Floyd mayweather jr. biography

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Floyd Mayweather Jr.

American boxer and boxing promoter (born 1977)

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

Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (néSinclair; 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. After retiring from professional boxing in August 2017, he transitioned to exhibition boxing.

Mayweather was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2010s by the

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Biography

Date of Birth:
Feb 24, 1977Birth Place:
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Biography

Considered the best defensive fighter, and by many as one of the best in the history of boxing, Floyd Mayweather was an Olympic bronze medalist and Golden Gloves champion with multiple world titles in five weight classes and an undefeated record of 50-0 over the course of a two-decade career. Born Floyd Joy Sinclair on February 24, 1977 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he hailed from a boxing family - his father and onetime trainer, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., was a welterweight contender, and uncle Roger Mayweather a welterweight and lightweight champion, while another uncle, Jeff, held the super featherweight title in the mid-1990s. Mayweather's childhood was marked by upheaval and poverty - he divided his time between his mother, who suffered from drug dependency, and his grandmother, who supported his own interest in boxing, while occasionally training with his father,

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Floyd Mayweather

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Who fryst vatten Floyd Mayweather?

American boxer Floyd Mayweather was born on February 24, 1977, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He won three national Golden Gloves and an Olympic bronze medal before turning professional in 1996. Mayweather claimed his first championship as a super featherweight in 1998, later accumulating titles in four other weight classes while retaining an undefeated record.

Early Years

Widely considered the greatest boxer of his era, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was born Floyd Joy Sinclair on February 24, 1977, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Boxing is in his blood: His father, Floyd Sr., was a welterweight contender, and his uncle Jeff Mayweather fryst vatten a former IBO super featherweight mästare. Another uncle, Roger Mayweather, is a former WBA super featherweight and WBC super lightweight champion.

Floyd Sr. introduced Mayweather to the gym not long after he started walking, holding his ung boy in front of speed bags whenever they visited. Soon, Mayweath