter of the Year^[80]
• 2007 ESPN Fighter of the Year^[2]
• 2007 The Ring Magazine event of the year
• 2008 The Ring Magazine event of the year
• 2009 The Ring Magazine comeback of the year
• 2007 Forbes Magazine, Ranked "Number 14" Richest Celebrity paydays^[81]
• 2007 International Boxing Award (Muhammed Ali Boxing Award) Fighter of the Year^[82]
• 2007 NY Daily News.com, Fighter of the Year^[83]
• 2008 Yahoo Sports, Ranked "Number 6" Most Powerful People in Boxing^[84]
• 2008 The Boxing Times Blue Corner, 10 Most important People in boxing, ranked "Number 4"^[85]
• 1998 The Times Online.co.uk, Worlds Greatest Athlete, ranked "Number 4"^[86]
• 2010 Forbes Magazine, Ranked "Number 2" Richest and Powerful athlete in the world^[87]
• 2005-2008 The Ring Magazine "Number 1" Pound For Pound Boxer in the World^[88]
• 2009-10 BoxRec, Best Pound For Pound Fight in the World
• 2009-10 BBC Sports, Best Pound For Pound Fight in the World^[7]
• 2009-10 Yahoo Sports, Best Pound For Pound Fighter in the World^[89]
• Ranked Best Fighter and Most Skilled Figher Ever by Boxing News 24^[90]
• 2010 ESPN, ranked "Number 1" Welterweight in the world^[9]
• 2010 The Ring Magazine, ranked "Number 1" Welterweight in the world^[91]
• 2010 Most Dominant athlete in the World: ranked "Number 1" By Real Clear Sport^[92]
• 2000-2010 Suite101.com, The Decades Greatest Performance ranked "Number 4"
• 2000-2010 The Boxing Tribute, Dissecting The Decade, ranked "Number 1"^[93]
• 2000-2010 Yahoo Sports, Best of the Decade, ranked "Number 1"^[94]
• 2000-2010 Allvoices.com, Top Ten Boxers Since 2000, ranked "Number 1"^[95]
• 2010 The Boxing Tribute.com, 10 Most Influential People in Boxing, ranked "Number 5"^[96]

See also

• List of current world boxing champions
• List of The Ring world champions
• List of WBC world champions
• List of IBF world champions
• List of IBO world champions
• List of Super Featherweight boxing champions
• List of lightweight boxing champions
• list of light welterweight boxing champions
• List of welterweight boxing champions
• List of super welterweight boxing champions
• List of boxing triple champions
• List of boxing quadruple champions
• List of boxing quintuple champions

Notes

External links

• Floyd Mayweather Jr. victorious over Shane Mosley in welterweight bout (post fight interview) by Alex Alonso, May 1, 2010, Streetgangs.com.
• Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Video Interview @ FightFan.com
• Professional boxing record for Floyd Mayweather, Jr. from BoxRec
• Exclusive Interview: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. by G. Leon, August 8, 2005, Boxingtalk.com.
• Estrangement of Mayweather, Jr. and Sr. by Jon Saraceno, June 26, 2005, USA Today.
• Olympic article on Mayweather, Jr. by Andy Johnston, July 6, 1996, Augusta Chronicle.
• A new chapter begins for Floyd Mayweather by Jeff Mayweather, November 1, 2005, BraggingRightsCorner.com.
• Can Mayweather become the new De La Hoya? by Brent Matteo Alderson, May 1, 2006, BoxingScene.com.
• Floyd Mayweather, Sr. Speaks Out, by David A. Avila, www.thesweetscience.com
• Philthy Rich Records Home page of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s record label
• Mayweather Returns In September by Brian O. Blake

Awards
Preceded by Evander Holyfield	The Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Paulie Ayala
Preceded by Manny Pacquiao	The Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Manny Pacquiao
Preceded by Oscar de La Hoya	Best Fighter ESPY Award 2007,2008	Succeeded by Manny Pacquiao
Preceded by Manny Pacquiao	BWAA Fighter of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Manny Pacquiao
Preceded by Manny Pacquiao	ESPN Fighter of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Manny Pacquiao
Preceded by Corrales-castillo III Weight in	The Ring Magazine event of the year 2007,2008	Succeeded by Antonio Margarito
Preceded by Vitali Klitschko	The Ring Magazine comeback of the year 2009	Incumbent
Preceded by Manny Pacquiao	Best Fighter ESPY Award 2010	Incumbent
Sporting positions
Preceded by Genaro Hernandez	WBC Super Featherweight Champion October 3, 1998 – April 20, 2002 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Sirimongkol Singwangcha
Preceded by José Luis Castillo	WBC Lightweight Champion April 20, 2002 – May 22, 2004 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by José Luis Castillo
Vacant Title last held by Pernell Whitaker	Ring Magazine Lightweight Champion April 20, 2002 – May 22, 2004 Vacated
Preceded by Arturo Gatti	WBC Super Lightweight Champion June 25, 2005 – March 23, 2006 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Junior Witter
Vacant Title last held by Jawaid Khaliq	IBO World Welterweight Champion April 8, 2006 - 2007 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Isaac Hlatshwayo
Preceded by Zab Judah	IBF Welterweight Champion April 8, 2006 – June 20, 2006 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Kermit Cintron
Preceded by Carlos Baldomir	WBC Welterweight Champion November 4, 2006 – June 7, 2008 Retired	Vacant Title next held by Andre Berto
	Ring Magazine Welterweight Champion November 4, 2006 – June 7, 2008 Retired	Vacant
Preceded by Oscar De La Hoya	WBC Super Welterweight Champion May 6, 2007 – July 4, 2007 Status Changed:Emeritus champion	Vacant Title next held by Vernon Forrest
Olympic Games
Preceded by Julian Wheeler	1996 Atlanta Olympics Bronze medalist Summer 1996	Succeeded by Ricardo Juarez

Persondata
Name	Mayweather, Floyd Joy, Jr.
Alternative names	Sinclair, Floyd Joy (birth name)
Short description	American Olympic and professional boxer
Date of birth	February 24, 1977
Place of birth	Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Date of death	NOT DEAD
Place of death	NOT DEAD