Floyd Mayweather Net Worth 2022

Youth

The birth date of Floyd Mayweather Junior was on February 24, 1977 at the Grand Rapids, Michigan. He inherited the talent for boxing from his father Floyd Mayweather Senior and his uncle Jeff and Roger. They are all excited warriors.

Unfortunately, he did not have the happiest childhood because his mother was very addicted to drugs, and his father ended in prison for selling drugs. Because of this, the boy was under his grandmother’s wing. He was involved in boxing at a young age and used this sport as a filter from the frustration of sad life.

With talent inherited and practicing a lot, he improved his skills and soon became the best boxer in his generation. He started Ottawa Hills High School but because the financial situation had to surrender and focus on boxing to get life.

Career

The famous boxer began his professional career in 1996 when he won the match against Roberto Apodaca without difficulty. The next two years, most of his rivals he won with KO. While he was still fresh in boxing waters, his father came out of prison and became his coach, so it helped a lot in developing his fighting skills even more.

Two years only after fighting in the professional division, he won his first world belt, the WBC Super Featherweight Championship versus Genaro Hernandez, who was number one at that time. In 2000, talented athletes managed to defend their title from number one for the fifth time. His last fight in the super feather class was versus Jesus Chavez, and he defended his WBC title for eight times. He won again.

He is ready for a light division, and his first rival is Jose Luis Castillo. Mayweather did not have problems winning this fight. Then he got participation to fight the lightweight class champion Gatti WBC. Although Gatti’s audience is excited and massive, a famous boxer is far more dominant and won it easily. After that, he got a place in the welter class group.

Then he retired, and he returned because he was invited by the champion to maintain his belt. He is still invincible even he is older than most of his rivals. One of the most media events in his career was his UFC struggle against Conor McGregor. The famous boxer at that time had 50 wins out of 50 in ranks. He came out as the winner in this battle by technically dropping McGregor in round number 10.

Personal life

The famous boxer has many women in his life, and out of his relationship, he has four children. It seems he is not a big fan of marriage. Some of his colleagues are Shantel Jackson, Dotralie Medina, Josie Harris, and Liza Hernandez.