Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Undefeated champion and defensive master.
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Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (; born February 24, 1977) is an American professional boxer and boxing promoter. He is undefeated at 50–0. Mayweather 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. 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.
Quick Facts
- Nickname
- Money
- Pretty Boy
- TBE (The Best Ever)
- Weight
- Super featherweight
- Lightweight
- Light welterweight
- Welterweight
- Light middleweight
- Height
- 5 ft 8 in / 1.73 m
- Reach
- 72 in / 1.83 m
- Birth name
- Floyd Joy Sinclair
- Born
- 24 February 1977
- Birthplace
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
- Stance
- Orthodox
Lore & Background
Mayweather was born Floyd Joy Sinclair on February 24, 1977, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, into a family of boxers. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., is a former welterweight contender who fought Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard. His uncles Jeff and the late Roger Mayweather were professional boxers, with the latter—Floyd's former trainer—winning two world championships, as well as fighting Hall of Famers Julio César Chávez, Pernell Whitaker, and Kostya Tszyu. Mayweather was born with his mother's last name, but his last name would change to Mayweather shortly thereafter. His maternal grandfather was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He attended Ottawa Hills High School before dropping out.
Reader's Guide
Mayweather is referred to as one of the best defensive boxers in history. He has a tied record with Joe Louis of 26 consecutive wins in world title fights. He also holds 24 wins (7 KOs) against former or current world titlists, and 8 wins (3 KOs) against International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the class of 2021. 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, as the highest-paid athlete in the world. In 2006, he founded his own boxing promotional firm, Mayweather Promotions, after leaving Bob Arum's Top Rank. He has generated approximately 24 million PPV buys and $1.67 billion in revenue throughout his career. In 2018, he was the highest-paid athlete in the world, with total earnings, including endorsements, of $285 million, according to Forbes. In November, 2021, Mayweather was ranked by Sportico as the sixth highest-paid athlete of all time, with his income totaling an inflation-adjusted $1.2 billion; he stood at No. 10 when the ranking was updated in April, 2026, with his earnings estimated at inflation-adjusted $1.57 billion.
Did You Know?
- Mayweather was nicknamed 'Pretty Boy' by his amateur teammates because he had relatively few scars.
- Mayweather was named 'Fighter of the Decade' for the 2010s by the BWAA and The Sporting News.
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