How much money did Floyd Mayweather make vs Manny Pacquiao

Floyd Mayweather: 'I'm just an American dream'

GOING into last weekend’s “Fight of the Century” against Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather was expected to earn more in one bout than any athlete ever had in a whole year.

The number tossed about was $180 million, the lion’s share of a split of $300 million with Pacman.

At $180 million, Mayweather would easily surpass Tiger Woods’ record of $125 million in 2008.

But those numbers were based on a forecast of 3 million pay-per-views and,according to a report from Yahoo! Sports today, that estimate was modest to say the least.

“Yahoo Sports on Thursday learned sales figures for the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight on DirecTV and Dish Network, as well as AT&T’s uVerse and Verizon’s FIOS services,” the report said.

“Those add up to 2.25 million sales, which even without one sale from a cable company customer would make it tied for the second-highest-selling pay-per-view of all time.

“DirecTV sold 1.15 million pay-per-views, while Dish’s number was 500,000. The telephone companies combined for 600,000. Combined, that is 2.25 million already.

“If cable systems wound up being 60 per cent of the total, that would mean the final figure is a mindboggling 5.625 million.”

5.625 million: almost double the initial forecast.

So what does that mean in terms of dollars?

Well, if the initial forecast was based on $100 per pay per view, Mayweather will now be splitting roughly $560 million.

If that were the case, Mayweather’s split would be an incredible $336 million, while Pacquiao would pocket $224 million.




Floyd Mayweather will earn more from one fight than any athlete has in an entire year. Source: AFP

HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES FOR A SINGLE YEAR

Figures adjusted for inflation and courtesy of Business Insider.

180m-plus: Floyd Mayweather, boxing, 2015

$125m: Tiger Woods, golf, 2008

$120m-plus: Manny Pacquiao, boxing, 2015

$120m: Tiger Woods, golf, 2009

$115m: Michael Jordan, basketball, 1998

$115m: Michael Jordan, basketball, 1997

$113m: Tiger Woods, golf, 2010

$113m: Tiger Woods, golf, 2007

$112m: Mike Tyson, boxing, 1996

$105m: Tiger Woods, golf, 2005

$105m: Tiger Woods, golf, 2006

$104m: Floyd Mayweather, boxing, 2014

$104m: Evander Holyfield, boxing, 1991

$100m: Tiger Woods, golf, 2003

$100m: Michael Schumacher, Formula 1, 2004

$100m: Tiger Woods, golf, 2004




Floyd Mayweather says he no longer wants a rematch with Manny Pacquiao. Source: AFP


Meanwhile, Mayweather has branded Pacquiao a “sore loser” and a coward and says he won’t delay his planned retirement to grant the Filipino icon a rematch next year, in an apparent U-turn.

And he dismissed Pacquiao’s claim that he had been carrying an injury in Sunday’s (AEST) one-sided win for Mayweather, the American calling it, “Excuses, excuses, excuses.”

In an interview recorded this week to be aired on Showtime television on Saturday, Mayweather said he did text ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith that he would grant Pacquiao a rematch — but he has changed his mind.

The 38-year-old says he couldn’t detect any physical problem for Pacquiao during the bout, after which the Filipino and his camp said he was suffering from a right shoulder injury.

“Absolutely not,” Mayweather said. “He was fast. His left hand was fast. His right hand was fast and he was throwing them both fast and strong.”


Manny Pacquaio reveals he was carrying an injury




Although Pacquiao had arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Mayweather said his plea of injury was nonsense.

“He lost. He knows he lost. I lost a lot of respect for him after all of this,” said Mayweather.

As to the flip-flop on a possible rematch, Mayweather said simply: “I change my mind.

“At this particular time, no, because he’s a sore loser and he’s a coward ... If you lost, accept the loss and say, ‘Mayweather, you were the better fighter.’”

Pacquiao, 57-6-2 with 38 knockouts, is expected to be out of the ring for nine months to a year.

Mayweather has said his last fight will be in September, when he will complete his six-fight deal with Showtime and then retire.

With a victory in that fight against a still-to-be-named opponent, Mayweather would match Rocky Marciano’s iconic 49-0 ring record.

He has insisted he would be happy to retire with that mark and wouldn’t be tempted to stay around and try to make it a round 50 victories.

— with AFP