Floyd Mayweather drew the curtain on his professional career without a defeat, but one man believes this shouldn’t have been the case.
The retired American star entered the paid ranks in 1996, just a few months after he captured an Olympic bronze medal at the Atlanta Games of the same year.
He went on to win world titles in five weight classes throughout the course of his tenure, defeating the likes of Canelo Alvarez, Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiaoa amongst a number of other generational greats.
Just a few months after he defeated MMA fighter Conor McGregor in the 50th and final outing of his career, Mayweather announced his retirement from the sport, walking away with an unblemished record of 50-0.
Despite his outstanding success, former lightweight wold champion, Jose Luis Castillo, revealed in an interview with ESNEWS that he believes Mayweather shoulnd’t have his undefeated record as ‘everybody knows’ he beat him when they locked horns back in 2002.
“Everybody knows I beat Floyd Mayweather, unfortunately it wasn’t my night and the judges didn’t see the fight, I think the judges were watching the ring girls but oh well.”
Mayweather defeated Castillo via unanimous decision when they clashed for the first time in April 2002, although many viewers believed that the retired Mexican star done enough to be given the victory.
They clashed in their highly-anticipated rematch just eight months later, and it was Mayweather who prevailed once again to retain his WBC lightweight title and put his rivalry with Castillo to bed after producing more of a dominant performance at the second time of asking.
