TITLE SNATCHED: Mayweather stripped of title won in Pacquio fight, breaks rules
buzzz worthy. . . On Monday afternoon (July 6), Floyd Mayweather was stripped of the WBO title he won in the "fight of the century" against Manny Pacquiao earlier this year. Immediately after the fight there were numerous biased claims that Mayweather did not deserve the title, but the WBO has found a reason that will stick. Why? Because he did not pay a required sanctioning fee of $200,000 and failed to release two previously held junior middle weight titles, which is against the rules. "The WBO world championship committee is allowed no other alternative but to cease to recognize Mr. Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the WBO welterweight champion of the world and vacate his title for failing to comply with our WBO regulations of world championship contests," the WBO wrote Monday in its resolution. Mayweather made over $220million in the Pacquiao fight and retains an undefeated record of 48-0. According to ESPN, initially Ma...