Who won Mayweather Jr vs Augustus?
Floyd Mayweather Jr beat Emanuel Augustus by technical knockout in the 9th round on Saturday, October 21st, 2000 at Cobo Hall in Detroit.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).
Mayweather Jr vs Augustus stats
Back in October 2000, Floyd Mayweather Jr stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 23 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.
Emanuel Augustus made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 16 losses and 4 draws.
Floyd Mayweather Jr was the older man by 47 years, at 24 years old.
Mayweather Jr had a height advantage of 1 inch over Augustus. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.
Both Floyd Mayweather Jr & Emanuel Augustus fought out of an orthodox stance.
Mayweather Jr was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 1996, 2 years and 2 months later than Augustus, whose first professional fight was in 1994. He had fought 217 fewer professional rounds, totaling 397 compared to Augustus' 614.
Mayweather Jr vs Augustus form
Mayweather Jr remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his recent opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Genaro Hernandez on October 3, 1998 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Super Featherweight championship fight at Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, United States.
Prior to that, he had beaten John Gotti III on June 11, 2023 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Sunrise.
Going into that contest, he had beaten Aaron Chalmers on February 25, 2023 by technical knockout in the 8th round at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.
Before that, he had beaten Deji on November 13, 2022 by knockout in the 6th round at Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
He had won against Mikuru Asakura on September 24, 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.
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Mayweather Jr's last 5 fights come over a period of 21 years, 11 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 4 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.
What time did Mayweather Jr vs Augustus start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Cobo Hall, Detroit, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.
What were the odds on Mayweather Jr vs Augustus?
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