Pound for pound – who is the best fighter in the world right now?”
Floyd Mayweather Jr., the world’s top pound-for-pound boxer, will serve as the honorary starter of the 92nd Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 25. Mayweather, a world champion in five weight classes, will wave the green flag to send the field of 33 drivers in action on the famous 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. The race will be broadcast live at 1 p.m. (ET) on ABC Sports, the IMS Radio Network and XM Satellite Radio. “To be asked to wave the green flag at the Indianapolis 500 is an incredible honor,” Mayweather said. “I’m extremely excited to be a part of this event and to see the best drivers in the world perform on the biggest stage in all of sports.” Mayweather, a native of Grand Rapids, Mich., has a 39-0-0 record as a fighter, including high-profile, masterful victories in 2007 over Oscar de la Hoya and Ricky Hatton that earned him the 2007 Fighter of the Year award from the Boxing Writers Association of America. Mayweather is the current WBC welterweight (147 pounds) world
