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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. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez, billed as Number One/Número Uno, was a welterweight professional boxing match which took place on September 19, 2009, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas between five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39–0, 25 KO) and three-division champion Juan Manuel Márquez (50–4–1, 37 KO). [1]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Logan Paul, billed as "Bragging Rights", was an exhibition crossover boxing match between former five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and YouTuber Logan Paul. It took place on June 6, 2021, at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida and was sanctioned by the Florida State Athletic Commission (FSAC ...
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.
Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., billed as Thunder & Lightning, was a professional boxing match contested on June 25, 2005, for the WBC super lightweight championship. [ 2 ] Background
As if Floyd Jr. didn't have enough boxing mentors and trainers, Jeff and Roger Mayweather – Floyd's uncles – were both professional boxers as well. Roger Mayweather was Floyd's original ...
Entering the fight, Mayweather was a 1:4 favorite. [10] Mosley started the match strong, winning only the second round and competitive first round. [10] Round two belonged to Mosley as he hurt then buckled Mayweather's knees with powerful rights. [3] [10] Mayweather appeared to be in trouble for the first time in his career, but stayed on his ...
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.