Floyd Mayweather Outline
Intro
a. Would you put your body in harms way for a night to make millions of dollars? Floyd Mayweather takes this risk and has become one of the most successful, richest athletes ever. Today I will explain how Floyd Mayweather makes risking his body into the perfect occupation.
II. Background
a. Childhood
a.i. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. was born on February 24th 1977 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
a.ii. Floyd was born into a family of boxers, His father Floyd Mayweather Sr. was a contender for the welterweight but lost to the great Sugar Ray Leonard. His Uncles Roger and Jeff Mayweather were also both professional boxers. Jeff was an IBO super-featherweight champion and Roger (Floyd’s current trainer) was a World Council super-lightweight champion.
a.iii. Floyd’s mother was addicted to heroin and AIDS relating from drug use killed his aunt, so he was exposed to drug use very early in his childhood. His father also was a drug dealer. He said that his father never did normal fatherly acts for him but he “raised himself” with the help of his grandmother after his father’s incarceration in for cocaine trafficking.
a.iv. Floyd Senior would bring Floyd to the gym to work on his boxing for most of the time they were together. The gym was located 5 doors down from where his family lived so “little Floyd” would be a regular in the gym. He learned how to box from his father and uncles and at the age of 7 he received his first pair of boxing gloves.
III. Career
a. Amateur Boxing career
a.i. Away from his hectic family, Floyd found peace and control in the ring. Known as “Pretty Boy” early in his career for his unmarked face.
a.ii. While he finished 84-6 as an amateur, his pre-professional career ended bitterly at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta when he lost a controversial decision and was forced to settle for a bronze medal.
a.iii. Floyd turned professional and this promotion to the pros would catapult him into a very successful career.
b. Professional
a. Would you put your body in harms way for a night to make millions of dollars? Floyd Mayweather takes this risk and has become one of the most successful, richest athletes ever. Today I will explain how Floyd Mayweather makes risking his body into the perfect occupation.
II. Background
a. Childhood
a.i. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. was born on February 24th 1977 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
a.ii. Floyd was born into a family of boxers, His father Floyd Mayweather Sr. was a contender for the welterweight but lost to the great Sugar Ray Leonard. His Uncles Roger and Jeff Mayweather were also both professional boxers. Jeff was an IBO super-featherweight champion and Roger (Floyd’s current trainer) was a World Council super-lightweight champion.
a.iii. Floyd’s mother was addicted to heroin and AIDS relating from drug use killed his aunt, so he was exposed to drug use very early in his childhood. His father also was a drug dealer. He said that his father never did normal fatherly acts for him but he “raised himself” with the help of his grandmother after his father’s incarceration in for cocaine trafficking.
a.iv. Floyd Senior would bring Floyd to the gym to work on his boxing for most of the time they were together. The gym was located 5 doors down from where his family lived so “little Floyd” would be a regular in the gym. He learned how to box from his father and uncles and at the age of 7 he received his first pair of boxing gloves.
III. Career
a. Amateur Boxing career
a.i. Away from his hectic family, Floyd found peace and control in the ring. Known as “Pretty Boy” early in his career for his unmarked face.
a.ii. While he finished 84-6 as an amateur, his pre-professional career ended bitterly at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta when he lost a controversial decision and was forced to settle for a bronze medal.
a.iii. Floyd turned professional and this promotion to the pros would catapult him into a very successful career.
b. Professional