Guerrero boxer mayweather biography

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Who Is Floyd Mayweather?

American boxer Floyd Mayweather was born on February 24, , in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He won three national Golden Gloves and an Olympic bronze medal before turning professional in Mayweather claimed his first championship as a super featherweight in , later accumulating titles in four other weight classes while retaining an undefeated record.

Early Years

Widely considered the greatest boxer of his era, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was born Floyd Joy Sinclair on February 24, , in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Boxing is in his blood: His father, Floyd Sr., was a welterweight contender, and his uncle Jeff Mayweather is a former IBO super featherweight champion. Another uncle, Roger Mayweather, is a former WBA super featherweight and WBC super lightweight champion.

Floyd Sr. introduced Mayweather to the gym not long after he started walking, holding his young boy in front of speed bags whenever they visited. Soon, Mayweather was throwing punches

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Floyd Mayweather Jr.

American boxer and boxing promoter (born )

"Floyd Mayweather" redirects here. For his father, see Floyd Mayweather Sr.

Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (néSinclair; born February 24, ) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between and He retired with an undefeated record and won 15 major world championships spanning five vikt classes from super featherweight to light middleweight. This includes the Ring magazine title in three vikt classes and the släktskap championship in four vikt classes (twice at welterweight). As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the Olympics, three U.S. Golden Gloves championships (at light flyweight, flyweight, and featherweight), and the U.S. national championship at featherweight. After retiring from professional boxing in August , he transitioned to exhibition boxing.

Mayweather was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the s by the Boxing Writers Association of A

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Robert Guerrero

American boxer (born )

Robert Joseph Guerrero (born March 27, ) is an American professional boxer. He has held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBFfeatherweight title twice between and , and the IBF junior lightweight title from to

Professional career

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Featherweight

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Early career

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Guerrero is trained by his father Ruben Guerrero, a former amateur champion, who introduced Robert and his five brothers to boxing as youngsters growing up in Gilroy, California.^[2] After an impressive amateur career begun at a very young age, Robert turned professional, at the age of 18, on May 22, with a four-round unanimous decision win against Alejandro Cruz. After several wins and only a single draw later, Guerrero won the WBC NABF Featherweight title against Cesar Figueroa on December 9, Defending his NABF title twice, Guerrero was seen as a rising prospect, until meeting Gamaliel Diaz in a bout televised on ShoBox, on