Floyd Mayweather Jr. Strips Off Title Belt by World Boxing Organization for Noncompliance

The World Boxing Organization committee voted Monday to strip Floyd Mayweather Jr. of the belt he won against Manny Pacquiao because he didn’t pay the $200K sanctioning fee. Also Mayweather didn’t vacate his WBA and WBC titles — a boxer cannot hold world titles in multiple WBO weight divisions.

ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael twitted the decision after the committee’s vote on Monday.

Via Ryan O’Hara of ThaBoxingVoice.com:

Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KO’s) missed Friday’s deadline to comply with the WBO’s condition to retain his WBO welterweight title, according to ESPN’s Dan Rafael. As a result, it is being reported the WBO will move to strip Mayweather of the title on Monday.

Mayweather also missed the initial June 1 deadline imposed by WBO President Francisco ‘Paco’ Valcarcel, but one of Mayweather’s lawyers, Atty. John R. Hornewer, wrote a letter to the WBO in which he stated:

“For Mr. Mayweather to pick up the paper and read that another promotional company has announced that it is staging a bout for the same WBO title that Mr. Mayweather won in the ring, currently holds and has not relinquished, was extremely disappointing for him and his team.”

Mayweather won the title by defeating Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision on May 2, 2015.