Mayweather never fought as a heavyweight. He did however fight in the same divisions as Jimmy Wilde, Ray Robinson, and Chavez?
With his fight with Andre Berto fast approaching, welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather closes in on one of the most noteworthy records in boxing history. Without an official loss on his professional record, Mayweather will attempt his 49th straight victory, followed by his retirement from boxing. Should he win his match with Berto, Floyd?s win puts him merely 36 fights away from Julio C?sar Chavez?s 87-0 fight winning streak.
It?s quite an achievement to be more than halfway toward breaking such an amazing record. At this rate there?s even a chance that Floyd, who also held the flyweight title at one point, could capture the unbeaten record by the great Jimmy Wilde, the flyweight champion who went his first 103 fights without a loss during a busy schedule between 1910 and 1915. Former welterweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson suffered only one loss in 131 fights, and that to Jake LaMotta in his 40th bout. Robinson not only avenged the loss five more times, but went another eight years and 91 fights before losing to Randy Turpin.
With the above record breaking opportunities available, one has to wonder why Floyd has chosen to align himself with Rocky Marciano?s relatively modest (by comparison) 49-0 record. I?m not sure what the connection is, considering Marciano?s record applies to the heavyweight division, and that lineage of heavyweight champions and challengers. Mayweather never fought as a heavyweight. He did however fight in the same divisions as Jimmy Wilde, Ray Robinson, and Chavez. And as far as that goes Chavez has already ?tied Marciano?s record? and then some. As for the ?Retired Undefeated? part goes, Mayweather can only make that claim if he stays retired?which seems unlikely. Perhaps the next time Floyd Mayweather takes his private jet overseas to London or Paris, he can claim that he tied Charles Lindbergh?s historic flight across the Atlantic.
