Floyd Mayweather Jr. turns 46 years old.
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The Michigan native, Floyd Mayweather Jr., is celebrating today and celebrating 46 years as one of the best boxers in all of historywith a style that many may like and others may not, but the truth is that he did not lose in 50 official bouts and today at his age he even has the luxury of offering exhibition bouts.
The former American boxer achieved 27 knockouts in his career, but his forte was the technical style, with which he tied up his opponents and avoided being hit, a style not very loved by his critics but whom he silenced with his results. He has also been the pioneer of turning boxing into a business and hence his nickname “Money”.
It could be known that Money held a party at a skating rink located in Londonjust two days after his exhibition fight against Aaron Chalmers.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. achievements
Floyd Mayweather He is the five-time world champion in the super featherweight, lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight and super welterweight categories. As if that were not enough, he was chosen as boxer of the year in 1998, 2007, 2013 and 2015. He is undoubtedly one of the most media-focused boxers in history and for that reason he starred in the four most lucrative fights in the history of the discipline .
As quoted above and as everyone knows, Floyd Mayweather Jr., retired undefeated from professional boxing, surpassed sports legends such as Óscar de La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, Chino Maydana, among others.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. celebration
Today at 46, Mayweather did not want to wait and has been celebrating on British soil since the night of his birthday. Dressed in a picturesque blue and yellow checkered suit, he could be seen in the video while his closest friends sang to him and toasted with little papers and fireworks.
Notably Ivana Knoll, the well-known girlfriend of World Cup Qatar 2022, was seen at the celebration of the legendary former boxer and was presented in a short black dress that left little to the imagination of those presentthe Croatian showed a video through the stories on her Instagram account and on her feed she posted the moment before attending the aforementioned party.
In conclusion, today the world of boxing celebrates the 46th anniversary of a champion loved and hated by many, but whose sporting legacy will be indelibleand many even dare to affirm that it changed the history of boxing, something that will be left to the discretion of each fan.
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