$$30 million??????????

[Pocket Dogs!]

I'm not doubting that Floyd earned $30 million for the Marquez fight but Floyd's guaranteed purse was only $10 million not $15 million. The IRS then got $5.6 million out of that $10 million. This means that Floyd must have had a huge PPV percentage cut compared to Marquez.

Sources:

http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/index.ssf/2009/09/boxer_floyd_mayweather_agrees.html

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/09/floyd-mayweather-jr-taxes-irs-fight-juan-manuel-marquez.html

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4495350

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=8643946

[Pullcounter]

How did Mayweather get 30 MILLION fighting Marquez when his purse was 10 million and he gave up hundreds of thousands for being two pounds over.

Somebody give me the math!

floyd is obviously exxagerating.

[maverickuk2]

he signed a reebok deal before the fight i dont know how much that was worth. anybody?

[paulf]

Sounds about right. His share, plus PPV and live gate percentages, and Oscar broke him off a big piece of change to handle his taxes before the event, right?

[Pocket Dogs!]

he signed a reebok deal before the fight i dont know how much that was worth. anybody?

I thought he said during NBA all star weekend that he doesn't have a contract with any shoe company? That's during the tirade when he said that he knew that Manny only made $70,000 from his contract with Nike.