History of the Fight
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is, as of February 2015, 38 years of
age, still undefeated, with a flawless expert record of 47 battles and 0
misfortunes. On June 6, 2008, six months in the wake of overcoming Ricky Hatton
by a tenth-round TKO, Mayweather declared his retirement from boxing. At the
time, arrangements were in movement for a rematch with Oscar De La Hoya, which
was going to happen September 20, 2008. "This choice was not a simple one
for me to make as boxing is all I have done since I was a kid," Mayweather
said. "Be that as it may, these previous couple of years has been to a
great degree troublesome for me to discover the craving and satisfaction to
proceed in the game." At the time 31-year-old Mayweather enlisted 39 wins
and no misfortunes in his memorable profession. At the time of his retirement,
The Ring magazine had Mayweather positioned as the number 1 pound-for-pound
warrior on the planet, with Manny Pacquiao at number 2.
Amid Mayweather's brief retirement, Pacquiao earned whiz
status in a significant part of the western world with his eighth-round TKO
triumph over Óscar de la Hoya, for which he climbed from lightweight to
welterweight (135 pounds to 147 pounds).
On May 2, 2009, the day of Pacquiao's battle against Ricky
Hatton, Mayweather declared that he was leaving retirement and would battle
Juan Manuel Márquez, The Ring lightweight champion and number 2 pound-for-pound
contender, on July 18, 2009, in a welterweight non-title battle. Marquez had
already battled Pacquiao in two dubious trips: they battled to a twelve-round
draw on May 8, 2004, and Pacquiao was recompensed a twelve-round part choice
win on March 15, 2008. Mayweather played down Pacquiao's freshly discovered
fame at his question and answer session, expressing: "In the event that he
wins today, don't be all stunned ... Reason prepare to have your mind blown. I
beat (Hatton) when he was undefeated. Pacquiao beat Oscar, it don't make a
difference. Setting off down to 147 pounds was excessively for (De La Hoya), he
was dead after the first round. I likewise imagine that Marquez beat him twice.
When you talk boxing, you talk Floyd Mayweather."
