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Floyd Mayweather Jr. (born February 24, 1977) is a native of Grand Rapids, MI, and son of former Welterweight contender Floyd Mayweather (also known as the head trainer of Oscar De La Hoya). "Pretty Boy Floyd" has a professional record of 34-0-0, with 23 wins coming by way of knockout. He is rated by Ring Magazine as the #2 pound-for-pound boxer in the world, behind only undisputed Middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins. As a Featherweight, Mayweather won a bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He won his first professional title while at the 130 lb. weight limit, the WBC Super Featherweight championship, with an eighth round stoppage of veteran Genaro "Chicanito" Hernandez in 1998. From there, Mayweather went on to some high profile defenses of his title against perennial contender Angel Manfredy and former WBC Featherweight champion Goyo Vargas before meeting fellow undefeated 130 lb. (59 kg) titleholder Diego "Chico" Corrales in the first highly anticipated matchup of the 2001 calendar year. Mayweather beat Corrales by knockout in 10 rounds, after scoring 5 knockdowns. Corrales' corner threw in the towel, thereby making Mayweather one of that year's claimants to boxing's mythical pound-for-pound title. (Weight-for-weight is a hypothetical concept created by boxing fans and writers in order to compare fighters across the various weight divisions, as though all the athletes were of roughly the same size.)
Since that match, Mayweather has gone on to claim a world title in the 135 lb. (61 kg) division, the WBC Lightweight championship, against rugged veteran Jose Luis Castillo, and defended it several times as well. As of 2005, Mayweather is campaigning at 140 lb. (64 kg). On June 25, 2005, Mayweather defeated Arturo Gatti for the WBC Super Lightweight championship when Gatti's corner stopped the fight after the sixth round.
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