At WrestleMania XXIV, boxer Floyd Mayweather defeated The Big Show in a wrestling match by "knockout" after several chair shots, and a punch with brass knuckles.
The feud began at WWE No Way Out on February 17, 2008, when Mayweather and Big Show had a confrontation which resulted in Mayweather breaking Big Show's nose.
Since the announcement of the match, the story has received a large amount of mainstream media attention. Some have criticized Mayweather for taking part in the staged event.
Floyd Mayweather:
- Height: 5-7
- Weight: 147 lbs
- Career Highlights: 39-0 Record, 25 KO's
Big Show:
Floyd Mayweather Big Show News
- ESPN.com Video: Mayweather Knocks Out The Big Show (Time: 1:24)
- Topix.net: Floyd Mayweather Big Show
- Google News: Floyd Mayweather Big Show
- WWE.com: Show-n up (March 30, 2008)
- Normally one of the most feared men in the WWE locker room, how will Big Show be received now that he's lost to a man who is literally half his size?
- 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 Sweet Science: Money Mania! Mayweather Gets WWE KO Win (March 30, 2008)
- Floyd "Money" Mayweather is still undefeated, in the realm of pugilism, and pro wrestling, as he dropped "The Big Show" with some makeshift brass knuckles and scored a KO win a Wrestlemania 24 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida on Sunday night.
- 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.
- Orlando Sentinel blog: Mayweather Beats Big Show at Wrestlemania (March 30, 2008)
- ESPN.com: How will Mayweather-Big Show play out? (March 10, 2008)
- 411mania.com: Mayweather/Big Show Segment Nearly Turns into Legit Brawl (March 11, 2008)
- SI.com: Mayweather goes from WBC to WWE (February 25, 2008)
