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

[McNulty]

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.

It wasn't dead actually. Hoya made the welts hot and Floyd snatched the torch out of his dead cold hands.

[Larry the boss]

Proof he has made $800 million from boxing?

Floyd Mayweather squares off against Conor McGregor Saturday night in Las Vegas in the much-hyped fight that is one-part boxing and four parts spectacle. Most boxing experts give McGregor little chance, but the one sure bet Saturday night is both fighters will pocket massive paychecks for their at-most 36 minutes of work in the ring. McGregor will likely clear at least $100 million with Mayweather in line for more than $200 million, pushing his career earnings close to $1 billion.

Mayweather’s road to $1 billion was paved by shrewd marketing and a prescient $750,000 bet on himself. Notorious gambler Mayweather didn’t wager on himself in the ring, but outside of it by splitting from Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum a decade ago. Mayweather figured he could make more out on his own than under the thumb of the promoter who worked with Muhammad Ali, Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao.

Arum promoted Floyd under his Pretty Boy moniker during the first decade of Mayweather’s professional career after the 1996 Summer Olympics. It was a fruitful partnership as Mayweather remained undefeated with a growing paycheck. After reeling off 17 straight wins, he won his first title in 1998 with a technical knockout of Genaro Hernandez and earned $150,000. His first two pay-per-view bout came in 2005 and 2006 against Arturo Gatti and Zab Judah had PPV buy rates of 365,000 and 375,000. Mayweather’s paychecks were consistently in the $3 million range.


Mayweather wanted more though. He had an opt-out clause in his Top Rank contract with a $750,000 payment releasing from the deal in 2006. “Floyd walked into Top Rank’s office, handed them a check and the rest is history,” said Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe two years ago in an interview with Forbes.

Mayweather started his own promotion company. He transformed from Pretty Boy to Money Mayweather. Mayweather became the ultimate showman. He appeared on Dancing with the Stars and WrestleMania. He built a social media following that numbers 37 million followers today on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. “He had the great vision to take his brand to the next level,” said Ellerbe.

Mayweather’s paychecks soared with him calling the shots. He pocketed $25 million for his split decision win over Oscar De La Hoya in 2007. The bout smashed the record for PPV buys with 2.48 million. The De La Hoya fight was the first of 12 straight paydays of $25 million or more for Mayweather.

The creation of Mayweather Promotions allowed all the revenue streams to flow through Mayweather. The middleman was out.

Mayweather signed a blockbuster six-fight deal with Showtime in 2013 to broadcast his fights through its PPV arm and appear on its All Access series. Mayweather had been an HBO guy during his career, but Showtime made an offer he couldn’t refuse in its attempt to build a rival to HBO in the boxing game. The Showtime pact raised his per fight guarantee to at least $32 million, plus his share of PPV receipts.

The deal turned into the most lucrative in the history of sports thanks hugely anticipated fights with Canelo Alvarez and Pacquiao. The Canelo fight in Sept. 2013 broke the record for PPV revenue with $153 million. Mayweather’s guarantee was a record $41.5 million and he earned more than $30 million on top of that from his cut of revenue.

The May 2015 Pacquiao fight set every financial record for combat sports that Mayweather-McGregor is aiming for with PPV buys (4.6 million), PPV revenue ($440 million) and gate receipts ($72 million). Mayweather’s final payday after all the PPV receipts were counted was near $250 million for the lackluster bout. His total take during the Showtime deal topped $450 million over two-and-a-half years.

Mayweather retired when his Showtime deal was up in 2015, but he returns to the ring Saturday night for a second nine-figure payday. His guarntee Saturday is $100 million (McGregror is $30 million) with both fighters sharing in the PPV upside. Mayweather’s first 15 fights on PPV generated 19.5 million buys and generated $1.3 billion in PPV revenue.

If the McGregor fight is a PPV hit as most people expect (the line in Vegas is 4.99 million buys), then Mayweather’s career total career earnings will reach $1 billion. He’ll join two other iconic athletes whose earnings reached $1 billion in Michael Jordan ($1.5 million) and Tiger Woods ($1.4 billion) with both relying on endorsements for more than 90% of their career haul. If you adjust for inflation, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Michael Schumacher also make the grade in this exclusive club.

[djtmal]

...they asked floyd, why did he wear a mask in the ring, and he said, because he was about to commit a robbery...that was funny

[The Big Dunn]

I did see him lose to Castillo and Madaina

Damn, you've been pretending not to watch Floyd fights for 15 years. Your family must be so proud of you.

Floyd beat both of them but you are one of those guys so you pretend otherwise.

[soul_survivor]

Floyd Mayweather squares off against Conor McGregor Saturday night in Las Vegas in the much-hyped fight that is one-part boxing and four parts spectacle. Most boxing experts give McGregor little chance, but the one sure bet Saturday night is both fighters will pocket massive paychecks for their at-most 36 minutes of work in the ring. McGregor will likely clear at least $100 million with Mayweather in line for more than $200 million, pushing his career earnings close to $1 billion.

Mayweather’s road to $1 billion was paved by shrewd marketing and a prescient $750,000 bet on himself. Notorious gambler Mayweather didn’t wager on himself in the ring, but outside of it by splitting from Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum a decade ago. Mayweather figured he could make more out on his own than under the thumb of the promoter who worked with Muhammad Ali, Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao.

Arum promoted Floyd under his Pretty Boy moniker during the first decade of Mayweather’s professional career after the 1996 Summer Olympics. It was a fruitful partnership as Mayweather remained undefeated with a growing paycheck. After reeling off 17 straight wins, he won his first title in 1998 with a technical knockout of Genaro Hernandez and earned $150,000. His first two pay-per-view bout came in 2005 and 2006 against Arturo Gatti and Zab Judah had PPV buy rates of 365,000 and 375,000. Mayweather’s paychecks were consistently in the $3 million range.


Mayweather wanted more though. He had an opt-out clause in his Top Rank contract with a $750,000 payment releasing from the deal in 2006. “Floyd walked into Top Rank’s office, handed them a check and the rest is history,” said Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe two years ago in an interview with Forbes.

Mayweather started his own promotion company. He transformed from Pretty Boy to Money Mayweather. Mayweather became the ultimate showman. He appeared on Dancing with the Stars and WrestleMania. He built a social media following that numbers 37 million followers today on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. “He had the great vision to take his brand to the next level,” said Ellerbe.

Mayweather’s paychecks soared with him calling the shots. He pocketed $25 million for his split decision win over Oscar De La Hoya in 2007. The bout smashed the record for PPV buys with 2.48 million. The De La Hoya fight was the first of 12 straight paydays of $25 million or more for Mayweather.

The creation of Mayweather Promotions allowed all the revenue streams to flow through Mayweather. The middleman was out.

Mayweather signed a blockbuster six-fight deal with Showtime in 2013 to broadcast his fights through its PPV arm and appear on its All Access series. Mayweather had been an HBO guy during his career, but Showtime made an offer he couldn’t refuse in its attempt to build a rival to HBO in the boxing game. The Showtime pact raised his per fight guarantee to at least $32 million, plus his share of PPV receipts.

The deal turned into the most lucrative in the history of sports thanks hugely anticipated fights with Canelo Alvarez and Pacquiao. The Canelo fight in Sept. 2013 broke the record for PPV revenue with $153 million. Mayweather’s guarantee was a record $41.5 million and he earned more than $30 million on top of that from his cut of revenue.

The May 2015 Pacquiao fight set every financial record for combat sports that Mayweather-McGregor is aiming for with PPV buys (4.6 million), PPV revenue ($440 million) and gate receipts ($72 million). Mayweather’s final payday after all the PPV receipts were counted was near $250 million for the lackluster bout. His total take during the Showtime deal topped $450 million over two-and-a-half years.

Mayweather retired when his Showtime deal was up in 2015, but he returns to the ring Saturday night for a second nine-figure payday. His guarntee Saturday is $100 million (McGregror is $30 million) with both fighters sharing in the PPV upside. Mayweather’s first 15 fights on PPV generated 19.5 million buys and generated $1.3 billion in PPV revenue.

If the McGregor fight is a PPV hit as most people expect (the line in Vegas is 4.99 million buys), then Mayweather’s career total career earnings will reach $1 billion. He’ll join two other iconic athletes whose earnings reached $1 billion in Michael Jordan ($1.5 million) and Tiger Woods ($1.4 billion) with both relying on endorsements for more than 90% of their career haul. If you adjust for inflation, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Michael Schumacher also make the grade in this exclusive club.

I don't get it, how is this a source? Whats the link? Where is this story from? His career purses, through basic mathematics, do not add up to anywhere near a billion dollars.

Stop it man, you're embarassing yourself.

[The Big Dunn]

I don't get it, how is this a source? Whats the link? Where is this story from? His career purses, through basic mathematics, do not add up to anywhere near a billion dollars.

Stop it man, you're embarassing yourself.

This was on espn and then on the ringer. I read it the other day.

[Eff Pandas]

I think he largely did it by pissing people off & making them wanna see him lose. That Jack Johnson, Muhammad Ali sh^t.

[djtmal]

i know larry, dunn, and the realpugilist like to wet their pants when they saw floyd get a rare tko...

they should offer the fight in hologram so larry can get in the ring with floyd, and towel him down between rounds...

[CatchAndShoot]

Because of Oscar, and taking advantage of his exposure on 24/7. You can actually make an argument, 24/7 is the reason why he blew up to this level. People forget, 24/7 was a revolutionary idea, and had never been done until the Oscar/Floyd fight. Brilliant move by HBO, and whoever thought of it.

Also, I still can't believe Sabretooth is the narrator for that show, to this day. Sounds like a man in his late 40's/50's.

[sicko]

Damn it hits some peoples nerves when you talk about how much money Mayweather has earned during his career. However much money he has made, he did so with Personality but then also the natural, jealousy, hate and envy in some people he used that to his advantage by pissing them off before every fight and taking their Money because they order his fight hoping to see him get Humbled