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Floyd Mayweather Sr.

28–6 · 33 recorded bouts · 1974–1990

Boxing record

28–6–1

Floyd Mayweather Sr. finished 64% of 28 wins inside the distance — the 65th percentile for welterweight boxing, where the median is 54%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

197019801990win v Ron Pettigrew, 1974, decisionwin v Tyrone Phelps, 1975win v CJ Faison, 1975win v Ernie Wicher, 1975, kowin v Sparky Wheeler, 1975, kowin v Aundra Love, 1976, kowin v Joe Armour, 1976, kowin v Freddie Jones, 1976, kowin v Bobby Orr, 1976, kowin v Darryl Penn, 1976win v Pablo Rodriguez, 1977, kowin v Sammy Rookard, 1977, kowin v Ron Pettigrew, 1977, kowin v Miguel Barreto, 1977, koloss v Sugar Ray Leonard, 1978, kowin v Art McKnight, 1978, kowin v Bobby Crawford, 1980, kowin v Lynn Lustig, 1980, kowin v Sam Lantion, 1980, kowin v Calvin Straughter, 1980, kowin v Larry McCall, 1981, kowin v Tony Taylor, 1981, koloss v Marlon Starling, 1981, decisiondraw v Allen Braswell, 1982, drawwin v Agapito Ramirez, 1982, kowin v Calvin Porter, 1983, kowin v Jose Baret, 1983, kowin v Greg Harper, 1983, kowin v Greg Netter, 1983, kowin v Gary Jones, 1983, decisionloss v Clayton Hires, 1984, decisionloss v Marlon Starling, 1985, decisionloss v Roger Turner, 1990, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1974–1990

SOURCE·Floyd Mayweather Sr. — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-23

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-23. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 292 welterweight boxing fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1990 L Roger Turner Decision10
1985 L Marlon Starling Decision12
1984 L Clayton Hires Decision10
1983 W Calvin Porter KO/TKO8
1983 W Jose Baret KO/TKO8
1983 W Greg Harper KO/TKO4
1983 W Greg Netter KO/TKO3
1983 W Gary Jones Decision10
1982 D Allen Braswell Draw8
1982 W Agapito Ramirez KO/TKO6
1981 W Larry McCall KO/TKO10
1981 W Tony Taylor KO/TKO5
1981 L Marlon Starling Decision10
1980 W Bobby Crawford KO/TKO3
1980 W Lynn Lustig KO/TKO2
1980 W Sam Lantion KO/TKO4
1980 W Calvin Straughter KO/TKO3
1978 L Sugar Ray Leonard KO/TKO10
1978 W Art McKnight KO/TKO10
1977 W Pablo Rodriguez KO/TKO10
1977 W Sammy Rookard KO/TKO10
1977 W Ron Pettigrew KO/TKO7
1977 W Miguel Barreto KO/TKO8
1976 W Aundra Love KO/TKO10
1976 W Joe Armour KO/TKO8
1976 W Freddie Jones KO/TKO3
1976 W Bobby Orr KO/TKO8
1976 W Darryl Penn —6
1975 W Tyrone Phelps —8
1975 W CJ Faison —3
1975 W Ernie Wicher KO/TKO1
1975 W Sparky Wheeler KO/TKO2
1974 W Ron Pettigrew Decision4

3 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Floyd Mayweather Sr. — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-23

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height68″ (172.7 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionWelterweight Boxing
Most active decade1970s — 16 of 33 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Floyd Mayweather Sr., so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1980 1990 win vs Ron Pettigrew (1974)win vs Tyrone Phelps (1975)win vs CJ Faison (1975)win vs Ernie Wicher (1975)win vs Sparky Wheeler (1975)win vs Aundra Love (1976)win vs Joe Armour (1976)win vs Freddie Jones (1976)win vs Bobby Orr (1976)win vs Darryl Penn (1976)win vs Pablo Rodriguez (1977)win vs Sammy Rookard (1977)win vs Ron Pettigrew (1977)win vs Miguel Barreto (1977)loss vs Sugar Ray Leonard (1978)win vs Art McKnight (1978)win vs Bobby Crawford (1980)win vs Lynn Lustig (1980)win vs Sam Lantion (1980)win vs Calvin Straughter (1980)win vs Larry McCall (1981)win vs Tony Taylor (1981)loss vs Marlon Starling (1981)draw vs Allen Braswell (1982)win vs Agapito Ramirez (1982)win vs Calvin Porter (1983)win vs Jose Baret (1983)win vs Greg Harper (1983)win vs Greg Netter (1983)win vs Gary Jones (1983)loss vs Clayton Hires (1984)loss vs Marlon Starling (1985)loss vs Roger Turner (1990)
winlossdraw / NC1974–1990

Record

Boxing record

28–6

35 bouts on record

Finish rate

64%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight boxing median 54%, 65th percentile

By knockout: 18 (64%)By decision: 10 (36%)
  • By knockout 64%
  • By decision 36%

The career, bout by bout

33 recorded bouts from 1974 to 1990. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

17y

1974–1990

Longest unbeaten run

14

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1976

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

33

33 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Floyd Mayweather Sr.'s record?
28–6–1 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 33 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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