Floyd Mayweather Jr defeated all 50 of the opponents he faced during his incredible career, including Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya.
The 47-year-old from Grand Rapids, Michigan entered the professional ranks back in 1996, shortly after capturing an Olympic Bronze Medal at the 1996 games in Atlanta. ‘Money’ would go on to win world titles in five weight classes without suffering a single blemish to his perfect record.
He fought and defeated a number of generational greats including Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez and Shane Mosley, as well as ‘Pac-Man’ Pacquiao and De La Hoya before his retirement from the sport.
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On his fight against De La Hoya in 2007, where he won the WBC light middleweight title by a close split decision, Mayweather claimed it was ‘easy work’ and he was simply having fun against the boxing legend.
“I was having fun in there. It was a hell of a fight. It was easy work for me. I could see his shots coming. I stayed on the outside and made him miss.”
With regards to Pacquiao, Mayweather told the Million Dollaz Worth Of Game Podcast, that the eight division world champion was the greatest fighter he faced throughout his 21-year tenure.
“Pacquiao [is the best I’ve faced]. It’s because of his movement. He’s a hell of a fighter, and I can see why he won so many fights, and I can see why he’s going down as a Hall of Famer. It’s just certain moves he makes.”
Despite their showdown coming a few years too late, Mayweather and ‘Pac-Man’ clashed in 2015 in what was described as the ‘Fight Of The Century’ in one of the most highly anticipated contests of all time. Unfortunately, the fight did not live up to its hype as ‘Money’ comprehensively outboxed Pacquiao over 12-rounds to retain his WBC and WBA welterweight titles, capturing the WBO title in the process.
The 47-year-old would go on to lace the gloves up on two more occasions after defeating Pacquiao, going the distance with Andre Berto in September 2015 which was followed up with a 10th-round stoppage victory over MMA legend Conor McGregor in August 2017.
Mayweather has not fought as a professional since defeating McGregor, but has had a number of exhibition contests against the likes of Tenshin Nasukawa, Logan Paul and Aaron Chalmers.
