How does a guy with Brittle hands make 800 million in a Combat sport?

[Reloaded]

You have a poor understanding of what a liquid or non liquid asset is. A car is al iquid asset, a house is a liqid asset...why? Becausei t can be sold for money.

The basic reality is this, someone who is truly that rich, say Alan Sugar, can write a check for $800 million. Mayweather can not.

Again, all of that is besides the point. I can't imagine Mayweather having made any number of fight purses that, when combined, would amount to 800 mill. Endorsements? He doesn't have the same level that someone like Ronaldo or Messi does. Sponsorships? Once again, he isn't someone to be marketed by certain companies, unlike say Federer. His own merchandise? Bought by a small number of Americans and not much beyond.

So, proof or no point in replying to this post.

Like you would know, you sound like a nerd in a barber shop.

[Mr Objecitivity]

Like I wrote in another thread, the man was very truthful to himself, when his hands started breaking down on him he stopped on relying on power and throwing too many combinations, he focused on all his other weapons and tricks to get the job done, he didn't let pride and ego control the way he fought, he didn't listen to announcers and commentators that never fought before criticize his fighting style and calling him boring and all that, he focused on winning and that's that winner mentality that got him to where he is now.

He never listened to anybody, had he listened to critics and fought dumb and screwed up his hands even more, he would've probably got stopped years ago and his career and potential to make hundreds of millions would've been out the window. By far the smartest and most thick skinned fighter that we've ever seen, extremely smart and professional. Gets called TBE for a reason.

This pretty much sums it up!

[j.razor]

Skills pay the bills....

[The Big Dunn]

Nope, question is simple, I never asked how he made the money, I asked to provide proof of him having made 800 million dollars. A bank statement? Legal letters? None of that exists and some of it is obviously private.

WIth due respect, you have zero idea how much he made from his fights and merch considering you didn't know how much he even made from his biggest fight.


At this point, it would just be better to say you don't know. You don't have to defend may every chance you get. Itsn ot on you.

Who is defending him? I answered the question. You then quoted me and I responded to that post.

How he made the money-through purses and the take from the merchandise, parking, concessions and all the other revenue streams he gets a piece of.

Proof-there are any number of websites that give the total amount of money he has earned from fights. I just simply added those numbers. If you doubt they are correct, so be it.

You seem overly concerned that I answered this question. why?

[Johnny Rubber]

Anyone can learn how to read a book. But learning how to read the market place and exploit it for nearly a Billion dollars is nothing short of Genius.

He made his fortune in the dead sport of boxing with arthritic hands!

Unbelievable.

Exemptions, cherry picks and retirements. His career has been more choreographed than West Side Story.

Who can blame him? we would all like to earn as much as possible from doing as little as possible.

Plenty of great boxers ****ed up in that respect.

[Johnny Rubber]

Thanks you proved how dumb you are, I didn't pay my tax either and the money I make with that tax money while stalling pays my tax bill.

You will be broke long before Floyd Mayweather is.

Mmmm, not sure about that. Potentially what you have said would be correct, but he would always have more control over his assets than Mayweather and he has built them up himself.

Before operations, I worked in marketing and keep an eye on markets for opportunities etc. A quick perusal of Floyd's business holdings shows the vast majority of his wealth is invested, not readily available.

All investors are on shaky ground as markets shift, which is why we are seeing more nail bars and strip joints opening (the best money laundering operations available) to create a balance.

If Floyd were to pull out of those investments now, he would be penalized into bankruptcy. 82% of Floyd's holdings are secular and allow no variance with the markets as they are, so this payday gives his enterprise the money to invest in opposite markets, which is exactly what I would do.

Floyd's business advisors are above reproach with their skills, it's just a shame more people like that aren't willing to focus on aligning the world's finances, which benefits everyone.

What they can't do is advise Floyd, not to purchase fleets of luxury cars or keep friends and associates on the payroll.

[MrRolltide91]

Total fight purse for May/Pac (the largest in both mens careers) was $300 million. Mayweather made $180 million of those according to Forbes (the best source we have available, as the others are blog sites, hip hop wanabes and so on) and Pacquiao $120 million.

Now, what is 800 subtracted by 180? That is 620....I'm supposed to believe he made $620 million from all his other fights, pre-McGregor combined?

So again, I ask you a simple question, where is the proof Mayweather is worth this much?

PS. I wouldn't normally care but since the amount of money he has made is continuously brought up to equate he is a business genius, let's all get our facts straight here. A man who can't pay his taxes can't make $800 million lol

Well according to Forbes, Floyd is about to make over 1 billion in his career

[Ray*]

Add the purses from Manny, canelo, Conor and ODH. I believe that is $800 mil. Remember that total doesn't factor in the totals from the Mosley, cotto, jmm or hatton fights.

I would be surprised if he didn't make more at the end of the day. Sure the taxman, his team etc would make a bit of a dent in that too but anyone arguing that he couldn't have made that throughout his career DKSAB.

[MrRolltide91]

Respectfully, you are asking a different question than the TS. He asked how he made $800 mil. If you look at the purses and the total take (merchandise, etc) mayweather got from those fights, it's about that.

You in this post ask how is he worth $800 mil. That is something completely different.

to your last paragraph, I think you are letting your feelings get in the way of rational thought.

Yea dude is confused. He's talking about worth.

[The Big Dunn]

I would be surprised if he didn't make more at the end of the day. Sure the taxman, his team etc would make a bit of a dent in that too but anyone arguing that he couldn't have made that throughout his career DKSAB.

Ray you know what we are going to get this type of stuff for the next few days. I'm just going to try and answer questions and not get caught in the sewage.