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Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Amateur Highlights

Amateur Boxing Highlights

By Andrew Eisele, About.com

Amateur Record: 84 Wins, 6 Losses

Pro Record: 37 Wins, 0 Losses, 24 KOs
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Professional Fight-by-Fight Record

1993
Michigan State Golden Gloves Champion, 106 pounds

National Golden Gloves Champion, 106 pounds

1994
Michigan State Golden Gloves Champion, 112 pounds

National Golden Gloves Champion, 112 pounds
Outstanding Boxer Award

1995
National PAL Champion, 125 pounds
Outstanding Boxer Award

United States Amateur Featherweight champion

Competed at Featherweight at the World Championships in Berlin.
Results:
Defeated Marian Leondraliu (Romania) PTS (8-7)
Lost to Nouredine Medjihoud (Algeria) PTS (6-8)

1996
Michigan State Golden Gloves Champion, 125 pounds

National Golden Gloves Champion, 125 pounds

Qualified at Featherweight for the United States Olympic Team.
Results:
Defeated William Jenkins RSC-3
Defeated James Baker RSCH-1
Lost to Augie Sanchez PTS (11-12)
Defeated Carlos Navarro PTS (31-11)
Defeated Augie Sanchez PTS (12-8), at Box-offs
Defeated Augie Sanchez PTS (20-10), at Box-offs

Won the Featherweight Bronze Medal for the United States at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Results:
Defeated Bakhtiyar Tileganov (Kazakhstan) RSC-2
Defeated Artur Grigorian (Armenia) PTS (16-3)
Defeated Lorenzo Aragon (Cuba) PTS (12-11)
Semi-Finals: Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria) PTs (9-10)
Controversial decision was officially protested (unsuccessfully) by the U.S. team.

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