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by David P. Greisman - Floyd Mayweather will tell you that it was an easy $32 million, at minimum, for his win over Robert Guerrero, an eight-figure payday that surpasses what Alex Rodriguez will pull in for an entire season with the New York Yankees, and an amount that does not include other streams of revenue that could raise his take to an even more obscene extreme.
He will of course go through the usual platitudes about how Guerrero is a good fighter. And that will be true, no matter how empty the compliment seems after how easy Mayweather made it look. It was another easy paycheck, not just because he remains a great fighter, nor just because he received nearly a million dollars per minute.
The easy money is made possible by the unpaid moments, by a fighter who will still push himself in the gym after an entire life spent in the sport, after more than 16 years as a pro and after earning enough riches that he could retire comfortably without ever needing to worry about another training camp, another set of fists targeting his face and jarring his internal organs.
But he does not worry in the ring. All of his hard work prepares him. It keeps him sharp, keeps him quick enough to land far more punches than he takes. That helps to preserve his body, which helps him to still be great at 36, which means he can keep that zero at the end of his record, which allows him to see another lengthy series of zeroes at the end of his paycheck. [Click Here To Read More]
He will of course go through the usual platitudes about how Guerrero is a good fighter. And that will be true, no matter how empty the compliment seems after how easy Mayweather made it look. It was another easy paycheck, not just because he remains a great fighter, nor just because he received nearly a million dollars per minute.
The easy money is made possible by the unpaid moments, by a fighter who will still push himself in the gym after an entire life spent in the sport, after more than 16 years as a pro and after earning enough riches that he could retire comfortably without ever needing to worry about another training camp, another set of fists targeting his face and jarring his internal organs.
But he does not worry in the ring. All of his hard work prepares him. It keeps him sharp, keeps him quick enough to land far more punches than he takes. That helps to preserve his body, which helps him to still be great at 36, which means he can keep that zero at the end of his record, which allows him to see another lengthy series of zeroes at the end of his paycheck. [Click Here To Read More]
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