From July 18, 2005 through June 2, 2008, Mayweather was rated by The Ring magazine as the number-one pound for pound boxer in the world.

Mayweather has won multiple world boxing championships in numerous different weight classes. He was named Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year in 1998 and 2007. 

Mayweather topped the Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes of 2012