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Age: 47 Years

Height: 5’ 8”

Hometown: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Bio/Wiki
Birth Name	Floyd Sinclair
Full Name	Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr.
Nickname(s)	• Pretty Boy • Money Mayweather • TBE (The Best Ever)
Profession(s)	• Boxer • Actor • Boxing Promoter
Physical Stats & More
Height	5' 8" (173 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black (Bald)
Boxing
Amateur Debut	On 21 November 1987 against Chris Holden
Last Amateur Boxing Match	On 2 August 1996 against Serafim Todorov
Turned Pro	1996
Professional Debut	On 11 October 1996 against Roberto Apodaca
Last Professional Boxing Match	On 26 August 2017 against Conor McGregor
Retirement	26 August 2017
Coach/Mentor	• Floyd Mayweather Sr. • Roger Mayweather
Weight Categories	• Super featherweight (126-130 pounds) (57-59 kg) • Lightweight (130-135 pounds) (59-61.2 kg) • Light welterweight (135-140 pounds) (61.2-63.5 kg) • Welterweight (140-147 pounds) (60-67 kg) • Light middleweight (147–154 pounds) (66.7-69.9 kg)
Reach	72 inches (183 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Medals	Gold • Michigan State Golden Gloves Champion (106 pounds) in 1993 • National Golden Gloves Champion (106 pounds) in 1993 • Michigan State Golden Gloves Champion (112 pounds) in 1994 • National Golden Gloves Champion (112 pounds) in 1994 • National Police Athletic League (PAL) Champion (125 pounds) in 1995 • United States national amateur boxing featherweight champion (125 pounds) in 1996 • Michigan State Golden Gloves Champion (125 pounds) in 1996 • National Golden Gloves Champion (125 pounds) in 1996 Bronze • Featherweight division in 1996 Atlanta Olympics
Records	• Fourth boxer to win a world title in at least five weight divisions (after Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya) • Second boxer to win a lineal title (fighter who defeats the reigning champion) in four weight divisions (after Manny Pacquiao ) • Most world titles held at same time (5 titles; WBC, WBA, WBO Welterweight, WBA, and WBC Super Welterweight titles) • Most world titles won (11; with Evander Holyfield) • Most wins without a loss or draw (50) • Guinness World Record for most bouts undefeated by a world champion boxer in a career (50) in 2016 • Guinness World Record for highest career pay-per-view sales for a boxer ($1.3 billion) in 2016 • Guinness World Record for most expensive boxing championship belt ($1 Million) in 2016
Titles	• World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Featherweight Champion (1998-2002) • World Junior Lightweight Champion (1998-2002) • WBC Lightweight Champion (2002-2004) • WBC Super Lightweight Champion (2005) • International Boxing Federation (IBF) Welterweight Champion (2006) • WBC Welterweight Champion (2006-2008; 2011-2015) • WBC Super Welterweight Champion (2007; 2013-2015) • WBC Diamond Super Welterweight Title (May 2012) • World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Welterweight Super Champion (2012-2016) • WBA Welterweight Super Champion (2014-2016) • WBO Welterweight Champion (2015) • Unified WBA and WBC Junior Middleweight Champion (2013-2015)
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• Outstanding Boxer Award in 1994 and 1995 • International Boxing Award Fighter of the Year in 1998 and 2007 • World Boxing Hall of Fame Fighter of the Year in 2002 • World Boxing Council (WBC) Boxer of the Year in 2005 and 2007 • Named the 48th greatest boxer of all time by ESPN in 2007 • World Boxing Association (WBA) Boxer of the Decade from 2010 to 2019 • Named world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes magazine in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2018 • Named the 9th greatest junior middleweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) in 2019 • Named the 2nd greatest junior lightweight of all time by The Ring Magazine in 2021 • Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2021
Personal Life
Date of Birth	24 February 1977 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2024)	47 Years
Birthplace	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Zodiac sign	Pisces
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Nationality	American
Hometown	Grand Rapids
School	Ottawa Hills High School, Michigan
College/University	Did not attend
Educational Qualification	High School Dropout
Religion	Christianity
Ethnicity	• From his father's side- American • From his mother's side- Jamaican
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobbies	• Listening to music • Playing table tennis and basketball
Controversies	Domestic Violence Charges Mayweather was charged with two counts of domestic violence and one count of misdemeanour battery (one person intentionally hits or hurts a member of their household) in 2002. He received a six-month suspended sentence, two days of house arrest, and was ordered to do 48 hours of community service. Punching two women in a nightclub On 1 August 2003, Mayweather, Tom Summers, and another man spotted Herneatha McGill and Karra Blackburn at the Ra nightclub in the Luxor, Las Vegas. McGill said that she tried to leave the club when she spotted Mayweather but he punched both of them. She revealed that Mayweather had a problem with her due to her friendship with Josie Harris, Mayweather's girlfriend at that time. In June 2004, he was found guilty of two counts of battery and was given suspended six-month prison sentences on each count and a $500 fine or 50 hours of community service for each count. He was also ordered to undergo counselling for impulse control.check sources Las Vegas Sun Kicking a bouncer On 18 December 2003, William Morris, a part-time bouncer at The Radio Tavern bar in Las Vegas, was knocked down on the ground and a bottle was hit on his head by a man. While he was on the ground, Mayweather kicked him in the head. In December 2004, an arrest warrant was issued against Mayweather for not appearing in the trial. In February 2005, he was given a 90-day suspended jail sentence after pleading no contest in the case. check sources The Sydney Morning Herald Fake case by ex-girlfriend On 27 December 2003, his ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris, complained to the police that Mayweather beat her up outside the SRO Club in Las Vegas. On 28 July 2005, during the court hearing, Harris took a U-turn and said that she was drunk, had taken half-pill of ecstasy, and was dancing in the club with friends when Mayweather came outside the club to give her the money she asked from him. She went outside and started asking questions about their relationship and breakup and also about the girl whom Mayweather was dating. Mayweather left the scene after which Harris went inside the club where she realized the ruckus she had created. She later said that she filed the case to save herself from any police case. Mayweather was acquitted of any charges after Josie's testimony. check sources Las Vegas Sun Defamation suit by Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao filed a defamation suit against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in December 2009 after a video went viral in which Mayweather was seen accusing Pacquiao of using power pellets to improve his performance. In September 2012, a judge ordered Mayweather to pay Pacquiao $114,000 in legal fees for failing to appear for a court hearing. It was later reported that both parties had reached an out-of-court settlement. check sources USA Today Jailed for 3 months On 9 September 2010, Mayweather entered the house of his ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris, in the 3800 block of Tropical Vine Street, Las Vegas. It was alleged that he pulled her by the hair, slapped her, and also twisted her arm in front of his children aged 10 and 9. Harris also alleged that he stole her phone and complained to the police after which Mayweather was arrested and spent 2 days in police custody before he was released after posting a $3000 bail. check sources Reuters He was convicted of a charge of battery and two counts of harassment on 21 December 2011. He was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail, 1 year of domestic violence counselling, 100 hours of community service, and a fine of $2500. He started serving his jail sentence in Clark County Detention Center on 1 June 2012 and came out on 3 August 2012. check sources CNN Defamation case by ex-girlfriend In May 2015, Floyd Mayweather Jr's ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris, filed a defamation case against him for $20 million. She filed the case in response to his comments in an interview that he was trying to calm her down on the morning of domestic violence in 2010 as she was on drugs. He claimed innocence in the interview and claimed that he did not beat her. The case was dismissed in 2020 after the death of Harris. check sources CNN Legal battle with Shantel Jackson Floyd Mayweather Jr. had been in an on-and-off relationship with Shantel Jackson for 8 years before finally breaking up in 2013. In 2014, she accused him of domestic violence and battery after he came out of jail in 2012. She alleged that he beat her up, twisted her arm, and forced her to open her phone for him to check. After breaking up with him, she started dating the rapper Nelly and when she posted a photo of them together, Mayweather threatened her to remove the photo from social media or he would leak her nude photos that he had taken without her knowledge. Mayweather later posted a photo of her ultrasound sonogram and wrote that he broke up with her as she aborted the pregnancy and killed their twins. check sources Business Standard He later alleged that Jackson also recorded their phone recordings which she produced in the court. Jackson later alleged that he stole her jewellery worth $3 million which include a $2.5 million diamond ring, $250,000 diamond earrings, a $32,000 Chanel watch, a $100,000 diamond bracelet, and a $21,000 Louis Vuitton lock necklace. In 2021, Jackson dropped the lawsuit after reaching a settlement with Mayweather for an undisclosed amount. Stripped of WBO Welterweight title On 2 May 2015, he defeated Manny Pacquiao and won $220 million along with the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title. He was required to pay $200 thousand fees and vacate the World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight titles; however, he did not pay and vacate the titles. In July 2015, WBO stripped him of the WBO Welterweight title. Fined by SEC Floyd Mayweather Jr. was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in November 2018 for not disclosing the payments he received for promoting Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), a type of cryptocurrency. He has received promotional payments from three ICO issuers that include $100,000 from Centra Tech Inc. and $200,00 from the other two ICOs. To avoid criminal charges and settle the issue, he paid $300,000 in disgorgement, a $300,000 penalty, and $14,775 in prejudgment interest to SEC. He also agreed not to promote any securities firm for three years. check sources SEC Lawsuit for promoting EthereumMax Floyd Mayweather Jr. along with Kim Kardashian and Paul Pierce promoted a cryctocurrency company named EthereumMax in May 2021. In 2022, a lawsuit was filed against the company for being a pump-and-dump scheme and against these celebrities. The lawsuit against Mayweather and other promoters was dismissed by the court which said that the accusers had made more serious fraud allegations towards the promoters than they were in the reality check sources CNBC Social media beef with Gervonta Davis Floyd Mayweather Jr. mentored the boxer Gervonta Davis aka Tank for many years before their relationship soured in 2017. In 2022, Davis split from Mayweather promotions. In April 2024, Mayweather posted a video in which he said that he worked hard in his active year while many boxers were poor and were jealous of him. Davis alleged that Mayweather was taking shots at him and said that he would knock him out whenever he would see him. Davis also claimed that Mayweather was being held in Dubai due to unpaid money issues and was making an excuse that he was having an extended Dubai stay. Another boxer, Ryan Garcia, claimed that the beef between Davis and Mayweather started after Mayweather found out that Davis slept with his daughter, Yaya Mayweather.
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Erica Dixon • Josie Harris (1993-2007) • Melissa Brim (1998-2000) • Shantel Jackson (2006-2014) • Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas (2008) • Keyshia Cole (2008) • Jessica Burciaga (2011) • Princess Love (2013-2014) • Doralie Medina (2014-2016) • Anna Monroe • Gallienne Nabila • Lisa Hernandez
Family
Children	Son(s)- 2 • Koraun Mayweather (boxing content creator and singer; from Josie Harris) • Zion Shamaree Mayweather (social media influencer; from Josie Harris) Daughter(s)- 2 • Iyanna 'Yaya' Mayweather (singer; from Melissa Brim) • Jirah Mayweather (internet personality; from Josie Harris)
Parents	Father- Floyd Mayweather Sr. (boxer & boxing coach) Mother- Deborah Sinclair Step-mother- Lois Ann Roberts (married Mayweather Sr. in 2018)
Siblings	Brother- Justin Mayweather Jones (Boxer) Sister(s)- 3 • Fannie Orr • Deltricia Tawanna Howard • Fatimah Mayweather
Other Relatives	Uncle(s)- 2 • Roger Mayweather (boxer & trainer; died in 2020) • Jeff Mayweather (boxer) Grandson- Kentrall Gaulden Jr. (Son of NBA YoungBoy and Iyanna 'Yaya' Mayweather)
Favourites
Boxers	Kostya Tszyu, Marquez brothers, Manny Pacquiao , Winky Wright, Bernard Hopkins, Mo Harris, Pernell Whitaker, Aaron Pryor, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roger Mayweather
Food	Fried hotdogs with barbeque sauce
Film Genre	Monster Films
Film	The Notebook (2004)
Style Quotient
Car Collection	• Bentley Mulsanne • Bugatti Veyron • Ferrari 458 Italia • Pagani Huayra • Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita • Rolls-Royce Phantom • Lamborghini Aventador Note: He owns more than 100 cars worth $22 million.
Jet Collection	He owns 3 jets including a Gulfstream G650 jet worth $50 million.
Expensive Things/Valuables	• Richard Mille 59-01 Tourbillon Yohan Blake Watch ($620,000) • Patek Philippe Nautilus 5723/1R Watch ($350,000) • Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15130 Watch ($1,390,000) • Jacob and Co. Billionaire Watch ($18 million) • White gold chain weighing 2.7kg, encrusted with 8,500 diamonds worth $1 million Note: He has a huge collection of limited-edition watches and precious jewellery.
Money Factor
Salary/Income (approx.)	$35-40 million (as of 2023)
Career Earnings	• 2007: $26.5 million • 2010: $65 million • 2012: $85 million • 2013: $34 million • 2014: $105 million • 2015: $300 million • 2016: $44 million • 2018: $285 million Note: His earnings in the decade of 2010-2019 are $915 million, and his career earnings are $1.2 billion.
Assets/Properties	His investment portfolio is worth $250 million which includes $150 million real estate. • 13,000-square-foot mansion in Las Vegas ($9.5 million) • 15,096-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills, California ($25.5 million) • The Money Team Racing (TMTR) in the NASCAR Cup Series • Ownership in 9 skyscrapers including One Vanderbilt in New York
Net Worth (approx.)	$450 million (as of 2023)
Social Media
Instagram	Floyd Mayweather
Facebook	Floyd Mayweather
Twitter	Floyd Mayweather
YouTube	FloydMayweather

Some Lesser Known Facts About Floyd Mayweather Jr.

• Floyd Mayweather Jr. was born in a family of boxers which paved the way for him to pursue a career in boxing. He was born out of wedlock.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the hands of his father

• When he was 2 years old, his father, Floyd Mayweather Sr. and Tony Sinclair, his maternal uncle, got into a fight during which Sinclair pointed a gun towards Mayweather Sr. His father used him as a human shield to save himself, hence Sinclair fired at his father’s leg, taking out most of his left calf.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. during his childhood

• He initially lived in the Hiram Square neighborhood of New Brunswick, New Jersey before moving to New Jersey with his mother at the age of 8-9 years old. He lived there along with his six other family members in a one-bedroom house without electricity.

  

  A childhood photo of Floyd Mayweather Jr.

• His mother was a drug addict, particularly heroin. One of his aunts died due to drug abuse when he was very young.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. during his school days

• His father was very strict with him since childhood and never took him to any other place other than boxing gym practice.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with his father when he started boxing

• His father also sold drugs at night for which he was jailed in 1993 for 5 years but was released after three years.

• According to him, his childhood and teenage years were full of struggle, and he had to look after himself but his father has said in various interviews that even when he was jailed, he kept track of his son’s activities through his brothers and ensured he was on the right path and got everything he needed.

  

  Roger, Floyd Mayweather Jr., his father, and Jeff Mayweather (left to right)

• His grandmother was the first person who told him to box instead of doing any job. He later became so passionate about boxing that he dropped out of school to become a boxer to earn a living.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. when he dropped out of school

• Boxers usually have cuts and scars on their faces; however, when Floyd Mayweather made his amateur boxing debut in 1987, he did not have any scar due to which his teammates named him Pretty Boy.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr., Don Hale, and Nate Jones (right to left) in 1995 during his initial years in amateur boxing

• Mayweather Jr. won many amateur boxing tournaments when his father was in jail from 1993 to 1996.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with amateur boxing trophies

• In his semifinal match against Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he lost after judges gave a controversial decision.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. (in blue) with Serafim Todorov (in red) during the quarterfinal of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics

• Floyd Mayweather Jr. won his first professional match against Roberto Apodaca by a knockout.

• He was trained under his uncle, Roger Mayweather before his father became his coach in 1998.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with his uncle, Roger Mayweather, in the corner

• On 3 October 1998, he defeated Genaro Hernández and won his first super featherweight title, the WBC super featherweight title in an eighth-round technical knockout (TKO).

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with his first title, WBC super featherweight title

• In 2000, he had a fight with his father after which he removed him as his trainer and manager and started training under Roger Mayweather.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with his father (right)

• On 20 April 2002, he defeated José Luis Castillo and won his first lightweight title, the WBC lightweight title despite having an injury in his left shoulder.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with WBC Lightweight Championship Title Belt

• In 2004, he moved to the light welterweight division. On 25 June 2005, he won his first light welterweight title, the WBC light welterweight title by defeating Arturo Gatti as Gatti’s corner threw the towel (stopping the fight and accepting defeat) in the 6th round.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with WBC light welterweight titles

• Mayweather Jr. moved to the welterweight division in 2005. He won the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and International Boxing Organisation (IBO) welterweight titles by defeating Zab Judah on 8 April 2006.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the fight against Zab Judah (right)

• His fight with Judah got ugly as Judah hit him with a left hand and a right-handed rabbit punch (a punch to the back of the head which causes irreversible spinal injury). Roger entered the ring before police restored the fight. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) fined Roger $200,000 and suspended him for one year for being in Mayweather’s corner.

  

  Roger Mayweather during the brawl in the Zab Judah fight

• In 2006, he founded Mayweather Promotions and became a free agent after leaving Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. Al Haymon became his manager and later his advisor. Mayweather Promotions also promotes sporting events, live musical, theatrical events, and film and television productions.

  

  A poster of Mayweather Promotions

• In 2007, he fought with Oscar De La Hoya and generated $136 million in revenue from 2.48 million pay-per-view (PPV) buys.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. (right) during the promotion of fight against Oscar De La Hoya (left)

• Mayweather Jr. also took part in fifth season of the dance reality show Dancing with the Stars (aired on ABC), with Karina Smirnoff, the Ukrainian-American professional ballroom dancer. They came 9th after being eliminated on 16 October 2007.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with Karina Smirnoff (in pink) during an episode of Dancing with the Stars

• In 2007, he formed the charity organisation ‘Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation’ which helps underprivileged children by providing them with health, education, and nutrition facilities.

  

  A photo of a program of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation

• After winning his fight against Ricky Hatton on 8 December 2007, he temporarily retired to focus on Mayweather Promotions.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. (right) during the boxing match against Ricky Hatton

• He appeared in WrestleMania XXIV (24) in 2008 and won his match against Big Show by using brass knuckles. He earned $20 million for his World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) appearance. He also recorded a rap song titled ‘Yep’ which was used as his entrance song.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. (wearing boxing gloves) during WWE match against Big Show

• He made his comeback on 19 September 2009 and won his fight against Juan Manuel Márquez.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. (left) during the weigh-in of his comeback fight against Juan Manuel Márquez (right)

• In 2010, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was in talks for a fight with Manny Pacquiao but the fight could not happen as Pacquiao did not agree to Olympic-style drug testing.

• In 2011, he paid for the funeral of Genaro Hernandez, his opponent in his first title fight. He once donated an undisclosed amount to the Golden Gloves Championship in Michigan and $100 thousand to a cancer foundation.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr (in the pink sweater and white pants) during the donation to a cancer organisation

• He moved to light middleweight in 2012. On 5 May 2012, he won the WBA (Super) light middleweight title by defeating Miguel Cotto.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. after winning the WBA (Super) light middleweight title against Miguel Cotto

• On 14 September 2013, he won his fight against Canelo Alvarez which generated $150 million in PPV revenue and $20 million live gate.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the fight against Canelo Alvarez (left)

• In 2013, his uncle Roger’s eyesight declined after which his father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., became his trainer.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with his father (left) in his corner

• On 2 May 2015, he fought with Manny Pacquaio at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and won by unanimous decision with the scores of 118–110, 116–112, and 116–112. After the fight, Pacquaio’s camp said that he injured his right shoulder in a training camp due to which he could not win.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with Manny Pacquaio (right) during the promotion of their fight

• Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight generated more than $400 million in revenue with 4.4 million PPV buys and $72 million live gate. Their fight was also called ‘Fight of the Century’ by many boxing fans.

  

  ‘Fight of the Century’ poster of Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight

• After defeating Andre Berto on 12 September 2015, he again took retirement with an undefeatable record of 49-0.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Andre Berto (right) during their weigh-in

• He came out of his second retirement to fight against MMA fighter Conor McGregor on 26 August 2017 whom he defeated via a TKO in the 10th round. He earned around $300 million from the fight while McGregor earned $100 million. The fight generated around $370 million in revenue from 4.3 PPV buys.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor (left) during the promotion of their fight

• When he retired from boxing in 2017, he set a perfect record of 50-0 and bettered the 49-0 record held by Rocky Marciano. He also holds the patent for ‘TMT (The Money Team) 50’ and ‘TBE (The Best Ever) 50.’

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. celebrating after making his professional record 50-0

• Mayweather Jr. started boxing in exhibition fights in 2018. He fought against Logan Paul on 6 June 2021 and John Gotti III on 11 June 2023. The bout against Gotti III was stopped after a fight broke out between the teams of both fighters.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. during his exhibition match against John Gotti III (left)

• His bodyguards are over 7 feet tall and are called ‘The Great Wall.’ They wear T-shirts reading TMT and have nicknames — Big Church, Big A, Big Pat and Jethro.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. (in centre) with his bodyguards

• He allows his fans to watch him practice at his gym on the edge of the Chinatown district of Las Vegas.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. working out in his gym while his family and fans watch him

• His orthodox defensive stance involves the shoulder roll, the left hand is down around the midsection, and the lead shoulder is high on the cheek to cover the chin and block punches. The right hand is used to block punches. He has often used the Southpaw stance to surprise his rivals.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s defensive stance

• He is popular for showing off his wealth. It is rumoured that he carries a bag full of cash worth thousands or millions of dollars with him at all times. He is also popular for being the first boxer to earn more than a billion from his fights.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. filling cash in his bag

• He has a 24-hour personal chef named Quiana Jeffries aka Chef Q whom he pays around $1000 for every meal she cooks for him. She revealed in an interview that he prefers candy, particularly Twizzlers, over dessert.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with his chef, Quiana Jeffries aka Chef Q (left)

• He does not wear his underwear more than once and spends around $6500 each year on them.

• He suffers from Barophobia (fear of gravity) and makes his bodyguards and luggage fly separately on another jet.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. in one of his jets

• Mayweather Jr. wears his shoes only once and donates them after he has worn them.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s shoe collection

• He has a gambling habit and has placed bets worth millions in different sports including baseball and rugby. He also likes to play in casinos.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. playing in a casino

• He has a full-time barber, Jackie Starr, who travels with him whenever he goes abroad.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with his barber, Jackie Starr

• He purchased a $200 million yacht in 2023.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. (in black hoodie) on his yacht

• He has given training to various boxers such as Rolando Florencio Romero III and Curmel Moton.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with Rolando Florencio Romero III (left)

• Floyd Mayweather Jr. is also popular as one of the best defensive boxers and the most accurate puncher among professional boxers.

  

  Defensive stance of Floyd Mayweather Jr.

• He has customised gold and diamond cases for his phones.

  

  Gold plated Iphone cover and diamond plater belt buckle of Floyd Mayweather Jr.

• He does not smoke or drink and does not like to party.

• He has appeared in many video games including ‘Knockout Kings’ in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 and ‘Fight Night Round 2’ in 2005.

  

  The character of Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Fight Night video game

• He has done cameo roles in several films such as ‘Think Like a Man Too’ in 2014 and as Punch in ‘When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story’ in 2017.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the premiere of Think Like a Man Too

• He has been featured in various English music videos including ‘Undisputed’ (2008) by Ludacris, ‘Company’ (2016) by Justin Bieber , and ‘Goated’ (2023) by Armani White.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with Armani White (left) during a still from the video of ‘Goated’ song

• He said in an interview that he was inspired by Mike Tyson who owned several luxury cars.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr. with Mike Tyson (left)

• Several documentaries have been made on the life of Floyd Mayweather Jr. such as Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather by Adam Whitney in 2020.

  

  Cover of the documentary based on the life of Floyd Mayweather Jr.

• He once posted on Instagram that he never got married as he does not trust anyone to become his wife and also due to the high rate of divorces.

  

  Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s Instagram post about marriage

• He sells the TMT cap through the website ‘themoneyteam.com.’ check sources The Money Team

  

  A photo of Floyd Mayweather Jr. on his merchandise website

• He never lost a fight in his professional between 1996 and 2017 but in his overall career, he has lost 8 amateur fights. His last loss came in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

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References/Sources

• Las Vegas Sun
• The Sydney Morning Herald
• Las Vegas Sun
• USA Today
• Reuters
• CNN
• CNN
• Business Standard
• SEC
• CNBC
• The Money Team