Floyd Mayweather Jr.
American boxer and boxing promoter
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| 2025 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. has a potential upcoming title or role to be announced (TBA) |
| August 24 2024 | Mayweather fought John Gotti III in an eight-round exhibition bout at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico. The match ended without a declared winner after going the full eight rounds. |
| June 21 2024 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. confirmed a rematch with John Gotti III for an upcoming exhibition boxing match. |
| 2023 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. made a cameo appearance in Armani White's music video for 'Goated', featuring Denzel Curry |
| June 11 2023 | Exhibition boxing match against John Gotti III at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida. The bout was stopped by referee Kenny Bayless in the sixth round, resulting in a chaotic scene with ring and crowd invasions. |
| April 26 2023 | Announcement of an exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III, scheduled for June 11, 2023. |
| February 25 2023 | Mayweather fought Aaron Chalmers in an exhibition bout at The O2 Arena in London, England. This was Mayweather's first exhibition fight in the United Kingdom. The bout went the full 8 rounds without official scoring or a declared winner. |
| January 2023 | Mayweather announced an exhibition bout against Aaron Chalmers, replacing the originally planned opponent Liam Harrison who withdrew due to a knee injury. |
| December 2022 | U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald dismissed the EthereumMax lawsuit against Mayweather, ruling that the fraud claims were insufficiently supported. |
| November 13 2022 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. fought an exhibition boxing match against YouTuber Deji Olatunji at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, UAE. Mayweather won the bout via technical knockout (TKO) in the 6th round. |
| November 10 2022 | Fourth and final press conference held at Dubai Sports Council in Dubai, U.A.E. |
| November 4 2022 | Third press conference held at York Hall in London, England. |
| October 21 2022 | Second press conference held at Handelsbeurs in Antwerpen, Belgium, alongside the Delfine Persoon vs Ikram Kerwat event. |
| October 13 2022 | First press conference held at TMT Gym in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| September 26 2022 | Mayweather Jr. and Olatunji were officially confirmed to face each other in an exhibition bout on November 13th. |
| September 25 2022 | Mayweather fought Mikuru Asakura at the Rizin event in the Saitama Super Arena, winning by TKO in the 2nd round. |
| September 20 2022 | Global Titans announced the event would take place on November 13th at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, UAE. |
| September 15 2022 | Mirror Fighting reported negotiations between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and YouTuber Deji Olatunji for an exhibition bout in Dubai on November 13th. |
| June 13 2022 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced his return to an exhibition bout against Japanese mixed martial artist and YouTuber Mikuru Asakura. |
| May 21 2022 | Floyd Mayweather fought an eight-round exhibition boxing bout against Don Moore in Abu Dhabi. Mayweather controlled the fight, scoring a knockdown with a body punch in the eighth round. The bout ended without an official verdict, with Moore surviving the knockdown and going the full distance. |
| January 2022 | Floyd Mayweather was named as a defendant in a class-action lawsuit against EthereumMax cryptocurrency company, alleging the promotion of a pump and dump scheme alongside celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Paul Pierce. |
| 2021 | Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame |
| November 2021 | Ranked No. 6 on Sportico's all-time athlete earnings list with inflation-adjusted career earnings of $1.2 billion. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. |
| June 6 2021 | Exhibition bout between Mayweather and Logan Paul takes place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The fight goes the full eight rounds with no winner announced, and Mayweather landing 43 punches out of 107 thrown. |
| May 6 2021 | Mayweather and Paul meet for the first time at a press conference at Hard Rock Stadium, where Jake Paul removes Mayweather's hat, leading to an angry confrontation. |
| December 6 2020 | Announcement made that Mayweather would face internet personality Logan Paul in an exhibition bout, originally scheduled for February 20, 2021. |
| November 2019 | The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled to throw out the fan lawsuit against Pacquiao related to the fight's injury controversy. |
| 2018 | Highest-paid athlete in the world, with total earnings of $285 million according to Forbes. |
| December 31 2018 | Mayweather fought Tenshin Nasukawa in a one-sided exhibition match, knocking down Nasukawa three times in the first round, with Nasukawa's corner throwing in the towel. |
| November 4 2018 | Announcement made that Mayweather would fight undefeated Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in a three-round exhibition boxing match on New Year's Eve. |
| September 19 2018 | Mayweather clarified his rematch calls, stating he planned to first hold a fight in Japan before any possible rematch with Pacquiao. |
| September 15 2018 | Mayweather and Pacquiao posted Instagram videos speculating about a potential rematch, with Mayweather suggesting a 'nine-figure pay day' and hinting at taking Pacquiao's belt again. |
| August 2017 | A Los Angeles judge dismissed the fan lawsuit against Pacquiao, though expressing sympathy for fans who felt deceived by the undisclosed injury. |
| August 2017 | Retired from professional boxing and transitioned to exhibition boxing |
| August 26 2017 | Mayweather defeated Conor McGregor via tenth-round technical knockout, reaching a record of 50-0 and surpassing Rocky Marciano's record |
| 2016 | Ranked by ESPN as the greatest boxer, pound for pound, of the last 25 years |
| May 2016 | Showtime Networks sued Top Rank over the injury, claiming violation of an indemnification agreement. |
| 2015 | Tops the Forbes list of the highest-paid athletes and wins the BWAA Fighter of the Year award. |
| 2015 | Won the BWAA Fighter of the Year award |
| May 5 2015 | Two Las Vegas residents filed a class-action lawsuit against Pacquiao, his manager, and Top Rank for failing to disclose Pacquiao's shoulder injury before the fight, alleging deception of PPV buyers and bettors. |
| May 2 2015 | Mayweather defeated Manny Pacquiao via unanimous decision in the long-anticipated 'Fight of the Century' |
| 2014 | Topped Forbes list as the highest-paid athlete in the world. |
| 2013 | Topped Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes for the second consecutive year and won the BWAA Fighter of the Year award. |
| 2013 | Tops Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes for the second consecutive year. |
| 2013 | Won the BWAA Fighter of the Year award |
| 2012 | Topped Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes. |
| 2010 | Named 'Fighter of the Decade' for the 2010s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) |
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