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Mayweather Promotions, LLC is a boxing promotional firm founded in 2007 by Floyd Mayweather Jr., [1] after exercising a provision in his contract with Bob Arum and Top Rank that allowed him to become a free agent for the price of $750,000. [2]
On July 28, 2007, it was announced that Mayweather would come out of his brief retirement to fight The Ring light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton; the bout was promoted by De La Hoya's promotion company (Golden Boy Promotions) and Mayweather's Mayweather Promotions. The fight was entitled "Undefeated"; it took place December 8, 2007, at the ...
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."
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. 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.
Problem No. 2: Leo and Mayweather Promotions, his promoter since 2017, had reached an impasse. ... He's a better fighter at 29, he believes, than the 26-year-old who beat Williams for the title or ...
The Mayweather–Chávez fight was the first title fight to be held in the city of San Francisco since Dick Tiger defeated Gene Fullmer at Candlestick Park in 1962. [5] Mayweather's fight against Chávez was expected to be his final as a super featherweight, the division where he started and spent the most time in his pro career. [6]
The bout that has been billed as the "fight of the century" is a mere eight days away. Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao has been long awaited as the two best pound-for-pound fighters of this ...