Floyd Mayweather
In spite of being scheduled to fight Ricky Hatton in December 2007, Floyd Mayweather Jr. took the opportunity to enter the fifth series of Dancing With the Stars, partnering Karina Smirnoff.
However, in the fourth week of Dancing with the Stars, where all the dance partnerships seemed to have raised their game, Floyd Mayweather and Karina Smirnoff were voted off.
Floyd Mayweather was born on 24 February 1977 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
In 2007, Mayweather, nicknamed Pretty Boy, was regarded as the world's No 1-ranked pound-for-pound boxer. He was the world champion in five different weight classes.
In May 2007, Floyd Mayweather Jr won the WBC junior middleweight title when he beat Oscar De La Hoya in a split decision.
The bout drew a record pay-per-view audience of 2.15 million and Mayweather was estimated to be between $25 and $30 million richer after it.
Boxrec has an analysis of Floyd Mayweather's fight record.
In an interview with TV Guide, Floyd Mayweather described Karina Smirnoff's technique to get him to train for Dancing with the Stars:
""She knows I like to eat gummy bears," says Mayweather, a father of four who lives with his girlfriend, Josie Harris. "So if I'm not working hard, Karina will say, 'No gummy bears today.' And I want to eat gummy bears. So I went home and practised and came back. And she said I was getting better.""
In December 2007, Floyd Mayweather stopped Ricky Hatton in round 10 and said "I'm not going to let boxing retire me, I'm going to retire from boxing." However, he did not say when that would be.
