Mayweather stripped of title he won in Pacquiao fight

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. stripped of WBO welterweight title
Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer

(ESPN) The WBO stripped pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather of his welterweight world title on Monday for his failure to comply with the organization's rules.

Mayweather claimed the WBO welterweight title when he outpointed Manny Pacquiao on May 2 in a 147-pound unification fight that shattered all financial records for a boxing match, including total gross, pay-per-view subscriptions, closed circuit revenue, live gate, foreign television sales and sponsorships.

Mayweather, who holds two other alphabet welterweight world titles, let come and go the 4:30 p.m. ET Friday deadline by which he had to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee from the May 2 fight (for which he earned more than $220 million) and vacate the two junior middleweight titles he also holds.

Full story: http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/13211446/floyd-mayweather-jr-stripped-wbo-welterweight-title

-- ESPN 2015-07-07

[JetsetBkk]

Looks like he needs a financial adviser.

[colinneil]

Dopey bugger

[chaiyapoon]

More money than sense

[Bernard Flint]

Looks like he needs a financial adviser.

Looks like he needs another 200 milion fight

[Just1Voice]

Couldn't happen to a nicer, arrogant A-Hole!

[ezzra]

With hundreds of millions of dollars in his bank account and almost no one to fight and

nothing to prove anything to nobody, why shouldn't he retire? he doesn't want to end up

like Ali, having all the fame in the world but with half a brain..... Smart boy he is....

[Crossy]

Does he get a chance to fight for the now vacant title (a rematch maybe)?

Another 20+ million in the bank!

[Seastallion]

Looks like he needs a financial adviser.

Looks like he needs another 200 milion fight

I don't think he's going to get that much.

He has one more fight, on September 12, to complete his 6 fight contract with CBS, but nobody is going to pay again after the disappointment of the Pacman fight.

[Argus Tuft]

Does this mean Pacquaio gets the title by default instead?

[shirtless]

Moneywether lost that fight American boxing is comical

[eggers]

Sport is no longer sport.....just more & more money making.

The likes of Mayweather do little to promote essence of true sport.....fun & enjoyment.

[little mary sunshine]

Impossible to cure stupid....in ten years or

Less he will be on Welfare !!

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

Boxing has become a farce. If he can't keep a title why is he allowed to fight for it ? $$$$$

[Dogbreath]

Looks like he needs a financial adviser.

He's too busy or maybe he hired himself for a financial advisor. He should talk to Mike Tyson and a few other hapless mooks who didn't need one either. They either hired Don King or someone close to him, or their wife's second cousin who failed math, but has his lip prints firmly embossed on The Champ's buttocks. Gurgle, gurgle..... the sound of hundreds of millions of dollars circling the drain.

[Don Mega]

Boxing has become a farce. If he can't keep a title why is he allowed to fight for it ? $$$$$

did you read the article ?

[Jimlove]

Mayweather ... The Boxing Pimp ...

[JemJem]

Sport is no longer sport.....just more & more money making.

The likes of Mayweather do little to promote essence of true sport.....fun & enjoyment.

Two guys beating up each other shouldn't be called a sport.

[Monkeyrobot]

Does this mean I can get my 500B back from Nok at the cowboy I lost because I backed the Pac man ???

[smotherb]

If and when a rematch is finalized; anyone who pays to see it is a fool.

[smotherb]

Sport is no longer sport.....just more & more money making.

The likes of Mayweather do little to promote essence of true sport.....fun & enjoyment.

Two guys beating up each other shouldn't be called a sport.

You didn't watch the fight did you? These two guys didn't beat each other up; they played patty cake. Got to admit, patty cake may be more of a sport.

[eggers]

Saw reports on news, so what's your point??

I'm saying irrespective of the "sport".... it's all about money!

Agree??

[krystian]

They gave him a medal in track and field instead

[Thaidream]

Boxing is about money and nothing else and is about a corrupt as one can get. During my younger days I was approached by a pimp by the name of Don King in a place called Helen's bar in Cleveland, Ohio. He was young, brash and full of BS. I did not take up his offer although his goods were appealing. Like the man said- Only In America! If you don't know who he is- Google him/

[lvr181]

Who is Mayweather? Actually, who gives a sh$t.

[Doc46]

Dun well wenker

[wabothai]

Who is Mayweather? Actually, who gives a sh$t.

Actually he is a thug with quite an impressive boxing record.

[MRDave]

With hundreds of millions of dollars in his bank account and almost no one to fight and

nothing to prove anything to nobody, why shouldn't he retire? he doesn't want to end up

like Ali, having all the fame in the world but with half a brain..... Smart boy he is....

Nothing to prove? he is the best dancer in World boxing history.

[sammygood]

that fight was more boring than an amateur mma fight

[lvr181]

that fight was more boring than an amateur mma fight

That bad? Wow it must have been bad.