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Welterweight boxing · 1970s

Floyd Mayweather Sr.

28–6 · 33 recorded bouts · 1974–1990

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.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height68″ (172.7 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionWelterweight Boxing
Peak era1970s
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

Fights

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.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 292 welterweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Floyd Mayweather Sr. on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-23. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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