BOXING: Mayweather Stripped Of WBO Welterweight Belt Won by beating Manny Pacquiao

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Floyd Mayweather Jr has been stripped by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) of the welterweight world title he won by beating Manny Pacquiao two months back.

Mayweather had neglected to meet the due date last Friday for paying the $US200,000 authorizing expense needed by the WBO after he took the belt from Pacquiao on May 2 in Las Vegas in the wealthiest battle ever, gaining a reported $US220 million.

After Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) defeated Pacquiao by unanimous decision to unify three of the four major welterweight world titles, he had proclaimed he would empty every one of his titles with a specific end goal to give young boxers the opportunity to win belts.


American Timothy Bradley, who crushed Jessie Vargas for the WBO interval welterweight belt on June 27, is presently anticipated that would be formally lifted to full champion status by the WBO.

WBO rules require boxers to pay 3 percent of their purse to fight for a world title up to a maximum of $US200,000.

The standards additionally disallow WBO champions to hold any belts in whatever other weight divisions. Mayweather is right now likewise the WBC and WBA champion at junior middleweight (154 pounds), and also at welterweight (147 pounds).

An announcement on the Puerto Rico-based authorizing body's site affirmed that Mayweather, viewed as the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet, was no more the WBO champion.

"Mr. Mayweather, Jr failed to pay the $200,000.000 fee required of him as a participant of a WBO World Championship Contest," the statement read.

"Despite affording Mr. Mayweather Jr the courtesy of an extension to advise us of his position within the WBO Welterweight Division and to vacate the two 154-pound world titles he holds, the WBO World Championship Committee received no response from him or his legal representatives on this matter.

"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."