[3][4] In June 2004, Mayweather was convicted on two counts of battery stemming from an incident between him and two women at a Las Vegas nightclub.

[5] In December, it was announced that Mayweather would return to boxing to face little-known Puerto Rican fighter Henry Bruseles on January 22 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.

Officially recognized as a WBC super lightweight title eliminator, the bout was expected to be a tune-up for Mayweather prior to facing Gatti later in June 2005.

[6] Gatti would face aging former super featherweight champion Jesse James Leija in a tune-up bout of his own a week after the Mayweather–Bruseles fight.

Alonso then called the fight with five seconds left in the round, giving Mayweather the victory by technical knockout.