‘Money’ persona has Mayweather sitting pretty

Excerpts The 1996 Olympics produced a number of quality fighters, including David Reid, Fernando Vargas, Wladimir Klitschko, Vassiliy Jirov, Antonio Tarver, Thomas Ulrich, Oktay Urkal and Daniel Santos. None of them, though, were nearly as gifted as Mayweather His fight with Shane Mosley on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena will likely net him a payday of around $40 million, about the same as he would have made had he instead fought Manny Pacquiao, the fight the public had demanded. According to research by Mark Taffet, HBO’s’ senior vice president of sports operations and pay-per-view, Mayweather’s average PPV revenue of $48.8 million is the highest in history. “I guess the one thing you can say about Floyd is that some people love him and some people hate him, but everyone has an opinion,” Schaefer said. “We’re at a stage now that just when Floyd gets into the ring, no matter who is across from him, it’s a mega-event. When you put someone in of the stature of a Shane Mosley, it just goes off the charts. Full article - http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ki-mayweather042810