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Mayweather, who improved to 48-0 by beating Pacquiao in May,
missed a deadline by which he had to pay a $200,000 sanctioning
fee from the fight and vacate the junior middleweight title he
also held, the WBO said in a statement.
The WBO said it is against rules for boxers to hold world titles
in multiple weight classes and that Mayweather had to indicate
which weight division he would retain.
Mayweather, who finished ahead on all three scorecards of what
proved to be the top-grossing prize fight of all-time, had until
4:30 p.m. ET last Friday to advise the WBO of his position.
"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 said in a statement.
Mayweather, who earned over $200 million from the fight which
generated a record pay-per-view revenue in the United States of
$400 million, has two weeks to launch an appeal.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Ian Ransom)
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