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Floyd Mayweather Jr.

"Floyd Mayweather" redirects here. For his father, see Floyd Mayweather Sr.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Mayweather in 2011
Born
Floyd Joy Sinclair

(1977-02-24) February 24, 1977 (age 47)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Other names
  • Money
  • Pretty Boy
  • TBE (The Best Ever)
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Reach72 in (183 cm)[1]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights50
Wins50
Wins by KO27
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Featherweight

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. This includes the Ring magazine title in three weight classes and the lineal championship in four weight classes (twice at welterweight). As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1996 Olympics, three U.S. Golden Gloves championships (at light flyweight, flyweight, and featherweight), and the U.S. national championship at featherweight.

Mayweather was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2010s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), a two-time winner of The Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year award (1998 and 2007), a three-time winner of the BWAA Fighter of the Year award (2007, 2013, and 2015), and a six-time winner of the Best Fighter ESPY Award (2007–2010, 2012–2014).[2][3] In 2016, ESPN ranked him the greatest boxer, pound for pound, of the last 25 years.[4] As of May 2023, BoxRec ranks him the second greatest boxer of all time, pound for pound.[5][6][7] Many sporting news and boxing websites, including The Ring, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, BoxRec, Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports, ranked Mayweather as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world twice in a span of ten years.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

He is referred to as one of the best defensive boxers in history: since the existence of CompuBox, Mayweather is the most accurate puncher among professional boxers, having the highest plus–minus ratio in recorded boxing history.[14][15][16] He has a tied record of 26 consecutive wins in world title fights (10 by KO), 23 wins (9 KOs) in lineal title fights, 24 wins (7 KOs) against former or current world titlists, 12 wins (3 KOs) against former or current lineal champions, and 5 wins (1 KO) against International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the class of 2021.[17]

Mayweather is one of the most lucrative pay-per-view attractions of all time, in any sport. He topped the Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes of 2012 and 2013, and the Forbes list again in both 2014 and 2015,[18][19] as the highest-paid athlete in the world.[20][21] In 2006, he founded his own boxing promotional firm, Mayweather Promotions, after leaving Bob Arum's Top Rank.[22] He has generated approximately 24 million PPV buys and $1.67 billion in revenue throughout his career.[23] In 2018, he was the highest-paid athlete in the world, with total earnings, including endorsements, of $285 million, according to Forbes.[24] In November, 2021, Sportico released an all-time athlete earnings list, in which Mayweather ranked no. 6 of all time, totaling an inflation-adjusted $1.2 billion in his career.[25]

  1. ^ a b Showtime Championship Boxing tale of the tape prior to the Conor McGregor fight.
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  3. ^ "Mayweather wins fifth ESPY award". The Ring. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "#P4Prank: Ranking top 25 pound-for-pound boxers of past 25 years". ESPN. April 8, 2016. Archived from the original on December 25, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "BoxRec ratings: world, pound-for-pound, active and inactive". BoxRec. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  6. ^ "BoxRec Ratings". Boxrec.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  7. ^ "BoxRec Rank Mayweather the Greatest Boxer of All Time". Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  8. ^ "Ring Ratings, Pound for Pound". The Ring. Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  9. ^ "Pound-For-Pound Top 15". Sports Illustrated. November 14, 2011. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  10. ^ "Boxing pound-for-pound top 10". Fox Sports. November 11, 2011. Archived from the original on July 3, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  11. ^ "Top three pound-for-pound fighters". ESPN. November 16, 2011. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  12. ^ "Boxing Records, Lb for Lb". boxrec.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  13. ^ "Rankings: Mayweather takes over top spot". Yahoo! Sports. November 18, 2011. Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  14. ^ Guryashkin, Igor, "Mayweather measures up with greats" Archived February 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, ESPN, May 3, 2012.
  15. ^ Manfred, Tony, "The fighters who've lost to Floyd Mayweather explain why he's so impossible to beat" Archived January 10, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Business Insider, April 30, 2015.
  16. ^ Iole, Kevin (September 10, 2015). "Floyd Mayweather's flawed perfect record and how he would have fared against all-time greats". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  17. ^ Seto, J.L. (January 1, 2021). "Floyd Mayweather Is Finally Heading to the Hall of Fame". Sportscasting.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  18. ^ "Sport's richest athletes named". The New Zealand Herald. June 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  19. ^ "2015 Ranking The World's Highest Paid Athletes List". Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  20. ^ "Floyd Mayweather knocks Tiger Woods off the top of Forbes list". June 19, 2012. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  21. ^ Bishop, Greg (December 17, 2011). "Al Haymon Quietly Shakes Up Boxing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  22. ^ "Mayweather turns down $8M to fight Margarito". Espn.com. April 25, 2006. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  23. ^ "Floyd Mayweather Jr". BoxRec.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  24. ^ Spector, Jess and Bowen, Fred (March 11, 2019). "Are Pro Athletes Overpaid?". Junior Scholastic. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  25. ^ Akopyan, Manouk (November 5, 2021). "Floyd Mayweather Jr. No. 6 On All-Time Athlete Earnings List With $1.2B". BoxingScene.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
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