Floyd Mayweather suffered the last defeat against the amateur legend, which finished homeless in the streets.
This reverse appeared with a much smaller, teenage Mayweather, which competed at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996. The Grand Rapids won the bronze medal for his efforts. Soon after, Mayweather changed her professional – and the rest is a story.
Floyd Mayweather’s last defeat
But Bulgarian Serafim Todorov threw Mayweather for a gold medal shot at the semi -final stage. He issued a controversial decision with the smallest 10-9 margins and remains infamous due to the almost 30-year Mayweather spell without the opposite.
However, the fight did not come without controversy, because Mayweather raised his hand at the end. Saint America was a reliable reflection of how the competition went. It could be so different for a newborn man if the result was corrected at that time.
In the final, much more experienced Todorov lost to Somluck Kamsing, but Mayweather learned to live with the whole episode. When discussing his place on the podium for the home Olympics and his amateur career as a whole, Mayweather has never been bitter.
He explained how he felt about the Shay Shay club.
“If I lost six fights for one point, there is something to it,” he noted. “But I fought in a computer scoring system, which was hard.
“When it comes to how I looked at amateur boxing, this is an educational program preparing you for professional ranks, if you decide to do.
“Am I satisfied with my amateur career? – Of course. Am I satisfied with the bronze medal and not winning gold? – Of course.
“The judge raised my hand because he thought I won. But I’m glad that the fight went as she went. This made me work much harder as a professional – don’t feel the same pain.
“It was one of the best things that happened to me.”
Serafim Todorov
The former pound for Pound King also mentioned that Bulgarian was homeless at some point.
“The same guy I lost with is now homeless and I feel bad,” said Mayweather. “I wish him nothing but the best. I don’t know why he didn’t get a boxing coach because. While we fought, he was much older than me.
“I fought at the elite stage at 16 years. Five years later I changed the professional at 19. During the year I was a champion. “
Since then, Todorov has earned a diminutive amount of money, selling his story about being the last warrior who defeated Mayweather. He talked to the Fresh York Times at Central Park to remember his memories of this semi -final.
“He was 19, remember. My experience was much stronger.
“I beat all Russians, all Cubans, some Americans, Germans and Olympic masters. I raced from them in the ring. The British, French – beat them all – announced Todorov to Borden herself.
“I was very intelligent. I was a very stunning and attractive warrior to watch. You must be an artist in the ring. I was an artist.
“To be sincere, it was like any other fight,” I beat much stronger fighters, “he added.
Floyd Mayweather assured his fans that his defeat with Todorov did not affect his feelings about his time in games. He still calls it his most critical professional achievement.
However, another thing is whether winning gold would change his career trajectory. On the other hand, the winner of the Golden Medal of 1992 Oscar de la Hoya won the salary at the sight of millions much earlier than Mayweather during his term.
Mayweather laughed recently, defeating de la Hoya on Cinco de Mayo in 2007.
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