Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. nicknamed Money (Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 24, 1977), born as Floyd Joy Sinclair, is a former American professional boxer who ended his undefeated career. He is the son of former boxer Floyd Mayweather Sr. and nephew and ward of former world boxer Roger "Black Mamba" Mayweather. He was world champion in five different categories: superpulse, lightweight, super lightweight, welter and superwelter; long considered the best pound for pound according to The Ring thanks to a very refined technique, constant movements throughout the ring and ability to control the pace of combat at will. He was considered the sportsman king of the Pague Por Ver (PPV), since it sold during its race near 25 million events in this modality of television by subscription, with an overall value of more than 1,500 million dollars, in addition to be part of the four best selling events in the history of PPVs; the contests against: Mexican Saul "Canelo" Álvarez (2.2 million), Oscar de la Hoya (2.4 million), Manny Pacquiao (4.4 million) and retirement against Conor McGregor (4.6 million). p>
On August 26, 2017, after two years of inactivity, Mayweather played his final boxing match against mixed martial arts fighter and then UFC champion, Irish Conor McGregor. "Money" won by TKO in the tenth round and thus went on to 50 wins and 0 losses in his race fight in which he took $ 350 million of profit with an approximate $ 12 million per minute that was in the ring. With this victory, he passed the perfect record he shared with Hall of Famer Rocky Marciano, 49-0.
Amateur careerHarvested a record of (84-6) during his amateur career. Among his accomplishments is the United States Amateur Championship in its 1995 edition, semi-finalist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and the Gold Glove Championship in 1993/1994/1996. Career
On October 11, 1996 Mayweather made his professional debut by winning Roberto Apodaca for KO in two rounds. For 1998 Mayweather's record was 17-0-0 (13 KO's). World Title
As of October 3, 1998, Mayweather went in search of the World Boxing Superbike World Championship. In that fight faced the then champion Genaro Hernandez. The fight took place at Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Mayweather dominated Hernandez throughout the match from the start to finish, and before starting the ninth round, Hernandez's corner did not let the pugilist continue. That way Mayweather won by KOT in the 8th round, winning the World Title Superbull CMB. He was the first Olympic medalist to win a world title.
He defended the title eight times, winning in his first defense to Angel Manfredy via KOT in two rounds; Carlos Ríos by unanimous decision; Justin Juuko by KO in 9 rounds; Carlos Gerena for KOT in 7 rounds; Gregorio Vargas by unanimous decision in 12 rounds; Diego Corrales by KOT in the tenth round; Carlos "Famoso" Hernandez by unanimous decision, and finally to Jesus Chavez who won by KOT in the ninth round. Then Mayweather would vacate the World Superbike CMB Title to change category. WBC Lightweight World Title Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Mayweather vs Castillo I
Mayweather entered the Light Division to go in search of a world crown, facing Jose Luis Castillo, who owned the WBC Lightweight World Title. The bout was held at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on April 20, 2002. Mayweather handled the first rounds from the long range with his jab, Castillo in turn took assaults shortening the distance and
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