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HBO Boxing: Mayweather vs. N'Dou
November 1, 2003 Van
Andel Arena - 6:30pm PT
Undefeated former WBC super featherweight champion and current WBC lightweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. puts his title on the line for the fourth time against once beaten Phillip N'dou.
N'dou's only loss came early in his career by way of TKO but since then, he has won 21 in a row, 20 by knock out.
Mayweather successfully defended his WBC super featherweight title nine times before moving up to lightweight. He won the lightweight title back in April of 2002 with a unanimous decision win over then champion Jose Luis Castillo (48-6-1, 44 KO's).
On the undercard, Roy Jones. Jr.'s good friend Derrick Gainer will put his WBA featherweight title on the line against the IBF featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez.
One of Marquez's losses came at the hands of Freddie Norwood (38-1-1, 22 KO's) back in 1999 by way of a 12 round unanimous decision for the WBA featherweight title. Norwood went on to fight and lose a controversial 11th round TKO to Gainer back in 2000 in what can best be described as the battle of the low blows.
WBC Lightweight Title Bout - 12 Rds Floyd Mayweather Jr. (30-0, 20 KO's) vs. Phillip N'Dou (31-1, 30 KO's)
WBA / IBF Featherweight Unification Title Bout - 12 Rds Derrick "Smoke" Gainer (39-5, 24 KO's) vs. Juan Manuel Marquez (41-2, 33 KO's)
card subject to change
(10/21/03)
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