Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American professional boxer, currently undefeated as a professional. He is a five-division world champion, having won eight world titles and the lineal championship in three different weight classes. Mayweather is a two-timeRing magazine Fighter of the Year (winning the award in 1998 and 2007); he also won the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) Fighter of the Year award in 2007 and the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013.[1][2][3]
Mayweather is the WBC welterweight champion,[4] WBA (Super) super welterweight champion,[5] WBC Super welterweight champion, recipient of theWBC diamond super welterweight belt,[6] current Ring #1 ranked welterweight,[7] and Ring #1 ranked junior middleweight.[8] He is also rated as thebest pound-for-pound boxer in the world by many sporting news and boxing websites, including Ring, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, BoxRec, Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports.[9][10][11][12][13][14] Mayweather topped the Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes of 2012.[15][16][17]
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Mayweather in June 2011
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. |
| Nickname(s) | Pretty Boy Money |
| Rated at | Super featherweight (130 lb) Lightweight (135 lb) Light welterweight (140 lb) Welterweight (147 lb) Light middleweight (154 lb) |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Reach | 72 in (183 cm) |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | February 24, 1977 (age 36) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 45 |
| Wins | 45 |
| Wins by KO | 26 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Medal record[hide]
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