The WBO stripped pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather of his welterweight world title on Monday for his failure to comply with the organization’s rules.
Mayweather claimed the WBO welterweight title when he outpointed Manny Pacquiao on May 2 in a 147-pound unification fight that shattered all financial records for a boxing match, including total gross, pay-per-view subscriptions, closed circuit revenue, live gate, foreign television sales and sponsorships.
Mayweather, who holds two other alphabet welterweight world titles, let come and go the 4:30 p.m. ET Friday deadline by which he had to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee from the May 2 fight (for which he earned more than $220 million) and vacate the two junior middleweight titles he also holds.
Mind you. …the reasons were a technicality. …he could have taken care of those small issues. …but you out there dropping cash…..#read
It was only the wbo he didn’t want that belt anyway
Sounds like more marketing to me…
He did it on purpose
If this is true …there is always something in boxing (a fluke) they always want to keep making money rematch now i guess smh !!
Right!!!! They up ta sumptin!! Smdh
Makes no sense he’s been in the game to long for a mistake like that
Smh!!!