HAND OVER FIST
The biggest single payday in sports history
Floyd Money Mayweather V.S. Conor McGregor
$$$ 275 million USDFloyd Mayweather is well-known the world over for his talent in the ring
and his remarkable skills as a boxing promoter. The firebrand fighter is very
charismatic, flamboyant, and is known for carrying around a briefcase packed
with cash. Anyone with access to any form of media be it television, radio, social
or print has undoubtedly heard of the infamous Mayweather versus McGregor
bout. What they may not know is how, in just one night, Money Mayweather
earned $275 million dollars. That’s more cash than three of the world’s highest-
paid sports stars, namely like Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James and Lionel
Messi, who took home a combined annual income of $259 million - as listed in
Forbes 2017.
Can you imagine, just one night is all it took for Floyd Mayweather to match
and exceed their combined total income. Money Mayweather came out of
retirement for the match and earned himself the biggest single payday in the
history of sports, landing himself a spot in sporting history.To date, Floyd “Money” Mayweather has never lost a professional boxing match and
has an undefeated record. His net worth as of 2019 is pegged between a conservative
$500 million and a more accurate $1 billion dollars.