Floyd Mayweather losses: Boxing News: It is improbable that Floyd Mayweather will not be mentioned when talking about boxing. Undisputed champion and one of the wealthiest athletes in the world, he is unquestionably the biggest name in boxing of this era. In his illustrious professional career, he has fought in 50 fights against fighters who were both up-and-coming and well-known for being destructive in the ring. Notably, he consistently destroyed them. Follow Boxing News Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Given that he never lost in his professional career, many people believe that he is actually unbeaten throughout his career. However, this is not the case, as throughout his boxing career, he has suffered a few defeats. Let’s take a look at Mayweather’s loss he suffered in his legendary career.
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Floyd Mayweather losses: How many times ‘Money’ suffered loss in the boxing ring?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. comes from a family of great boxers, and his father Mayweather Sr. also had an impressive 28-6-1 boxing record. In 1977, he defeated Miguel Barreto to win the U.S. Championship Tournament. And “Money” followed in his father’s footsteps by making his amateur boxing debut in 1993.
Floyd Mayweather losses: Everytime Mayweather lost in boxing
And he started his career with a bang where he prevailed in his first 12 amateur contests. However, from 1994 to 1996, he had suffered six defeats. The losses Mayweather faced are as follow:
Lost to Augie Sanchez in the 1996 Olympic trials
Lost to Noureddine Medjihoud in World Championship 1995
Lost to Juan Carlos Ramirez in 1995
Lost to Carlos Navarro in 1995
Lost to Martin Castillo in 1994
Lost to Serafim Todorov in the semifinals.
Mayweather loses from the past
In November 1994, Martin Castillo was the opponent in Castillo’s debut match, and this was the first time he had ever lost to a boxer, who went on to have a fantastic professional career and a record of 35-4-0. Two months later, Navarro defeated Mayweather in 1995 to earn a spot on the Pan American squad, and he went on to have a successful professional career.
Mayweather then turned things around following his consecutive defeats and now was on series of win. However, despite being the favorite against Noureddine Medjihoud, who was just in his fourth fight, Medjhoud shocked everyone by winning the decision and handing him his third loss.
The Unbeaten Champion fell to Tigran Uzlyan in Moscow in his fourth fight, and Augie Sanchez in his fifth game at the Olympic trials. Notably, he was the favourite to win here as well, but he fell short.
Moreover, the 6th loss was his most infamous and debatable loss occurred during the Atlanta Games themselves in August 1996. Even though he appeared to dominate Bulgarian Todorov while fighting on home turf, Mayweather was not given the victory.
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