Boxer Floyd Mayweather beat Marcos Maidana on Saturday night to bring his overall record to 46-0. Some saw his victory in a close judges’ decision as suspect, and Maidana himself woofed after the fight that he should have been given the win.
But here’s one thing that’s not up for debate: Mayweather made a mint for the fight — $32 million in guaranteed money, to be precise, plus a portion of pay-per-view receipts.
Another thing not up for debate: Mayweather is far from shy. He took to Instagram on Monday evening to boast about his earnings: http://instagram.com/p/nooJlnR3X4/
Mayweather said in the photo’s caption that he’s hoping for a $70 million payday after pay-per-view numbers come in. Whether that’s actually an attainable number is up for debate, but $14,815 per second in guaranteed money sure ain’t shabby. (Of course, weeks of training and other preparation preceded the actual 36-minute fight, but still.)
Mayweather is a master of social media and self-promotion; on Tuesday, he posted this miniature supercut of himself both whaling on Maidana, and evading his opponent’s blows: http://instagram.com/p/npQeW3R3ZZ
And on Saturday, Mayweather posted the following selfie of himself posing on fight night with, um, Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne. (Side note: What a world, folks). Further proving his marketing prowess, Mayweather posted the photo via Shots, an app in which he’s an investor.
Maidana received a $1.5 million guarantee for Saturday’s fight, according to Forbes. That’s pretty sweet, but we can’t get our heads around Mayweather’s $14,000 per second number.
If you need us, meanwhile, we’ll be sobbing under our desks while trying to subsist off saltines and rainwater.
source: mashable
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