What is Roger Mayweather?
[[File:Roger Mayweather.jpg|right|200px]] '''Roger Mayweather''' (April 24, 1961 – March 17, 2020) was an American [[professional boxer]] and trainer. He was born in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]. Mayweather competed from 1981 to 1999, and until 2020, had worked as a [[boxing trainer]]. He was a two-weight world champion, having held the [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] and [[lineal championship|lineal]] [[super featherweight]] titles from 1983 to 1984, and the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[light welterweight]] title from 1987 to 1989. He held the [[International Boxing Organization|IBO]] light welterweight title in 1994, and the IBO [[welterweight]] title from 1994 to 1995. Roger was a part of the Mayweather boxing family: his brothers are [[Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] and [[Jeff Mayweather]], and his nephew is [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.|Floyd Mayweather Jr]]. Roger was Mayweather Jr.'s trainer from 2000 to 2012. Mayweather died on March 17, 2020 in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] from [[diabetes]]-related problems, aged 58.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tmz.com/2020/03/17/floyd-mayweather-uncle-roger-mayweather-dead-58-trainer/ |title=Floyd Mayweather's Uncle Roger Mayweather Dead at 58, Legendary Boxing Trainer |website=TMZ |date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayweather, Roger}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from diabetes]] [[Category:African-American boxers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Grand Rapids, Michigan]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}