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Mayweather fought his first professional bout on [[October 11]] [[1996]] against fellow newcomer Acodaca who was knocked out in round 2. Mayweather's trainer at the time was his uncle, Roger Mayweather, because Floyd Mayweather, Sr. was still [[prison|imprisoned]] after having been convicted of [[Illegal drug trade#Trafficking and distribution|illegal drug trafficking]] in 1993. Mayweather, Sr. took over as Mayweather, Jr.'s trainer when he was released from prison (after Mayweather, Jr.'s fourteenth fight—a second-round knockout of Sam Girard).<ref>Pierce, Ben. [http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news/pierce2208.php "Floyd Mayweather, Sr.: Father, son and holy cow!"] 22 August 2002. ''East Side Boxing''. URL accessed 17 April 2006.</ref> From 1996 to early 1998, Mayweather won most of his fights by knockout or TKO. |
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In 1999, Mayweather won his first world title, the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] junior lightweight (130 lb) championship, when the [[cornerman|corner]] of [[Genaro Hernandez]] stopped the fight after round 8. Hernandez had never been defeated at the weight class. From there, Mayweather defended his title with performances against contenders such as [[Angel Manfredy]] and [[Carlos Gerena]]. |
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Before he fought against former WBC featherweight champion [[Gregorio Vargas]] in early 2000, Mayweather fired his father as his manager and replaced him with [[James Prince]]. A few months after the fight, the rift between the father and son became wide enough that Mayweather, Jr. fired Mayweather, Sr. as his trainer as well.<ref>Iole, Kevin. [http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/May 17-Wed-2000/sports/13592910.html "Dinner spat widens Mayweather family rift."] 17 May 2000. ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]''. URL accessed 17 April 2006.</ref> Roger Mayweather returned to his role as Mayweather, Jr.'s trainer in his next bout—a non-title fight against [[Emanuel Burton]]. In an interview in 2004, Mayweather, Jr. said that he loves Mayweather, Sr. as his father but feels that he has better chemistry with Roger, and his father had put too much pressure on him to be perfect.<ref>[http://www.inthiscornertv.com/pages/1/index.htm "In This Corner with James Smith."] Jon Hait, producer/director. 2004.</ref> |
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Mayweather's biggest fight as a junior lightweight was on [[January 20]] [[2001]], against [[Diego Corrales]]. At the time, neither fighter had been defeated or knocked down. In the bout, Mayweather won every round and knocked down Corrales five times (three times in round 7 and twice in round 10). After the fifth knockdown, Corrales' cornermen climbed onto the apron and stopped the fight, thereby establishing Mayweather as one of the claimants to boxing's mythical pound-for-pound title. At the time of the stoppage, Mayweather was way ahead on the scorecards, leading by the official tallies of 89-79, 90-79, and 90-78.<ref>[http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=000352 Floyd Mayweather, Jr.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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In Mayweather's next bout, on [[May 26]] [[2001]], future IBF champion [[Carlos Hernandez (boxer)|Carlos "Famoso" Hernández]] knocked down Mayweather for the first time. Mayweather entered the bout with injured hands.<ref>Escobar, Luis. [http://www.boxingtimes.com/analyses/2001/010526mayweather_hernandez.html "Too Much Heat from Pretty Boy Tames Hernandez."] 26 May 2001. ''The Boxing Times''. URL accessed 22 April 2006.</ref> When Mayweather hit Hernández with a left hook in round 6, the pain caused Mayweather to drop his left hand to the canvas, and the referee called it a knockdown. Nonetheless, Mayweather won the fight by unanimous decision. In the award-winning<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365516/awards Awards for More Than Famous.] [[The Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]. URL accessed 22 April 2006.</ref> [[documentary film]] ''[[More Than Famous]]'', Hernández's bout against Mayweather was prominently featured. |
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Mayweather's last fight in the junior lightweight division was against future junior lightweight and lightweight champion [[Jesús Chávez]]. It was Mayweather's eighth defense of the WBC junior lightweight title, which he had held for more than three years. He won when Chávez's corner stopped the fight after round 9. Mayweather had such difficulty making weight for this fight that he did not eat for four days before the weigh-in.<ref>Curry, Chris. [http://www.eastsideboxing.com/MayweathervsChavez.html "Floyd Mayweather Shows Chavez Boxing's Not So Pretty."] 11 November 2001. ''East Side Boxing''. URL accessed 17 April 2006.</ref> |
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| Born | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. February 24, 1977 |
| Nationality |  American |
| Other names | Pretty Boy Money Mayweather |
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| Weight(s) | Welterweight |
| Height | 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m) |
| Stance | South Paw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 40 |
| Wins | 40 |
| Wins by KO | 25 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing  United States
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1996 Atlanta | Featherweight |
Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. (born Floyd Sinclair on February 24, 1977), is an American professional boxer. He is the son of Floyd Mayweather, Sr., a former welterweight boxing contender.
From July 18, 2005 through June 2, 2008 he was rated by The Ring magazine as the number-one pound for pound boxer in the world.[1] Mayweather has won six world boxing championships in five different weight classes; he is the former WBC welterweight champion, a title he vacated upon his retirement. He was named Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year in 1998 and 2007.
Background
Floyd Mayweather Jr. was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his mother's last name.[2] His last name would change to Mayweather shortly thereafter. His father, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., is a former welterweight contender, while two of his uncles, Jeff Mayweather and Roger Mayweather, won championship titles.
Amateur career
Before Mayweather had a successful amateur career of 84-6.[3] He won national Golden Gloves championships in 1993 (at 106 lb), 1994 (at 114 lb), and 1996 (at 125 lb).[4] He was given the nickname "Pretty Boy" by his amateur teammates because he had relatively few scars, a result of the defensive techniques that his father (Floyd Mayweather, Sr.) and uncle (Roger Mayweather) had taught him.[5] In his orthodox defensive stance, Mayweather—much like James Toney—often utilizes the 'shoulder roll'. The shoulder roll is an old-school boxing technique in which the right hand is held normally or slightly higher than normal, the left hand is down around the midsection, and the lead shoulder is raised high on the cheek in order to cover the chin and block punches. The right hand (from orthodox stance) is used as it normally would be to block punches coming from the other side, such as left hooks. From this stance, Mayweather blocks, slips, and deflects most of his opponents' punches, even when cornered, by twisting left and right to the rhythm of their punches.[6]
At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Mayweather won a bronze medal by reaching the finals of the featherweight (57 kg)[7] division's 31-boxer tournament. In the opening round, Mayweather led 10-1 on points over Bakhtiyar Tileganov of Kazakhstan before he won by round 2 referee stoppage. In the second round, Mayweather outpointed Artur Gevorgyan of Armenia 16-3. In the quarterfinals, Mayweather survived a late rally by Lorenzo Aragon of Cuba to win 12-11. In his semifinal bout against the eventual silver medalist, Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, Mayweather lost by a controversial decision that the U.S. team officially protested. Many who saw the bout, including the referee (who mistakenly raised Mayweather's hand when the decision was read), believed that Mayweather had won.
Professional career
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Lightweight
In 2002, Mayweather moved up to the lightweight (135 lb) division. Mayweather fought only four bouts at this weight, but they were all world championship fights. Mayweather won two bouts for the WBC and The Ring lightweight belts against José Luis Castillo. In their first bout, Castillo had success when he cut off the ring and used his strength to wear down Mayweather. But it was not enough to make up for his slow start in the fight. Still, many analysts and fans feel that Mayweather should have lost the fight,[8] but he won by unanimous decision. In the rematch, Mayweather used his quick footwork and combinations to coast to another unanimous decision victory, this time with no controversy. The smaller Mayweather was outweighed by Castillo on the night of the fight, as Castillo weighed 147 and Mayweather weighed 138.[9]
On April 19 2003, Mayweather dominated the Dominican Victoriano Sosa and won by unanimous decision. Mayweather's next fight (on November 1, 2003) was in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He fought against the promising South African knockout specialist Phillip Ndou, whose record was 31-1 with 30 KOs. Uncharacteristically, Mayweather was offensively oriented from the beginning of the fight. Round 5 was one of 2003's most action-packed.[10] In the middle of the round, Mayweather landed a barrage of powerful punches. Ndou endured and threw wild punches that forced Mayweather into the ropes, but Mayweather demonstrated his rhythmic defensive technique and let Ndou wear himself out further. In round 6, Ndou wobbled and was pushed down. In round 7, a combination of three straight right hands knocked down Ndou and caused a TKO, when N'Dou's trainers - Nick Durandt and Tommy Brooks - contemplated throwing in the towel. However, the ref stopped the fight as Ndou did not move forward (as part of a test to ensure he was okay from the knockdown).
Junior Welterweight
Mayweather then moved up to the junior welterweight (140 lb) division. His first fight in this division was against southpaw DeMarcus Corley. Mayweather used his speed to win the early rounds. In the first minute of round 4, Corley landed a solid left hand and drove Mayweather into the ropes, but Mayweather recovered and fought back ferociously. After that round, Mayweather mostly controlled Corley. Mayweather knocked down Corley in rounds 8 and 10, but Corley was able to continue until the end. Mayweather won by unanimous decision. The fight was Mayweather's only one in 2004.
On January 22 2005, Mayweather fought against Henry Bruseles of Puerto Rico in a WBC junior welterweight title eliminator bout. Mayweather easily outclassed Bruseles throughout the first seven rounds. In round 8, Mayweather knocked down Bruseles twice, and the fight was stopped.
The win over Bruseles made Mayweather the mandatory challenger for Arturo Gatti's WBC Super Lightweight Championship. Before the fight, Mayweather was supremely confident. He described Gatti with terms such as "a C+ fighter", "a fake", and "a blown-up club fighter."[11] The pay-per-view fight occurred on June 25, 2005 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where the fans heavily supported Gatti. Near the end of round 1, Mayweather pushed Gatti's head down in close and the referee instructed the fighters to "Stop punching." Gatti broke and left himself vulnerable while Mayweather either deliberately or indeliberately disobeyed the referee's command and continued to land punches. Gatti turned to the referee to complain and Mayweather capitalised, sending Gatti to the canvas with more shots for what was scored a knockdown, despite Gatti's complaints.[12] Throughout the next five rounds, the much faster Mayweather landed with nearly every big shot against Gatti, who had no offense with which he could return fire. Gatti's corner stopped the fight after round 6—giving Mayweather his third world title. It was one of the most one-sided and most impressive boxing clinics in boxing history. In the post-fight interview, Mayweather praised Gatti and claimed that his pre-fight comments "were just to sell tickets." Among many boxing experts, Mayweather's one-sided dominance over Gatti solidified his position as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.[13] Compubox had Mayweather outlanding Gatti by a total of 168 to 41. [1]
One month after the Gatti clinic, Mayweather went to trial for a domestic violence charge. He faced a minimum of one year in prison if he was convicted. Mayweather had been accused of violence against his former girlfriend, Josie Harris. Harris had claimed that Mayweather had punched and kicked her during an argument in Mayweather's Bentley, outside a Las Vegas nightclub in 2003. During the trial, however, Harris admitted that she had lied on the initial police report and testified that Mayweather never hit her. The jury acquitted Mayweather.[14]
Welterweight
On November 19, 2005, Mayweather fought a non-title bout at 147 lb (67 kg) against welterweight Sharmba Mitchell. In round 3, Mayweather knocked down Mitchell with a straight right hand to the head. In round 6, another straight right hand—this one to Mitchell's body—dropped Mitchell again and ended the fight.
On April 8, 2006, Mayweather defeated Zab Judah for the IBF and vacant IBO world welterweight titles by unanimous decision. Beforehand, the fight had been jeopardized after Judah lost the WBA, WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight titles to Carlos Manuel Baldomir on January 7 2006, but Mayweather's and Judah's camps reworked the contract and decided that the fight would go on.[15] In the fight, Mayweather stayed calm during Judah's aggressive early rounds. Mayweather began to dominate Judah in round 5, and Judah eventually bled. Near the conclusion of the tenth round, Judah hit Mayweather with a left hand that was clearly below the belt and followed up with a right-handed rabbit punch. After referee Richard Steele called time with five seconds remaining in the round, Roger Mayweather entered the ring and approached Judah, but Steele restrained him. Judah's father and trainer, Yoel Judah, entered the ring as well. Floyd remained in the neutral corner while both Yoel and Zab scuffled with Roger (and others who had entered the ring) until police and security managed to restore order. Roger was thrown out, but the fight continued and went the scheduled 12 rounds. Mayweather won by the official scores of 116-112, 117-111, and 119-109. Compubox statistics showed Mayweather as landing 188 punches to 82 for Judah. [2]
Five days after the fight, the Nevada State Athletic Commission decided not to overturn the result of the bout, but Roger Mayweather was fined US$200,000 and suspended for one year.[16] The suspension entails that Roger can train Mayweather, Jr. in the gym but cannot work the corner during fights.[17] On April 17, 2006, the IBF ordered a rematch between Mayweather and Judah, but the NSAC suspended Judah for one year on May 8, 2006.[18] Mayweather vacated the IBF title on June 20, 2006.
Mayweather rejected an offer of US$8 million to fight Antonio Margarito and split with promoter Bob Arum.[19] De la Hoya, however, postponed his decision until 2007, leaving Mayweather in the awkward position of choosing his next opponent.[20] Mayweather considered moving up in weight again to fight junior middleweight champion Cory Spinks, but because of negative publicity and Spinks' impending mandatory defense of his title, he finally decided to face WBC and The Ring welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir on November 4, 2006 in Las Vegas.[21]
Mayweather would ultimately defeat Baldomir by unanimous decision for both titles. Ringside punch statistics showed Mayweather landing 199 of 458 punches, while Baldomir landed just 79 of 670. Mayweather earned $8 million for the fight, while Baldomir was paid $1.6 million. Both were career highs in earnings for each fighter at the time.
During the fight, Baldomir chased Mayweather sluggishly, unable to land any meaningful shots but trying to remain the busier fighter, while Mayweather picked away with sharp jabs and hooks, even managing to cut Baldomir over his left eye in the first round. This pattern continued throughout the fight. The defensive-minded Mayweather put on what many witnesses and Mayweather himself called a "boxing clinic" to take Baldomir's WBC and Ring welterweight titles in a lopsided 12 round decision. Two judges had Mayweather winning all 12 rounds, with the other giving all but two rounds to Mayweather. After the fight Mayweather called out for a fight with Oscar De la Hoya.
Super welterweight
Mayweather's next match was the long-anticipated superfight against six-division champion and current WBC Super Welterweight titleholder Oscar De La Hoya on May 5, 2007. De La Hoya's belt was on the line, which required Mayweather to move up in weight from 147 pounds to 154.
Despite De La Hoya's insistence that money was not a factor, the Mayweather-De La Hoya bout set the record for most PPV buys for a boxing match with 2.7 million households, shattering the record of 1.95 million for Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson II. Around $120 million in revenue was generated by the PPV, which set another record. With the percentages factored in, Oscar De La Hoya ended up earning $58 million for the bout, the highest purse ever for a fighter. The previous record was $35 million, held by Tyson and Holyfield. Floyd Mayweather earned about $25 million for the fight.[22]
At one time, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., Mayweather, Jr.'s father, was in talks to train Oscar De La Hoya and be in his corner during the fight but he decided to train with Freddie Roach.
Mayweather won by split decision in 12 rounds, capturing the World Boxing Council (WBC) title though most saw the fight as being fairly one-sided on his behalf.
Return to Welterweight
Fight with Ricky Hatton
Mayweather decided to relinquish his WBC junior middleweight championship[23] and kept his WBC welterweight championship. On July 28, 2007, it was announced that Mayweather would come out of his short retirement to fight light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton which was promoted by Oscar De La Hoya's promotion company Golden Boy Promotions and Floyd Mayweather's "Mayweather Promotions." The bout was labelled "Undefeated" and took place on December 8 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, [[Nevada], in a fight which was the biggest welterweight showdown of two undefeated fighters since Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad met in their 1999 superfight. In the build up to their fight, Mayweather claimed that he was the greatest boxer ever, saying: "I respect what Robinson and Ali did for the sport. But I am the greatest, and this is my time." [24]
Mayweather controlled the fight from the start and knocked Hatton out in the 10th round to retain the welterweight championship.[25] Hatton suffered a cut over his right eye in round three from the punches of Mayweather, and it seemed that it was at this point that his pace and movement began to slow. In round six Hatton lost a point for punching the back of Floyd's head as he was caught draped on the ropes. Mayweather had a huge eighth round, landing a number of clean, effective power shots.
In the 10th round Hatton was caught with a check left hook thrown from Mayweather's hip, fell forward head first into the turnbuckle and hit the deck.
Hatton managed to make it to his feet, but was clearly dazed. Two more big lefts in a flurry put Ricky down again and Cortez stopped it at 1:35 of round 10.[26]
After the fight, Mayweather said that Hatton was one of the toughest fighters he had ever fought, that he just kept coming and coming, and that he wants to promote fights, with Hatton being his first client. Mayweather announced a two-year layoff from boxing to concentrate on his promotional company.[27]
On 18 March 2009, it was reported that Mayweather was "ready to dance again" according to a source from within the Mayweather camp. Announcing his return to the ring seemed to be somewhat of a formality at this point, as even his estranged father, current trainer of Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Sr. stated, "He's gonna fight again." [28]
Mayweather Jr. vs. Márquez
On May 2, 2009, it was confirmed that Mayweather was coming out of a 21-month retirement to fight lightweight champion Juan Manuel Márquez at a catchweight of 144 lbs. on July 18 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on HBO PPV.[29] The fight was postponed due to a rib injury Mayweather received during training. HBO's award winning reality series 24/7 was also postponed to start on August 29. Mayweather/Marquez 24/7 turned out to be one of the best shows of the series. The fight took place on September 19, 2009 in conjunction with Mexican Independence Day, traditionally a big boxing weekend. During the official weigh in for their 144 lb bout, Mayweather failed to meet the required limit by weighing in at 146 lbs, four pounds heavier than Marquez. He was subsequently fined as a result.[30] However it was later revealed that the contract was changed so that Mayweather could make weight within the welterweight limit of 140-147 lbs as long as Marquez received a large guaranteed sum of money.[31] Mayweather w unanimous decision in one of the most statistically lop sided fights between 2 world class opponents. Marquez only managed to land 12% of his total 583 punches while Mayweather landed 59% of 490 total punches.[32] Although Marquez was at a major disadvantage moving up 2 weight classes at age 36 to meet a younger, bigger Mayweather, Mayweather still showed what his style can do in the ring. This fight marks only the fifth time in boxing history that a non-heavyweight fight sold more than 1 million pay-per-views, with the official HBO numbers coming in at over 1 million buys equalling a total of approximately $52 million. Four of those fights all featured Oscar De La Hoya as the main event, making this fight the only time that a non-heavyweight fight sold over 1 million PPVs without Oscar De La Hoya.
Professional boxing record
World Wrestling Entertainment
Mayweather appeared at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s No Way Out pay-per-view on February 17, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was involved in a storyline physical altercation with The Big Show, after Mayweather jumped a security barricade and attacked him with a punching combination, in an attempt to help Rey Mysterio, whom Show threatened to chokeslam. Originally, Mayweather took on a babyface role in the storylines, though met with some reluctance from the fans.[34] The attack resulted in Big Show receiving an actual broken nose, reportedly not part of the storyline. The following night on Raw, Big Show challenged Mayweather to a one on one No Disqualification match at WrestleMania XXIV, which Mayweather accepted. At WrestleMania, Mayweather turned heel by using various underhanded tactics and defeated Big Show by knockout using brass knuckles to maintain his unbeaten record.[35]
Mayweather was the guest host for WWE Raw in Las Vegas on August 24, 2009. He interfered with a tag team match that resulted in a loss for the Big Show (now heel again) and his partner Chris Jericho as Mayweather gave Montel Vontavious Porter brass knuckles to use to knock Jericho out, giving Porter and his new tag team partner Mark Henry the win and a shot at the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles at WWE Breaking Point against Big Show and Jericho. He then celebrated with Henry and Porter, thus turning face. Later on in the night he was involved in a backstage segment with Mr McMahon, D-Generation X, and Carlito where he helped Mr McMahon get ready for his 6 Man Tag Team Match against Legacy along with DX. During the segment, McMahon knocked out Carlito.
Notes
- ^ The Ring Ratings. 1 May 2006. The Ring. URL accessed 5 May 2006.
- ^ Johnson, Chuck. "Mayweather dancing with success in and out of ring." USA Today. URL accessed 18 December 2007.
- ^ Boxing-Records: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. GFAX. URL accessed 16 April 2006.
- ^ HBO: Boxing - Floyd Mayweather, Jr. HBO. URL accessed 7 January 2006.
- ^ Schulberg, Benn. "Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Born to be a Pretty Boy." 19 November 2005. The Sweet Science. URL accessed 12 April 2006.
- ^ Coleman, Steve. "The Sweet Science: Floyd Mayweather and Improvised Modalities of Rhythm." 1 December 2003. Sudden Thoughts. URL accessed 22 April 2006.
- ^ Olympic weight classes use kilograms instead of pounds. 57 kg ≈ 125.66 lb
- ^ González, Frank. "Why Bother Fighting the Fights? Just Ask the Judges." 21 April 2002. East Side Boxing. URL accessed 12 April 2006.
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/boxing/news/2002/12/07/mayweather_castillo_ap/
- ^ Romppainen, Janne. "Boxing: The Best Of The Year." 17 December 2003. East Side Boxing. URL accessed 25 April 2006.
- ^ "Floyd Mayweather Conference Call Transcript." 16 May 2005. East Side Boxing. URL accessed 23 April 2006.
- ^ Steinberg, Don. "Five key fights: Floyd Mayweather, Jr." ESPN.com. URL accessed 27 Novermber 2007.
- ^ Upham, Paul. "The Boxing Experts on Floyd Mayweather, Jr." SecondsOut.com. URL accessed 28 January 2006.
- ^ Almeida, Christina. "Jury in Vegas acquits Mayweather of domestic violence charge." 29 July 2005. AP. URL accessed 12 April 2006.
- ^ Rafael, Dan. "Judah, Mayweather to fight in Vegas on April 8." 24 January 2006. ESPN.com. URL accessed 12 April 2006.
- ^ Vester, Mark. "Mayweather Still Champ, Roger Not So Lucky." 13 April 2006. BoxingScene.com. URL accessed 13 April 2006.
- ^ Frauenheim, Norm. "Nevada deals big blow to Mayweather's uncle." 17 April 2006. The Arizona Republic. URL accessed 3 May 2006.
- ^ Rafael, Dan. "Judah and father fined, both lose license for year." 8 May 2006. ESPN.com. URL accessed 10 May 2006.
- ^ Rafael, Dan. "Mayweather turns down $8 million to fight Margarito." 25 April 2006. ESPN.com. URL accessed 10 May 2006.
- ^ Rafael, Dan. "De La Hoya won't fight Mayweather in fall, may retire." 19 June 2006. ESPN.com. URL accessed 19 June 2006.
- ^ Rafael, Dan. "Mayweather, Baldomir to square off with title on line" 14 August 2006. ESPN.com. URL accessed 14 August 2006.
- ^ Burt, Jason. "Other glittering showdowns: Oscar de la Hoya v Floyd Mayweather" 29 May 2007. independent.co.uk. URL accessed 6 March 2008.
- ^ FLOYD MAYWEATHER WBC EMERITUS CHAMPION. World Boxing Council (2007-07-04). Retrieved on 2009-05-17.
- ^ http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=13388&more=1
- ^ http://proxy.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3147356
- ^ http://www.sportsline.com/boxing/story/10524248
- ^ Rozenberg, Sammy. "Mayweather Shocks, Knocks Hatton Out in Ten." 8 December 2007. BoxingScene.com. URL accessed 8 December 2007.
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3994843
- ^ "Mayweather Jr. to fight again".
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2009/09/18/sp-mayweather-marquez.html
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4485941
- ^ http://compuboxonline.com/news.php?news=Mayweather-Marquez_Stats&news_id=9&start=0&category_id=7&parent_id=7&arcyear=Y&arcmonth=M
- ^ boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- ^ Difino, Lennie (2008-02-17). "Showtime in Vegas". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Mayweather defeats Big Show". WWE. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
External links
- Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Fight-by-Fight Career Record
- Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Video Interview @ FightFan.com
- Boxing record for Floyd Mayweather Jr. from BoxRec (registration required)
- Exclusive Interview: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. by G. Leon, 8 August 2005, Boxingtalk.com.
- Estrangement of Mayweather, Jr. and Sr. by Jon Saraceno, 26 June 2005, USA Today.
- Olympic article on Mayweather, Jr. by Andy Johnston, 6 July 1996, Augusta Chronicle.
- A new chapter begins for Floyd Mayweather by Jeff Mayweather, 1 November 2005, BraggingRightsCorner.com.
- Can Mayweather become the new De La Hoya? by Brent Matteo Alderson, 1 May 2006, BoxingScene.com.
- Floyd Mayweather, Sr. Speaks Out, by David A. Avila, www.thesweetscience.com
- Philthy Rich Records Home page of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s record label
- Mayweather Returns In September by Brian O. Blake
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