Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Guide Note: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is a professional boxer. He is currently undefeated and holds the WBC Welterweight Championship.

On March 30, 2008, Mayweather faced pro-wrestler Big Show in a match at WWE's WrestleMania XXIV pay-per-view. Despite the wrestler's dominance for the majority of the match, Mayweather brought Big Show to his knees with several steel chair shots, then knocked him out with a punch laced with brass knuckles.

Fast Facts:

Born: February 24, 1977
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Nicknames: "Pretty Boy," "Money Mayweather"
25 KOs or TKOs
Bronze medalist in 1996 Olympics in Atlanta
Competed on season five of Dancing with the Stars
Defeated wrestler Big Show at WrestleMania XXIV

Also try: Floyd Mayweather WWE | Floyd Mayweather Big Show | WrestleMania Live Coverage

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Official Site: Floyd Mayweather.net
HBO: Boxing-Fighters Bio
Wikipedia: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Article: Can Mayweather Become the Golden Boy by Beating Him
ESPN.com: Floyd says he should get credit for making the fight
ESPN.com: Mayweather Jr. outpoints De La Hoya
ESPN.com Video: Mayweather Knocks Out The Big Show (Time: 1:24)

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Official Site: De La Hoya VS. Mayweather-May 5
SI.com: So 'Money' (March 30, 2008)
- The absurdity of the match, however, was probably best captured early on when Mayweather dangled on Wight's back and brought him down with a chokehold before Wight recovered and took out most of Mayweather's entourage.
The Grand Rapids Press: Mayweather knocks out Big Show at WrestleMania (March 30, 2008)
- [Mayweather] wrapped the brass knuckles around his right hand and landed one punch, prompting a 10-count victory before before a crowd of 74,635, which produced a WWE-record live gate of $5.85 million.
New York Daily News: Floyd Mayweather a knockout in WWE (February 18, 2008)
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. punched wrestler Big Show during a WWE event in Las Vegas, Nevada.
ESPN.com: Mayweather, Hatton agree to fight in December (July 28, 2007)
ESPN.com: Mayweather Jr. ready to fight 'overrated' Hatton (June 27, 2007)
USA Today.com: Father again out as Mayweather Jr.'s trainer (March 22, 2007)
ESPN.com: De La Hoya-Mayweather is on (November 13, 2006)
Article: Feud with his father, prison hold Mayweather Jr. hostage (June 26, 2005)
Article: Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants a win for his dad (July 6, 1996)