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ARLINGTON, TEXAS – MARCH 16: Floyd Mayweather Jr. stands in the ring before Errol Spence Jr takes on Mikey Garcia in an IBF World Welterweight Championship bout at AT&T Stadium on March 16, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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ARLINGTON, TEXAS – MARCH 16: Floyd Mayweather Jr. stands in the ring before Errol Spence Jr takes on Mikey Garcia in an IBF World Welterweight Championship bout at AT&T Stadium on March 16, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Floyd Mayweather has hung up his gloves, but he is not out of the money-making business. Though he is not earning the hefty fight purses that he used to do in the elite class contests, he has opened other doors for cashing in millions. You would be surprised to know that he charged UFC star Khamzat Chimaev’s entire net worth just for taking a call to negotiate for his exhibition against the YouTuber Deji.
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Michael Benson of talkSports reported what Mayweather said.
It reads, “Floyd Mayweather on how the Deji fight came about: “They [organisers] reached out, ‘Floyd we’d like you in Dubai.’ I said, ‘I’m not getting on the phone unless we know the numbers.’ They wired me $1million. I got on the phone ASAP. I said, ‘Let’s make it happen.'”
Floyd Mayweather on how the Deji fight came about: "They [organisers] reached out, 'Floyd we'd like you in Dubai.' I said, 'I'm not getting on the phone unless we know the numbers.' They wired me $1million. I got on the phone ASAP. I said, 'Let's make it happen.'" [@FightHype]
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) October 13, 2022
According to reports, the wrestler-turned-MMA fighter Chimaev’s net worth is around $1 million. Due to his ruthless and dominating style, he rose to fame very early in his UFC career.
The net worth of Floyd Mayweather and his biggest payday
‘The Pretty boy‘ is undoubtedly the biggest draw in the sport of boxing when it comes to the money business. He has topped the highest-paid athlete’s chart across the globe several times.
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His big paydays and smart investments contributed to building this billion-dollar empire. In fact, in an interview, ‘The Best Ever’ claimed that he is a billionaire. According to him, his net worth is $1.2 billion.
His fights against the UFC megastar Conor McGregor in 2017 and the former eight-weight division legend Manny Pacquiao in 2015 gave him the biggest paydays of his career.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – AUGUST 26: (R-L) Floyd Mayweather Jr. throws a punch at Conor McGregor during their super welterweight boxing match on August 26, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Through these two contests, he alone made more than half a billion dollars.
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$250 million against ‘Pacman’ and $300 million against McGregor. Before these bouts, his biggest paydays were against Canelo Alvarez, the modern-day center of attraction in the ring, and Oscar De La Hoya.
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