Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is currently undefeated as a professional and is a five-division world champion, having won ten world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes.

Boxing has been a part of Mayweather\'s life since his childhood and he never seriously considered any other profession. \"I think my grandmother saw my potential first\", Mayweather said. \"When I was young, I told her \'I think I should get a job\'. She said, \'No, just keep boxing\'\". \"When I was about eight or nine, I lived in New Jersey with my mother and we were seven deep in one bedroom and sometimes we didn\'t have electricity\", Mayweather said. \"When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn\'t have anything growing up\".

Boxing became Mayweather\'s outlet – a way to deal with his father\'s absence. As the elder Mayweather served his time his son – with speed and an uncanny ring sense – put all his energies into boxing, dropping out of high school. \"I knew that I was going to have to try to take care of my mom and I made the decision that school wasn\'t that important at the time and I was going to have to box to earn a living\", Mayweather says.