Floyd Mayweather Jr is, with 38 years old, still undefeated, with a record of 47 fights and 0 losses. On June 6, 2008, six months after defeating Ricky Hatton by a tenth-round TKO, Mayweather announced his retirement from boxing. At the time, plans were in motion for a rematch with Oscar De La Hoya, which was going to take place September 20, 2008. This decision was not an easy one for me to make as boxing is all I have done since I was a child, Mayweather said. However, these past few years have been extremely difficult for me to find the desire and joy to continue in the sport. At the time 31-year-old Mayweather registered 39 wins and no losses in his historic career. At the time of his retirement, The Ring magazine had Mayweather ranked as the number 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, with Manny Pacquiao at number 2.
During Mayweather's brief retirement, Pacquiao earned superstar status in much of the western world with his eighth-round TKO victory over Óscar de la Hoya, for which he moved up from lightweight to welterweight (135 pounds to 147 pounds).
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