Roger Mayweather gained his fame thanks to a long and successful boxing career. He has a long coaching experience and still coaches the famous namesake Floyd, who is the nephew of the coach.
Biography
Mayweather was born in the US state of Michigan. He had two brothers, who also later became athletes in boxing. It is worth noting that of their three, it was Roger who was able to achieve the most impressive results, he is the owner of the belt of the world boxing champion.
According to the famous boxer, from an early age he was inherent craving for victories in fights. He was a very picky youth, he never missed a reason to defeat any peer. The first professional boxing attribute of Roger was gloves, he received them at the age of 8 years.
Professional boxing opened its gates to the youth immediately after graduation, in the early 80's. The first fight ended with a knockout in favor of the young athlete, Mayweather’s opponent was on the floor after the first round. Then he continued the victorious procession and became a world-class champion without defeat.
Boxing Achievements
The thirteenth fight in Roger's career was for the world lightweight championship at the International Boxing Federation. In a tough rivalry, he managed to win. Further, immediately after receiving the champion belt, he was asked to compete for the lightweight world champion, but according to the World Boxing Association. He won two victories brilliantly and became the owner of the second title.
The third attempt to reach the world level and remain the winner was unsuccessful. The opponent sent Mayweather knocked out in the first part of the fight, the former champion was carried away from the place of the fight on a stretcher. Further, his progress was significantly suspended, there were fewer wins than defeats.
Disease
Later, Roger spoke to the whole world about his health problems. For many years he suffered from a weak jaw syndrome. He spent his best fights, taking into account such features of his body, for which he received respect from the best world boxing figures.
