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Transcript: Mayweather is the WBC welterweight champion,[4] WBA (Super) light middleweight champion[5] and recipient of the WBC diamond belt. Mayweather topped the Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes of 2012.[12][13][14] Boxing became Mayweather's outlet – a way to deal with his father's absence.[citation needed] As the elder Mayweather served his time his son – with speed and an uncanny ring sense – put all his energies into boxing, dropping out of high school. "I knew that I was going to have to try to take care of my mom and I made the decision that school wasn't that important at the time and I was going to have to box to earn a living", Mayweather says.[17] May weather's toughest competitor came when he fought middle weight champion Miguel Cotto.It was the second most watched PPV fight bringing in 1.5 million viewers.Although Floyd won,he said it wasn't easy. Mayweather also earned the most money in one fight, a whopping 32 million$.a few days after the fight, he was sent to jail to serve a 93 day sentence but was released early for good behavior.He is now worth 115 million dollars and plans to return to the ring in 2013 Sept. 4 and may 5. Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr., (born Floyd Sinclair February 24, 1977) is an American professional boxer.[1] He is a five-division world champion, who has won eight world titles and the Lineal championship in three different weight classes. He had another tough competitor to box,Victor Ortiz.September 29,2011 they fought at MGM Ring, Floyd's home ring.Floyd won by KO after being head butted by Ortiz. Floyd "Money" Mayweather