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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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. [7] 50–0–0 Super featherweight WBC 1998–2002 8 Vacated title to move up to lightweight. Lightweight WBC, The Ring: 2002–2004 3 Vacated title to move up to light welterweight. Light welterweight: WBC 2005–2006 0 Vacated title to move up to welterweight. Welterweight: IBF 2006 0
Unlike the previous fight, Mayweather finished strong as he only lost one round on one scorecard during the last five rounds. The three scorecards were closer than in the previous fight, with Mayweather winning by two scores of 115–113 and one score of 116–113 to take the fight by unanimous decision. [7]
Mayweather had N'dou on wobbly legs in the fifth as he landed a barrage of power punches during the second minute of the round, though Mayweather let up and allowed N'dou to throw his own barrage as Mayweather was against the ropes, though he missed a majority of them as Mayweather bobbed and weaved to avoid them.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, [1] was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion and WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for the unified world welterweight championship.
Mayweather's net worth is widely cited as $450 million, though he once claimed on the “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast that he has made over $1.2 billion.
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.
With his $300 million prize, Mayweather may well be over the $1 billion mark when it comes to prize money throughout his storied 50-0 record, according to Bleacher Report, having won $250M against ...