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08-28-2017, 05:48 AM
Floyd Mayweather made $178,000 fighting Conor McGregor... per second
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Congrats, you just made $178,041!
Well, that is, if you're Floyd Mayweather, standing in the ring against Conor McGregor on Saturday night — and you took one second to read that sentence.
SEE ALSO: Floyd Mayweather totally out-classed Conor McGregor, but oh what a show! (http://mashable.com/2017/08/27/floyd-mayweather-conor-mcgregor-fight-boxing-mma/)
In what has to be the biggest single payout in sports history, the 40-year-old Mayweather stands to make a total of $300 million for his win over 29-year-old MMA superstar McGregor. (He'd have made the same win or lose, so the fact that he won by KO to preserve his perfect 50-0 record is just gravy.)
Saturday night's fight carried a $100 million guaranteed purse for Mayweather, but he also gets a sizeable chunk of the pay-per-view from Showtime. Estimates range from $150 million to $200 million for that part, so we're giving the benefit of the doubt (and his own personal estimate) here. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/08/27/how-much-floyd-mayweather-paid-per-second-conor-mgregor-fight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Congrats, you just made $178,041!
Well, that is, if you're Floyd Mayweather, standing in the ring against Conor McGregor on Saturday night — and you took one second to read that sentence.
SEE ALSO: Floyd Mayweather totally out-classed Conor McGregor, but oh what a show! (http://mashable.com/2017/08/27/floyd-mayweather-conor-mcgregor-fight-boxing-mma/)
In what has to be the biggest single payout in sports history, the 40-year-old Mayweather stands to make a total of $300 million for his win over 29-year-old MMA superstar McGregor. (He'd have made the same win or lose, so the fact that he won by KO to preserve his perfect 50-0 record is just gravy.)
Saturday night's fight carried a $100 million guaranteed purse for Mayweather, but he also gets a sizeable chunk of the pay-per-view from Showtime. Estimates range from $150 million to $200 million for that part, so we're giving the benefit of the doubt (and his own personal estimate) here. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/08/27/how-much-floyd-mayweather-paid-per-second-conor-mgregor-fight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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