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Pages in category "Boxing matches involving Floyd Mayweather Jr." The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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. vs. Conor McGregor, billed and promoted as The Money Fight [2] [3] [4] and The Biggest Fight in Combat Sports History, [5] was a professional crossover boxing match between undefeated eleven-time five-division boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and two-division mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion and, at the time, UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor.
Mayweather-Gatti was one of the finest boxing performances of Mayweather's career and the top/most entertaining fight on this list because of the pure dominance displayed by Floyd in the TKO win.
The bout was the first major televised fight of Mayweather's career to not be aired on HBO PPV. The card featured some of the rising stars of Mayweather Promotions: J'Leon Love, Badou Jack, Luis Arias, Ronald Gavril and Lanell Bellows. [9] At Mayweather's insistent a rematch clause was included in the contract. [10]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBC 21 June 2008 16 April 2011 Andre Berto: WBC 16 April 2011 17 September 2011 Victor Ortiz: WBC 17 September 2011 12 September 2015- Retired Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBC 23 January 2016 4 March 2017 Danny García: WBC 4 March 2017 24 April 2018- Vacated Keith Thurman: WBC 8 September 2018 28 September 2019 Shawn Porter: WBC
Mayweather's superior boxing was reflected by the CompuBox punch stats, with Mayweather having landed 43 punches of 107 thrown (40.2%), compared to Paul's 28 landed of 217 thrown (12.9%). [ 10 ] In his post-fight interview, Mayweather praised his opponent, saying: "He's better than I thought he was ... he's a tough, rough competitor."
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