Mayweather Jr vs Augustus

Who won Mayweather Jr vs Augustus?

Floyd Mayweather Jr beat Emanuel Augustus by technical knockout in the 9th round on Saturday 21st October 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 loses and 0 draws.

Emanuel Augustus made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 16 loses 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 less fights, and made his debut in 1996, 2 year and 2 months later than Augustus, whose first professional fight was in 1994. He had fought 217 less professional rounds, 397 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 beat Genaro Hernandez on 3rd October 1998 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Super Featherweight championship fight at Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat John Gotti III on 11th June 2023 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Sunrise.

Going into that contest, he had beat Aaron Chalmers on 25th February 2023 by technical knockout in the 8th round at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beat Deji on 13th November 2022 by knockout in the 6th round at Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

He had won against Mikuru Asakura on 24th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

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Mayweather Jr's last 5 fights had 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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