How did Mayweather get so rich?

Talent and boxing only takes you so far, how did he get these deals and transfers? I don't believe he is nearly as rich as he is flamboyant life style might indicate. I believe that he may be coming out of retirement and arranged this coming fight because he is running short of money.

Talent and boxing only takes you so far, how did he get these deals and transfers? he took over his own career. he made himself a commodity.

It's the rockafellers you should talk about 163 billion or some like that..

He did it by ridding him self of bob arum If it weren't for Arum he wouldn't be where he is today. Arum made him.

The richest person in the world. Slim is reputed to have a fortune of $80 Billions. I have just received a newsletter all about him, but in the past year have invested in several of his companies, alldoing well and paying big dividend. I'd never heard of him before 2 years ago. He lives in the same house he bought 40 years ago, like Warren Buffet, and drives his own car.

so is that why he is being sued left & right for reneging on deals? is that why his promotions got evicted for non payment? is that why he got millions swindled? is that why he was getting cars repo'd by the banks? is that why he had to borrow money from oscar & al haymon? Yea, that floyd is sooooo rich he makes mitt rommney look like a welfare case. Unbelievable. Huh? What the fukk? Floyd, ALi, Leonard and ODH all made more money once they left Top Rank. These are facts. How is your response connected to my post? On another note: YOU CANT GET SWINDLED FOR MILLIONS IF YOU DONT HAVE MILLIONS!! millionaires dont lend money to broke people.

He did it by ridding him self of bob arum Gentleman we have a winner! Funny, didn't Ali, Leonard and ODH get rich the same way?

the weed pocket? also...is carlos slim the same guy as mr capone-e? i always hear you guys talking about them but i'm from the northeast so we dont even have mexicans here The richest person in the world.

Not even his big pocket, The lil one where we keep our cell phones. the weed pocket? also...is carlos slim the same guy as mr capone-e? i always hear you guys talking about them but i'm from the northeast so we dont even have mexicans here

Um no, you mean that scumbag Carlos Slim could buy Floyd's entire estate with the change in his pocket. Not even his big pocket, The lil one where we keep our cell phones.

floyd could buy mexico with the change in his pocket Um no, you mean that scumbag Carlos Slim could buy Floyd's entire estate with the change in his pocket.

Boxing. But hey, this is the same Floyd Mayweather who had to un-retire to pay back the IRS. That wasn't that long ago. Now he's made a truck load of money since then but lets not act like he didn't blow through the first fortune he made pretty quickly. If in ten years he's still doing fantastic and richer then hell I'll give him all the props in the world. I'm just not ready to appoint him some title like "money managing guru" quiet yet.

Great talent and an arrogant/ignorant persona that makes people want to see him lose.

He has talent, good negotiating with Bob Arum early in his career, champion for a long time, and trashed talks a lot (good or bad). He was Pretty Boy Floyd, beat Gatti, changed his nickname to Money Mayweather. Then started talking sh*t towards Oscar. He beat Oscar and really got ridiculous with attention and keeping his name relevant rather it be good or bad. It's the personality that most people claim they hate.

he became a professional athlete. im pretty sure thats a big part of it

An ESPN personality asked floyd about throwing fake $100 bills in the club making it rain. FLoyd's response, you can't buy a $17 mil house with fake money.

Talent and boxing only takes you so far, how did he get these deals and transfers? Mayweather's nowhere NEAR as rich as he would like you to believe. Just ask the IRS. Remember a couple of years ago, he was in the news with the tax trouble? And besides, do you know what kind of millionaire waves around a stack of cash like it's a magic wand everywhere he goes? A fake-ass millionaire.

Without Delahoya helping his crack addict Father and giving Floyd a fight both would be some where else. Sr would be begging for coins in the Vegas strip and Jr would be fighting on HBO after dark probably would have lost by now because he wouldn't be able to cherry pick little or old men. Ortiz is going to bust him up

;10732466']One word. Personality. How did Ali get as big as he did? How did Tyson get as big as he did? They had personality. They weren't a Manny Pacquiao, or a Shane Mosley type of character. When they talked, you listened. He got rich because people want to see him. The haters may not wanna say it, but whenever Mayweather is on, they'll watch. pretty much this Talent + Charisma also not getting robbed helps Too bad Manny has a really sh!ttty contract and is probably getting robbed by someone judging by his networth

Talent and boxing only takes you so far, how did he get these deals and transfers? Hes more clever than people think and has charisma... he knows how to hype a fight and draw attention to himself and the fight... even though he is often looked at with dislike and people wanting him to lose, he has backed it up with his skills... which made him gain fans and which has increased his popularity, since talking trash and catching the media spotlight so much he is generally known by many in the Boxing world and is the biggest star in the Boxing world, which basically results in nearly everything him doing drawing attention, because hes on the top of his game in his sport (along with Manny Pacquiao of course), has great charisma, knows how to draw attention, etc. which has made him gain sponsors too.