Floyd Mayweather triumphs at WBO
Q. Name the boxer who has been stripped by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) of the Welterweight World title which he won by beating Manny Pacquiao two months ago?
- Published on 24 Jul 15a. Muhammad Ali
b. Mike Tyson
c. Sugar Ray Leonard
d. Floyd Mayweather
ANSWER: Floyd Mayweather
Mayweather had failed to meet the deadline for paying the 200,000 dollar sanctioning fee required by the WBO after he took the belt 2ndMay in Las Vegas in the richest fight of all time, earning a reported 220 million dollars. WBO rules require boxers to pay 3 percent of their purse to fight for a world title up to a maximum of 200,000 dollars. The rules also prohibit WBO champions to hold any belts in any other weight divisions. Mayweather is currently also the WBC and WBA champion at junior middleweight (154 lbs), as well as at welterweight (147 lbs).
