José Luis Castillo 45–4–1 (41 KO) vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 27–0 (20 KO), billed as Clash of the Champions, was a professional boxing match contested on April 20, 2002, for the WBC and The Ring lightweight titles.

Immediately following his eighth successful title defense over Jesús Chávez in November 2001, reigning WBC super featherweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced that after 27 fights in the division, the Chávez fight would be his last as a super featherweight and he would be moving up to lightweight to challenge the WBC lightweight champion José Luis Castillo. Mayweather admitted his decision was influenced by his struggles to make the 130-pound super featherweight limit saying in a post-fight interview that he had not eaten in the four days prior to fighting Chávez in order to make the weight.

Though he was coming into his first fight at lightweight, Mayweather, ranked as one of the best pound-for-pound fighter, was a 5–1 favorite over Castillo. However, Mayweather ran into trouble in the month preceding the fight when he was convicted on two counts of domestic violence though he accepted a plea bargain and was given a suspended sentence, avoiding prison and allowing him to go through with his fight with Castillo. In an article in the Las Vegas Sun, lawyer John Moran III questioned as to why Mayweather was still licensed to box in Nevada given his numerous legal troubles, though Mayweather’s then-promoter Bob Arum defended Mayweather and denied his personal problems would affect his fight against Castillo stating that Mayweather was “really focused. Honestly, he doesn’t appear distracted at all.

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🤬”I’m getting ready to PUSH BACK‼️

Throwback to when Bernard Hopkins lost it with Setanta Sports during the build-up to his bout with Wales’ Joe Calzaghe.

The legendary fighter was furious with the conditions at which he was hosted in during his stay in London.

Safe to say a visibly nervous Buncey handled it like a champ.

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Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis stopped Rolly Romero in six rounds #OnThisDay in 2022 to retain his WBA (Regular) Lightweight title.

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Bernard Hopkins 46–2–1 (1) (32 KO) vs. Jermain Taylor 23–0 (17 KO) I, billed as Next in Line, was a professional boxing match contested on July 16, 2005 for the WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring middleweight championships.

Hopkins entered the bout as a 3–2 favourite.

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