Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. is an American professional boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He competed between 1996 and 2015, and made a one-fight comeback in 2017. During his career he won fifteen major world titles including The Ring in five weight classes, and the lineal championship in four weight classes. In 2016, Mayweather was ranked by ESPN as the greatest boxer, pound for pound, of the last 25 years. As of July 2020, BoxRec ranks him the 2nd greatest boxer of all time, Pound for pound behind Ezzard Charles.
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Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. is an American professional boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He competed between 1996 and 2015, and made a one-fight comeback in 2017. During his career he won fifteen major world titles including The Ring in five weight classes, the lineal championship in four weight classes, and retired with an undefeated record. In 2016, Mayweather was ranked by ESPN as the greatest boxer, pound for pound, of the last 25 years. As of July 2020, BoxRec ranks him the 2nd greatest boxer of all time, Pound for pound behind Ezzard Charles. He is often referred to as the best defensive boxer in history, as well as being the most accurate puncher since the existence of CompuBox. 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. In 2006, he founded his own boxing promotional firm, Mayweather Promotions, after leaving Bob Arum’s Top Rank. Mayweather has generated approximately 24 million PPV buys and USD 1. 67 billion in revenue throughout his career, surpassing the likes of former top PPV attractions including Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., was a former welterweight contender who fought Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard. His uncles Jeff and Roger Mayweather were professional boxers, with the latter—Floyd’s former trainer—winning two world championships.
His mother was addicted to drugs, and he had an aunt who died from AIDS because of her drug use. He attended Ottawa Hills High School before dropping out. Mayweather was born with his mother’s last name, but his last name would change to Mayweather shortly thereafter. He has a record of 26 consecutive wins in world title fights, 23 wins in lineal title fights, 24 wins against former or current world titlists, 12 wins against former and current lineal champions, and 4 wins against International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees. His maternal grandfather was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He was born into a family of boxers. He never seriously considered any other profession. He says his grandmother saw his potential first, and told him to just keep boxing. When he was eight or nine, he lived in the Hiram Square neighborhood of New Brunswick, New Jersey, where his mother had relatives. He had no idea of where he came from and how I didn’t have anything growing up. Mayweather says his father never liked ice cream or going to the movies or to the park or to get ice cream, he says he never liked doing anything that would do anything that a son would do with a father, or anything that he would like to do with his daughter. He also says that his mother never liked taking him to the gym because he liked his daughter better than he liked me because he thought that he liked her better.
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