Floyd Mayweather (Jr.) - the world champion in boxing, regardless of the weight category

Widely known in sports circles around the world, American Floyd Sinclair, nicknamed Handsome, was born in 1977. His homeland is Michigan. He absorbed love and talent for boxing with his mother's milk. Almost all the men of his family were well-known boxers: his uncle Roger was twice awarded the title in the middle weight category, Uncle Jeff also loved boxing and was known in narrow circles, but Floyd's father took part in an uncontested struggle against Sugar Ray Leonard.

How did Floyd Mayweather become a star?

The status of the star of world boxing Floyd Krasavchik, or Floyd Mayweather (Jr.), received in October 1998 after his eighteenth professional fight, in which he defeated World Champion Genaro Chikanito Hernandez (according to the WBC version).

After the battle, the former champion was confused and discouraged, he said, he never thought about such a defeat. Too fast and unexpectedly technical was his rival Floyd Mayweather (Jr.).

In just a career, the great boxer scored 84 wins and won only 6 defeats. For three years (1993, 1994, 1995) he completely owned the title of champion of the tournament "Golden Gloves" (1993, 1994, 1996). 1995, in turn, was marked for Floyd by victories in the championship of the USA and National police championship.

It was then that for the absence of injuries during the battles that mutilated the face, he received the nickname Krasavchik from his comrades.

The 1996 Olympics: a controversial issue

In 1996, Floyd Mayweather (Jr.) first approached the title of gold Olympic medalist. But to succeed with his attempt, even taking into account the victory in the qualifying round, Oji Sanchez, was not destined. By a controversial decision of the judges as a result of the third round, gold was given to the Bulgarian boxer Serafim Todorov (account 11-12). But this fact did not stop Beauty, but only became for him an additional stimulus in development.

Debut in professional boxing

October 11, 1996 Floyd made his debut in a fight with Roberto Apodac, who wears the nickname Galvanized sheet. In the second round, Roberto was sent by Floyd to a knockout.

Years of Triumph

In 1997 and 1998, there were the best battles of Floyd Mayweather (Jr.). These were the years of incessant triumph. In 1997, he won ten bouts in a row, and in 9 of them - by knockout. The most memorable were the battles with Angelo Nunez, Tony Durant and Luis Lejcha. 1998 continued to please Floyd and his fans around the world. He began the victory over Hector Arroyo and continued with a number of others (among the defeated - Sem Gerard, Miguel Melo, Gustavo Kello, Tony Pep). October 3 was the best of the previously held handsome fights - a fight with the champion of that time in the lightweight division of Genaro Hernandez. And Floyd Mayweather (Jr.) again did not hit the dirt face, knocking out the opponent in the 8th round. In December, the unbeaten Pretty knocked out Angelo Manfredi and on the result of 1998 was named the sports magazine "Knockout" and "Ring" as a boxer of the year.

The biggest success of Floyd Mayweather

The boxer himself recognizes his greatest and most significant success in his entire career is winning the world title in boxing at the age of 21. The victory over the world champion in 2001 Diego Corrales, an experienced, cunning, strong fighter, was very important for him. She not only made him the world champion, but, moreover, the triumph achieved by Floyd in the ensuing battle with Jesus Chavez, allowed him to move to the next weight class. In the new, heavier weight category of Floyd Mayweather waited a lot of still unrestrained victories. And in virtually all subsequent battles, he also became the winner.

Continuation of the triumphal march (2002, 2003)

2002 also did not become unlucky for Floyd Mayweather. He had two fights with Jose Luis Castillo. Victory in the first (as many believe) he was "gifted" to the judges. But the victory (revenge) in the second became only his merit. In 2003 Krasavchik continued to pleasantly surprise all his fans and just people who are interested in boxing. Floyd Mayweather defeated all without exception by his opponents this year and announced the transition to the first welterweight.

Throughout all the further years, up to this year, Floyd Krasavchik does not cease to amaze the world public with his talent and invincibility. Many people even consider him a national hero. The admiration of the fans is not hampered even by the not completely "white" past of the athlete (for three months in 2012, Beauty Floyd was serving a prison sentence), rather, it even causes additional interest in his extraordinary person.

The most box office fight in the history of boxing

In 2013, the boxer legend took part in the battle, which became the most box office in the entire history of world boxing. It was a duel between Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez. The magical victory of Mayweather brought the organizers of the battle more than two hundred million dollars. Of these, more than twenty million were received for the sale of tickets, more than two million two hundred thousand - for paid demonstrations of the duel, the rest for various schemes, sports cafés, bars, restaurants in the United States, sales of airtime to foreign TV channels, merchandising and so on. . In addition, the battle that was held by Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (photo Handsome you could see in our article) was a record for Alvarez. More than 22 million Mexican fans, including housewives, watched as their compatriot tries to defeat the legendary American. This number has become a record for the entire history of boxing in Mexico.