Floyd Mayweather V/S Conor McGregor fight was talk of the town from last one month, the match was about fame, money, dignity. The fight got positive result for Floyd Mayweather as he won the match against Conor and retired with the history of an unbeaten 50-0 record. On one side Mayweather got to retire undefeated and UFC fighter McGregor made his boxing debut against the legend from the respective sport. One of the major point of the match as money Mayweather earned in the fight.
According to reports, Floyd Mayweather grabbed a big amount of 250 to 300 USD dollars.
The fight, that lasted for 27 minutes (9 full three-minute rounds), plus 1:05 of the tenth round, totaling 28 minutes 5 seconds, which means that if he does make USD 300 million, every second raked in USD 178,041.54In Indian currency, the figures come to approximately Rs 1,13,72,848, hence Mayweather made about one crore thirteen lakhs seventy-two thousand eight hundred and forty-eight rupees, every second of his match. (1 USD= Rs 63.86)
That’s like earning a BMW 7 series every second. It is very funny to say but, it is more than the GDP of some countries .For the heavy duty match, Mayweather got USD 100 million just for showing up, and an estimated USD 150 to 200 million for pay-per-view.Mayweather has easily crossed the billion dollar mark in prize money through his storied 50-0 record so far. He had won USD 250 million against Manny Pacquiao in 2015.McGregor, who was defeated, also made USD 30 million just for showing up and this figure is excluding pay per view earnings. While talking to BBC, Mayweather revealed that it was not easy to make on the top, he shared his first USD 100,000 cheque-recieve at the age of 19.
“I came from poverty,” he pointed out. “I wasn’t listening at that meeting, I just wanted that cheque.”
Mayweather actually retired from boxing after playing match aainst Manny Pacquiao in 2015 with a record of 49-0. Before this match he had a worth of USD 560 million.
The future plan of the boxer is to train young fighters and teach them lesson of how to be a megastar not in the ring but outside as well.