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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.
The fight was held at the Van Andel Arena in Mayweather's native Grand Rapids, Michigan, in what would prove to be the third and final time Mayweather would make a title defense in his hometown. Mayweather would state about his homecoming "It's always a joy to come back home and put on a show for the my fans, friends and relatives.
The Floyd Mayweather vs John Gotti III fight card begins on DAZN at 7 p.m. (CT) on Aug. 24, with the main event ring walks expected to begin at approximately 10:15 p.m. (CT). Fight card start: 7 p ...
The first fight between Mayweather and Gotti, in June 2023, ended in a brawl after the referee stopped the fight in the sixth round because of excessive trash talk and holding.
However, when Mayweather no-showed a press conference promoting the card three days before the event, Arum, having tired of Mayweather's antics, decided to flip the two fights with the Klitschko–McCline bout taking the main event slot, while the Mayweather–Castillo fight was moved to the undercard.
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."
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.