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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 .
From round one, Mayweather used his speed, skills and accurate right hand to tag Ortiz repeatedly. Mayweather seemed in control through the first three rounds (judges scores: 30–27, 30–27, 29–28 for Mayweather), but in the fourth round, Ortiz found some success, landing a few shots and stinging Mayweather before backing him into the corner.
Boxer Record Weight class (boxing) Title(s) held Championship years Title defenses Notes Jimmy Barry [1] 61–0–10, 1NC Bantamweight World: 1894–1899 6 Fought when the bantamweight category was not fully established. The weight limits in the United States shifted during his career. Joe Calzaghe [2] 46–0–0: Super middleweight WBO: 1997 ...
Mayweather wins via 7th-round technical knockout Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Phillip N'dou was a professional boxing match contested on November 1, 2003, for the WBC and The Ring lightweight titles. [ 1 ]
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. Despite his relative inexperience and having not yet fought a fighter the calibre of Hernández, Mayweather and his father and trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. insisted that promoter Bob Arum ...
Maidana's effort in the majority decision loss earned him a rematch with Mayweather later that year, which didn't go as successful as the first time around. 4. April 20, 2002: Unanimous Decision ...
On the undercard, Jesús Chávez, the WBC's number-one ranked super featherweight contender and Mayweather's mandatory challenger and expected next opponent, defeated Juan José Arias, keeping his ranking and setting up a title fight between he and Mayweather for later in the year. [3] The Mayweather–Chávez fight was originally scheduled for ...
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 ...