By TMZ
Five division champion Floyd Mayweather is expecting to make more than $300 MILLION from his fight with UFC superstar Conor McGregor ... which would break down to more than $8 MILLION per minute in the ring.
The boxer spelled it all out for Showtime's "All Access: Mayweather v. McGregor" -- explaining why no other professional athlete in the world is more bankable.
"I mean, am I the highest-paid athlete out there? And just coming back? We not talking about no contract. We not talking about no contract for no 4 years, or no contract for no 5 years. I can do it in 36 minutes. $300 (million) or better. In 36 minutes."
Not a bad deal.
As for Conor, the UFC fighter is expecting to rake in around $100 mil for the August 26 super fight -- but it'll be largest payday an MMA fighter has ever made ... so he's not complaining either.
Last month, Mayweather filed a tax court petition asking the IRS to grant him a reprieve and allow him to pay an outstanding tax debt of nearly $29 million after he is paid for this month's bout vs. McGregor.
The IRS wants Mayweather (49-0) to pay his taxes for 2015. Mayweather has earned an estimated $700 million in his career, Forbes magazine reported, including a staggering $220 million from his much-hyped fight against Manny Pacquiao in May 2015.
"Although the taxpayer has substantial assets, those assets are restricted and primarily illiquid," the petition by Mayweather said in a filing posting on Law360.com. "The taxpayer has a significant liquidity event scheduled in about 60 days from which he intends to pay the balance of the 2015 tax liability due and outstanding."
According to the IRS website, the penalty for failure to pay taxes is typically 0.5 percent of owed taxes for each month.
Mayweather retired from professional boxing after defeating Andre Berto in September 2015. McGregor (21-3), who has never boxed professionally, defeated Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November 2016.
