{"id":3798,"date":"2015-07-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/mayweather-is-stripped-of-wbo-belt-he-won-from-pacquiao\/3798\/"},"modified":"2015-07-07T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T14:00:00","slug":"mayweather-is-stripped-of-wbo-belt-he-won-from-pacquiao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/mayweather-is-stripped-of-wbo-belt-he-won-from-pacquiao\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayweather Is Stripped Of WBO Belt He Won From Pacquiao"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Bill Chappell<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. missed a deadline to decide which title belt he wants to keep, says the World Boxing Organization. Al Bello\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Saying that Floyd Mayweather missed a deadline to pay a fee related to his May 2 win over Manny Pacquiao, the World Boxing Organization has stripped Floyd of the welterweight title he won in that fight.<\/p>\n

Mayweather “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),” reports ESPN’s Dan Rafael<\/a>, who also notes that the WBO is also trying to enforce its rules against boxers holding titles in different weight classes.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Mayweather, who remains undefeated in his pro boxing career, tell ESPN that they’re weighing their options.<\/p>\n

The WBO title will now go to Timothy Bradley Jr., who had been named the interim title holder after he won a June 27 fight for the welterweight belt.<\/p>\n

The status of that June bout was thrown into uncertainty after Mayweather seemed to change his mind about vacating his titles \u2014 something he pledged to do after defeating Pacquiao.<\/p>\n

“Give other fighters a chance,” Mayweather said back in May<\/a>. “I’m not greedy. I’m a world champion in two different weight classes. It’s time to let other fighters fight for the belt.”<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Rafael says that Mayweather, 38, “plans to next fight Sept. 12 \u2014 the opponent has not been announced \u2014 to complete his six-fight contract with Showtime\/CBS. After that, the 38-year-old has said, he plans to retire.”<\/p>\n

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\"Floyd<\/a><\/div>\n
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. missed a deadline to decide which title belt he wants to keep, says the World Boxing Organization. Al Bello\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

i<\/strong>toggle caption Al Bello\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Saying that Floyd Mayweather missed a deadline to pay a fee related to his May 2 win over Manny Pacquiao, the World Boxing Organization has stripped Floyd of the welterweight title he won in that fight.<\/p>\n

Mayweather “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),” reports ESPN’s Dan Rafael<\/a>, who also notes that the WBO is also trying to enforce its rules against boxers holding titles in different weight classes.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Mayweather, who remains undefeated in his pro boxing career, tell ESPN that they’re weighing their options.<\/p>\n

The WBO title will now go to Timothy Bradley Jr., who had been named the interim title holder after he won a June 27 fight for the welterweight belt.<\/p>\n

The status of that June bout was thrown into uncertainty after Mayweather seemed to change his mind about vacating his titles \u2014 something he pledged to do after defeating Pacquiao.<\/p>\n

“Give other fighters a chance,” Mayweather said back in May<\/a>. “I’m not greedy. I’m a world champion in two different weight classes. It’s time to let other fighters fight for the belt.”<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Rafael says that Mayweather, 38, “plans to next fight Sept. 12 \u2014 the opponent has not been announced \u2014 to complete his six-fight contract with Showtime\/CBS. After that, the 38-year-old has said, he plans to retire.”<\/p>\n

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