If not for Olympic bronze, I wouldn’t be where I am today: Floyd Mayweather | Boxing News – Times of India
MUMBAI: From an extremely rough upbringing, Floyd Mayweather rose to become one of the greatest boxers in history. If there were ever any doubters along the way, the American clearly wasn’t one of them.“I always knew I was going to be huge,” Mayweather said during a riveting 10-minute interaction in the city on Monday.Yet, for a fighter who would go on to become world champion in five divisions and eventually retire with a flawless professional record – winning 50 out of 50 bouts, 27 of them by knockout – Mayweather stressed on how his decorated career may well have turned out differently had it not been for a less-than-perfect start at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.Competing in the featherweight division, a then 19-year-old Mayweather had to be content with a bronze medal after lo...