Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Hometown: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Record: 41-0 (25 by knockout)
Career titles: WBC World Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs); WBC World Lightweight Champion (135 lbs); The Ring World Lightweight Champion (135 lbs); WBC World Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs); IBF World Welterweight Champion (147 lbs); WBC World Welterweight Champion (147 lbs); The Ring World Welterweight Champion (147 lbs); WBC World Super Welterweight Champion (154 lbs); IBO World Welterweight Champion (147 lbs); IBA World Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)
Born into a family of boxers, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has been on a track to boxing superstardom since he first laced up gloves as a toddler (his father and two uncles were all pro fighters). Thanks to that fast track, the 5’8” pugilist has been winning awards since his first Golden Gloves championship in 1993, and piling them on since.
The two-time Ring Fighter of The Year winner (1998, 2007) has claimed belts across multiple weight classes. At Super Featherweight, he won his first world title—the WBC championship. Other belts that he has held include the WBC Super Lightweight Championship, IBF and IBO World Welterweight Titles and the WBC Emeritus World Super Welterweight Champion.
Like most boxers, Mayweather, Jr. has come in and out of retirement. The first time was in 2006, only to come back to the ring to fight Ricky Hatton for the WBC Light Welterweight title in 2007. He retired after that, this time for a longer, 21-month hiatus. That spell was broken to fight Juan Manuel Marquez, then rated the second-best pound-for-pound fighter. Mayweather, Jr,. won both fights.