Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
BoxingScene.com and a small group of reporters caught up with Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. Friday night in Las Vegas. Chavez is in town for tonight's Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward pay-per-view showdown.
Floyd Mayweather Sr., father and trainer of former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs), believes his son would do a real number on Manny Pacquiao if a rematch comes together. Two weeks ago, Pacquiao returned to the ring and dominated Jessie Vargas over twelve round to capture the WBO welterweight title at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Floyd Mayweather Sr. Video Interview - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - This Saturday night, No. 2 Pound-for-Pound and WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) and No. 4 Pound-for-Pound and Two-Time World Champion Andre "S.O.G." Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) will collide in their "Pound for Pound" showdown at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
New York, New York - On Wednesday, retired boxing superstar and now full-time promoter, Floyd Mayweather Jr., was on hand to promote his first event in New York City. The card headlined by Mayweather Promotions' WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack in a unification with Great Britain's IBF champion James Degale.
Brooklyn, New York - Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired at 49-0 in September of 2015, yet he still attracts a big crowd. On hand to promote the super middleweight title unification bout between Badou Jack and James Degale - it was Mayweather, not the two main participants, that had the biggest crowd of reporters around him.
NEW YORK – Among the things that concern Floyd Mayweather Jr. about boxing again are the effects another fight could have on his long-term health. His defensive effectiveness throughout his career enabled Mayweather to take less punishment than 19 years in the ring as a professional could cause. After watching the impact taking a few fights too many had on the late Muhammad Ali later in his life, a financially secure, reflective Mayweather has kept those images in mind while weighing his own future.
NEW YORK – Floyd Mayweather Jr. is beyond tired of discussing a boxing match against UFC superstar Conor McGregor that the boxing superstar promises will never happen. McGregor continues to mention Mayweather as a potential opponent, even though McGregor never has participated in a professional boxing match. The story has received more attention since McGregor knocked out Eddie Alvarez in the second round Saturday night as part of UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden.
NEW YORK – Floyd Mayweather Jr. complimented Terence Crawford’s skills Wednesday and predicted he’ll beat John Molina Jr. next month. Boxing’s biggest star didn’t hesitate, however, to take a direct shot at Crawford’s promoter, Bob Arum, for failing to make Crawford a bigger star. Mayweather has long been critical of Arum’s inability to make Mayweather himself a household name when Arum’s company promoted the undefeated five-division champion from 1996-2005.
NEW YORK – Floyd Mayweather Jr. spent plenty of time Wednesday dispelling rumors regarding his return to boxing. The sport’s retired, undefeated, pound-for-pound king was adamant about remaining retired, despite that many within the boxing industry suspect he’ll come back for a lucrative rematch against Manny Pacquiao next year.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - According to former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. - Floyd Mayweather Jr. and President-elect Donald Trump might be the two smartest people in America.