Floyd Mayweather being warned of getting stripped of his WBO Welterweight title ( read here).
Well he has officially lost the title for failing to comply with rules. This was the same title he won after beating Filipino Manny Pacquiao early this year.
According to the World Boxing Organization, he missed a deadline to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee from the fight and vacate the junior middleweight title he also held..
The WBO said it is against the rules for boxers to hold world titles in multiple weight classes and that Mayweather had to indicate which weight division he would retain.The said in a statement
Well he has officially lost the title for failing to comply with rules. This was the same title he won after beating Filipino Manny Pacquiao early this year.
According to the World Boxing Organization, he missed a deadline to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee from the fight and vacate the junior middleweight title he also held..
The WBO said it is against the rules for boxers to hold world titles in multiple weight classes and that Mayweather had to indicate which weight division he would retain.The said in a statement
The WBO World Championship Committee is allowed no other alternative but to cease to recognise Mr. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as the WBO Welterweight Champion of the World and vacate his title, for failing to comply with our WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests,” “The WBO has the utmost respect for Floyd Mayweather Jr. and all that he has accomplished during his storied career,”An angry Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe told ESPN.com…
It’s a complete disgrace,”Floyd will decide what, or if any, actions he will take. But in the meantime he’s enjoying a couple of hundred million he made from his last outing and this has zero impact on anything he does”Floyd Mayweather made over $200m from the fight, which made him the highest paying Sportsman and Celebrity in Forbes.
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