Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather Jr may have an illustrious career but his personal life is far from convincing. He has had a number of women in his life, though he has been married to none. He believes a man should have as many women as he can afford. Demeaning as that seems to be, some of the women he has had relation with include Shantel Jackson, Doralie Medina, Josie Harris, and Liza Hernandez. He has four children from them, two boys and two girls.

Mayweather lives in a large five-bedroom, seven-bath custom-built mansion in the Las Vegas Valley. He even owns a boxing gym called the ‘Mayweather Boxing Club’.

Floyd Mayweather Jr was born on February 24, 1977, in Grand Rapids, Michigan into a family of boxers. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr was a former welterweight contender, while his uncles Jeff and Roger Mayweather, were professional boxers. His mother was a hopeless drug addict. Monetarily, the family barely survived a living.

He spent much of his childhood years under the care of his grandmother, as his father was convicted of illegal drug trafficking. Missing his parents, Mayweather sought to boxing as an outlet to vent his frustration and anger. He soon developed the skills required to become a pro boxer. His precision, speed and uncanny ring sense made him the best at his age.

He attended Ottawa Hills High School before dropping out to pursue boxing for a living.

Floyd Mayweather Jr’s amateur career in boxing was a roll. He won the the national Golden Gloves championships in 1993, 1994 and 1996. Mayweather’s amateur career record stood at 84-8.

In 1996, Mayweather participated in the Atlanta Olympics and won a bronze medal in the featherweight division. Same year, he fought his first professional bout against Roberto Apodaca which he comfortably won.

His winning streak continued until early 1998 as he won most of his fights either by knockout. Mayweather’s brilliance in the ring made him highly popular within the sporting world.

After his 14th professional fight, Mayweather’s father took over as his trainer, after being released from prison. Under his father’s training, Mayweather’s sporting skills enhanced considerably. He was touted by sporting legends as a pugilistic prodigy who would be an unbeatable and an indomitable force in boxing.

It took Mayweather just two years of professional boxing to win his first world title, the WBC Super Featherweight (130 lb) Championship against the then World No 1 Super Featherweight Genaro Hernandez, in 1998. His victory made him the lineal champion of the division. Also, he became the first 1996 U.S. Olympian to win a world title.

Ever since his boxing career started, Mayweather has been showered with a plethora of prestigious awards including Michigan State and National State Golden Glove Champion Award, both of which he won three times.

In 1996, Mayweather bagged the bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics Featherweight Championship.

In 1998 and 2007, he won International Boxing Fighter of the Year Award and The Ring Fighter of the Year Award. He won the BWAA Fighter of the Year award thrice. He even won the Boxing Hall of Fame and ESPN Fighter of the Year award. He is a six-times winner of Best Fighter ESPY Award.

From 2005 to 2008 he was The Ring number 1 Pound for Pound.

In 2016, Mayweather clutched three Guinness World Records: for most bouts undefeated by a world champion boxer in a career, highest career pay-per-view sales for a boxer and for most expensive boxing championship belt of $1 million.