May 8, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Floyd Mayweather Jr. in attendance as the Houston Rockets play against the Los Angeles Clippers during the first half in game three of the second round of the NBA Playoffs. at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports - RTX1C6RG
(Reuters) - Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been stripped of the welterweight world title he won after beating Filipino Manny Pacquiao this year for failing to comply with rules, the World Boxing Organization said on Monday.
Mayweather, who improved to 48-0 by beating Pacquiao in May, missed a deadline by which he had to pay a $200,000 (£128,264) sanctioning fee from the fight and vacate the junior middleweight title he also held, the WBO said in a statement.
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