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Mayweather in 2010
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Real name | Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. | ||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||
Reach | 72 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Born | Floyd Joy Sinclair February 24, 1977 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
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Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
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Total fights | 49 | ||||||||||||
Wins | 49 | ||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 26 | ||||||||||||
Losses | 0 | ||||||||||||
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Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2015, and currently works as a boxing promoter. Widely considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time, undefeated as a professional, and a five-division world champion, Mayweather won fifteen world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes (twice at welterweight). He is a two-time winner of The Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year award (1998 and 2007), a three-time winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America (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).
In 2016, Mayweather was ranked by ESPN as the greatest boxer, pound for pound, of the last 25 years. In the same year, he peaked as BoxRec's number one fighter of all time, pound for pound, as well as the greatest welterweight of all time. Many sporting news and boxing websites ranked Mayweather as the best boxer in the world, pound for pound, twice in a span of ten years; including The Ring, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, BoxRec, Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports. He is also regarded as the best defensive fighter in boxing, as well as being the most accurate puncher since the existence of CompuBox, having the highest plus–minus ratio in the recorded history of the sport. He finished his career with a record of 26 wins without a loss or draw 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 2 wins (1 KO) against International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees.