Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2011)
Data
Birth Name	Floyd Joy Sinclair
Fight name	Pretty Boy, Money, TBE (The Best Ever)
Weight class	Lightweight , welterweight , light middleweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	February 24, 1977
place of birth	Grand Rapids
style	Left delivery
size	1.73 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	50
Victories	50
Knockout victories	27
Defeats	0
draw	0

Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (* 24. February 1977 in Grand Rapids , Michigan as Floyd Joy Sinclair ) is a former American professional boxer .

He is a former WBC world champion in super feather, light, half welter, world and light middleweight as well as former IBF world champion in welterweight. Most recently he was world champion of the three most important welterweight associations and of the WBC and WBA in the light middleweight division. He won all of his 50 professional fights and was the best boxer in the world according to various leading sports magazines.

Mayweather was the highest paid athlete in the world in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017.

As an amateur boxer, he was a three-time winner of the National Golden Gloves and bronze medalist at the 1996 Olympic Games .

amateur

Floyd Mayweather won 84 fights as an amateur with six losses. In 1993 he won the National Golden Gloves light flyweight, in 1994 the National Golden Gloves in the flyweight and 1996 the National Golden Gloves in the featherweight. In 1995 he was also American featherweight champion and won the national championship of the Police Athletic League. In the national Olympic qualification in 1996, he lost the first fight against Augie Sanchez , but won the two rematches of the tournament, which was played in the best-of-three mode, and thus bought the ticket for the 1996 Olympic Games.

Mayweather took part in the 8th World Championships in Berlin in May 1995 . There he defeated the Romanian Marian Leondraliu, but was defeated in the second round of the tournament to the later vice-world champion Noureddine Medjehoud from Algeria.

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , he won the bronze medal in featherweight. He prevailed there against Bakhtiyar Tilegenov from Kazakhstan, Artur Grigorian from Armenia and Lorenzo Aragón from Cuba, before losing to the Bulgarian Serafim Todorov in the semifinals just on points .

Professional career

Mayweather and Victor Ortiz

In October 1996 he played his first professional fight. In his first 17 fights he won 13 times prematurely. He beat a number of opponents to build up , but also titleholders such as Louie Leija (18 wins-3 losses), Hector Arroyo (16-4), Miguel Melo (8-1), Gustavo Fabian Cuello (20-7) and Tony Pep ( 39-6).

In his 18th fight on October 3, 1998 in Las Vegas , he boxed against Genaro Hernandez (38-1) for the WBC super featherweight title and won by giving up his opponent after the eighth round. In December 1998 he defended the title against Angel Manfredy (25-2), who had already been taken out of the fight by the referee in the second round. In another title defense in February 1999, he defeated the Argentine challenger Carlos Alberto Ramon Ríos (44-2) unanimously on points.

In May 1999 he managed a knockout win against Justin Juuko (33-2) and an injury-related abandonment win against Carlos Gerena (34-2). In March 2000 he won unanimously on points against Gregorio Vargas (40-6) and also defeated Emanuel Augustus (22-16), who is known for his extraordinary fighting style, in a non-title fight seven months later by technical knockout in the ninth round.

On January 20, 2001 he won outstandingly against the undefeated Diego Corrales (33-0); Diego's corner of the ring threw in the towel in the 10th round after her protégé had knocked down five times. On May 26 of the same year he was also able to defeat Carlos Alberto Hernandez (33-2) by unanimous decision on points. In his eighth and final defense of the title, he defeated Jesús Auerelio Chávez (35-1) on November 10 by giving up his opponent at the end of the ninth round.

On April 20, 2002, he won the WBC lightweight title in Las Vegas by unanimously winning points against José Luis Castillo (45-4). He defended this in a rematch again unanimously against Castillo and in April 2003 unanimously and safely against Victoriano Sosa (35-2). Another title defense he denied in November 2003 in his native Grand Rapids against Phillip N'dou (31-1), whom he defeated by tKo in the seventh round. Then he put down the title to rise to the light welterweight division.

With wins against DeMarcus Corley (28-2) and Henry Bruseles (21-2), he qualified for a WBC title fight against Arturo Gatti (39-6) in June 2005. In one of the most lucrative pay-per-view broadcasts in in boxing history, Mayweather completely dominated the fight and won by abandoning Gatti's ring corner after the sixth round. He then defeated Sharmba Mitchell (56-4) in November 2005 by tKo in the sixth round. This gave him the chance to win the IBF welterweight title against Zab Judah (34-3) in April 2006 . The fight against Judah was accompanied by scandals; Mayweather touched the bottom of the ring with his gloves on after a right hook from Judah, but was not counted. In the tenth round Judah landed a low blow and hit the back of Mayweather's head, whereupon the referee stopped the fight. Shortly thereafter, Mayweather's uncle and trainer stormed the ring and began a wild exchange with Judah's support team, whereupon a tangible argument developed in the ring, which had to be resolved by the security service. The fight was then continued as normal, Mayweather won in the end unanimously on points. His uncle and a member of his support team as well as Zab Judah and his father later received heavy fines for the brawl in the ring.

On November 4, 2006 he defeated Carlos Baldomir (43-9) unanimously on points in Las Vegas in a not very respectable fight and thus received his WBC welterweight title. Mayweather justified his inactivity in the duel with a hand injury that he had sustained in the fight.

On May 5, 2007 he turned light middleweight Óscar de la Hoya (38-4) to fight for the WBC title and won on points. The fight became the most financially lucrative in boxing history; The fees for the two boxers alone totaled around 77 million US dollars, and the total income from television broadcasts was another 165 million. On December 8, 2007, he defeated the also undefeated Ricky Hatton (43-0) by tKo in the tenth round. On September 19, 2009, he defeated Juan Manuel Márquez (50-4) unanimously on points. He was also able to win an unanimous point victory on May 1, 2010 against Shane Mosley (46-5).

Mayweather in action against Juan Manuel Márquez (2009)

On September 17, 2011 there was a clash with WBC World Champion Victor Ortiz (29-2) in Las Vegas . The fight ended controversial: When Ortiz apologized to Mayweather after a deliberate headbutt in the fourth round, the latter took advantage of the situation and knocked the uncovered Ortiz with a left, followed by a right, to the ground. Ortiz was then tallied by referee Joe Cortez. Since Cortez had turned to the judges because of the point deduction against Ortiz, he stated that he had not recognized the precipitation as unsportsmanlike and assumed a regular precipitation. Mayweather has been heavily criticized by some observers and commentators for this behavior. The subsequent interview with HBO presenter Larry Merchant , who had a wild exchange with Mayweather, and the interview with the sentence: "I wish I was 50 years younger ... I would kick your ass" ("I. wish I was 50 years younger ... I would kick your ass ”) ended. On May 5, 2012 Mayweather was able to defeat Miguel Cotto (37-2) unanimously on points and thus win the WBA super world title in the light middleweight division.

On May 4, 2013, he defeated Robert Guerrero (31-1) unanimously on points. On September 14, 2013, he boxed in Las Vegas against the also unbeaten Saúl Álvarez (42-0) and won on points. He became the world light middleweight champion of the WBA and WBC. On May 3, 2014, he boxed welterweight against WBA world champion Marcos Maidana (35-3) and won on points. He also defeated this in the rematch on September 13, 2014.

Mayweather in 2015

After several years of negotiations, the Mayweathers fight against Manny Pacquiao for the welterweight title of the three most important associations took place on May 2, 2015 at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas . He won the unspectacular fight unanimously on points and was thus also the title holder of the WBO. Mayweather received a record battle exchange of approximately $ 150 million, his opponent approximately $ 100 million. Tickets cost between US $ 1,000 and US $ 10,000, with a total of US $ 74 million from admission prices. TV viewers had to pay 89–99 US dollars for transmission on American pay TV, and in Germany for Sky 20–30 euros. In July 2015, the WBO decided to revoke Mayweather's welterweight title for failing to pay a contract fee of $ 200,000 to the WBO after beating Pacquiao. In addition, he did not put down his WBA and WBC light middleweight titles; However, according to the rules of the WBO, each boxer can only carry titles in one weight class.

With a unanimous point win against Andre Berto on September 13, 2015, Mayweather set Rocky Marciano's record with 49-0 wins , with Marciano having won more fights by knockout. Then he announced the end of his career.

On August 26, 2017, he returned to the ring for an evening and met Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor in Las Vegas , who had wanted this fight for a long time. The sport of boxing was fought in Mayweathers . Mayweather won the fight with a technical knockout in the tenth round and exceeded the old record of Rocky Marciano (49: 0) with 50-0 wins .

List of professional fights

50 wins (27 knockout wins), 0 defeats , 0 draws
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Mayweather junior
1996	October 11th	Texas Station Casino, Las Vegas, USA	Roberto Apodaca	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	30th of November	Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, USA	Reggie Sanders	Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds
1997	January 18th	Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, USA	Jerry Cooper	Victory / TKO 1st round
	February 1st	Swiss Park Hall, Chula Vista, USA	Edgar Uyala	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	March 12th	DeltaPlex Arena, Walker (Michigan), USA	Rodriguez cinema	Victory / TKO 1st round
	12. April	Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, USA	Bobby Giepert	Victory / TKO 1st round
	May 9	The Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, USA	Tony Duran	Victory / TKO 1st round
	14th June	Alamodome , San Antonio, Texas, USA	Larry O'Shields	Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds
	July 12	Grand Casino Biloxi, Biloxi (Mississippi), USA	Jesus Chavez	Victory / TKO 5th round
	September 6th	El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, USA	Louie Leija	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	October 14th	Qwest Arena, Boise, Idaho, USA	Felipe Garcia	Victory / KO 6th round
	20th November	Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, USA	Angelo Nuñez	Victory / TKO 3rd round
1998	January 9th	Grand Casino Biloxi, Biloxi (Mississippi), USA	Hector Arroyo	Victory / TKO 5th round
	February 28	Bally's Atlantic City, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Sam Girard	Victory / KO 2nd round
	March 23	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Connecticut, USA	Miguel Melo	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	April 18	Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, USA	Gustavo Cuello	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	14th June	Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Tony Pep	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	October 3	Las Vegas Hilton , Las Vegas, USA	Genaro Hernandez WBC World Super Featherweight Championship	Victory / abandonment 8th round
	19. December	Miccosukee Gaming & Resort, Miami, USA	Angel Manfredy WBC super featherweight title defense	Victory / TKO 2nd round
1999	February 17th	Van Andel Arena , Grand Rapids (Michigan), USA	Carlos Rios WBC super featherweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	May 22	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	Justin Juuko WBC Super Featherweight Title Defense	Victory / KO 9th round
	September 11	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	Carlos Gerena WBC super featherweight title defense	Victory / abandonment 7th round
2000	March 18th	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Gregorio Vargas WBC super featherweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	October 21	Cobo Center , Detroit (Michigan), USA	Emanuel Augustus	Victory / TKO 9th round
2001	January 20th	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Diego Corrales WBC super featherweight title defense	Victory / TKO 10th round
	May 26	Van Andel Arena , Grand Rapids (Michigan), USA	Carlos Alberto Hernandez WBC super featherweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	November 10th	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium , San Francisco, USA	Jesus Chavez WBC super featherweight title defense	Victory / abandonment 9th round
2002	20th of April	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	José Luis Castillo WBC World Lightweight Championship	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	December 7th	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	José Luis Castillo WBC lightweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2003	April 19th	Selland Arena , Fresno (California), USA	Victoriano Sosa WBC lightweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	November 1st	Van Andel Arena , Grand Rapids (Michigan), USA	Phillip N'dou WBC lightweight title defense	Victory / TKO 7th round
2004	May 22	Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	DeMarcus Corley	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2005	22nd of January	American Airlines Arena , Miami, USA	Henry Bruseles	Victory / TKO 8th round
	25th June	Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Arturo Gatti WBC Super Lightweight World Championship	Victory / abandonment 6th round
	November 19th	Rose Garden , Portland, Oregon, USA	Sharmba Mitchell	Victory / TKO 6th round
2006	April 8th	Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, USA	Zab Judah IBF / IBO World Welterweight Championship	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	November 4th	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	Carlos Baldomir IBA / IBO / WBC Welterweight Title Association	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2007	5th of May	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Óscar de la Hoya WBC World Super Welterweight Championship	Points win (split decision) / 12 rounds
	December 8th	MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Ricky Hatton WBC welterweight title defense	Victory / TKO 10th round
2009	September 19th	MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Juan Manuel Marquez	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2010	1st of May	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Shane Mosley	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2011	17th of September	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Victor Ortiz WBC World Welterweight Championship	Victory / KO 4th round
2012	5th of May	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Miguel Cotto WBA World Super Welterweight Championship	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2013	May 4th	MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Robert Guerrero WBC welterweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	September 14th	MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Saúl Álvarez WBA / WBC Super Welterweight Title Association	Point victory (majority decision) / 12 rounds
2014	May 3rd	MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Marcos René Maidana WBA / WBC Welterweight Title Association	Point victory (majority decision) / 12 rounds
	13.september	MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Marcos René Maidana WBA / WBC welterweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2015	2.May	MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Manny Pacquiao WBA / WBC / WBO Welterweight Title Association	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	12th September	MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Andre Berto WBA / WBC welterweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2017	26th of August	T-Mobile Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Conor McGregor "The Money Fight"	Victory / TKO 10th round
Source: Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the BoxRec database

Away from the boxing ring

Mayweather Jr. grew up in difficult circumstances, his family and social environment was overshadowed by violence and drugs. Floyd Mayweather Sr. , who was also a professional boxer and promoted his son's career, was shot in the leg by his brother-in-law during an eviction argument a year after Mayweather Jr. was born while his son was in his arms. His mother and aunt were addicted to drugs, the latter died of complications from an AIDS- related illness. Mayweather Jr. grew up partially with his grandmother. He concentrated almost exclusively on boxing at an early age and dropped out of high school for it.

Mayweather Jr. has received multiple sentences for assault and domestic violence. On June 1, 2012, he was sentenced for the first time to an unpunished prison term (90 days) for physical violence towards an ex-girlfriend, which he also served.

Income and property

According to a survey by Forbes Magazine in June 2014, Mayweather Jr. was the world's highest-paid athlete with an annual income of the equivalent of 78 million euros. In the period 2014/15 he led the ranking with the equivalent of 212 million euros, clearly surpassing Tiger Woods' previous record of 101 million euros (2007/08).

Others

Mayweather is the nephew of ex-boxer Roger Mayweather , who won two world titles and was defeated twice by Julio César Chavez . He coached Mayweather in the fight against de la Hoya . His father coached Oscar de la Hoya from 2001 to 2006 before the collaboration was terminated due to financial disagreements. Floyd Mayweather Sr. had asked for $ 2 million to fight his son.

On February 17, 2008, Mayweather appeared at the WWE major event No Way Out and hit the newly-returned 2.13 m tall, 200 kg wrestler The Big Show in the face, accidentally injuring him. Many viewers thought it was an acted scene, but Mayweather's right hook broke Big Show's nose. On the TV show that followed, The Big Show challenged Mayweather to a fight at Wrestlemania 24, which Mayweather accepted. This was a fight with no rules . Mayweather was allowed to win the fight by knockout (this time played) by using a brass knuckle against Big Show.

Mayweather during his brief WWE career

In April 2012 CompuBox calculated that Mayweather is the most effective boxer of all weight classes, 46% of his punches hit the opponent and only 16% of his opponent's punches find their target. This makes him one of the strongest boxers both offensively and defensively and overall the best by numbers.

successes

Amateur (84-6)

• 1993: Michigan State Golden Gloves Light Flyweight Champion
• 1993: National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight Champion
• 1994: Michigan State Golden Gloves Flyweight Champion
• 1994: National Golden Gloves Flyweight Champion
• 1995: National PAL featherweight champion
• 1995: US featherweight champion
• 1996: Michigan State Golden Gloves Featherweight Champion
• 1996: National Golden Gloves Featherweight Champion
• 1996: Bronze medal in the Featherweight Olympic Summer Games

Professional (50-0)

• October 3, 1998: WBC Super Featherweight Champion (8 title defenses)
• April 20, 2002: WBC lightweight world champion (3 title defenses)
• June 25, 2005: WBC light welterweight champion
• April 8, 2006: IBF welterweight champion
• November 4, 2006: WBC welterweight champion (1 title defense)
• May 5, 2007: WBC light middleweight champion
• September 17, 2011: WBC welterweight champion
• May 5, 2012: WBA light middleweight super world champion
• September 14, 2013: WBC light middleweight champion
• May 3, 2014: WBA super welterweight champion
• May 2, 2015: WBO welterweight champion (title revoked)

See also

• List of reigning boxing world champions

Web links

Commons : Floyd Mayweather junior  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the BoxRec database
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. fansite

predecessor	title	successor
Genaro Hernandez	Super featherweight boxing champion ( WBC ) October 3, 1998 - April 20, 2002	Sirimongkol Singwancha
José Luis Castillo	World lightweight boxing champion ( WBC ) April 20, 2002–2004	José Luis Castillo
Arturo Gatti	World Light Welterweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) June 25, 2005-2005	Junior Witter
Zab Judah	Welterweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) April 8, 2006 - June 20, 2006	Kermit Cintrón
Carlos Baldomir	Welterweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) November 4, 2006 - June 6, 2008	Andre Berto
Óscar de la Hoya	Light Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) May 5, 2007 - July 4, 2007	Vernon Forrest
Victor Ortiz	Welterweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) September 17, 2011 - January 23, 2016	Danny García
Saúl Álvarez	Light Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) September 14, 2013 - May 21, 2016	Jermell Charlo
Marcos Maidana	Welterweight Boxing Champion ( WBA ) May 3, 2014 - January 2015	Keith Thurman
Miguel Cotto	Super light middleweight boxing champion ( WBA ) since May 5, 2012 - January 20, 2016	Erislandy Lara

Individual evidence

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5. ↑ Rankings: Mayweather takes over top spot . Yahoo! Sports. November 19, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
6. ^ The Pound-for-Pound Top Fifty . About.com. November 15, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
7. ↑ Richest athletes - Ronaldo falls from number one to three. In: welt.de , June 7, 2018.
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9. ↑ Michael Eder: The most expensive boxing fight in history. faz.net, February 22, 2015, accessed April 1, 2015.
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14. ↑ Mayweather resigns with a record win. Sport1.de, September 13, 2015, accessed on September 13, 2015.
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16. ↑ Undefeated, Unafraid, Unpopular , Sports Illustrated June 27, 2005
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19. ↑ These are the highest paid athletes in the world. Report on t-online.de from June 12, 2014. Accessed June 12, 2014.
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