Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao: Boxing News: Floyd Mayweather, one of the best boxers of all time, needs no introduction. The “Money” Mayweather has won titles in four different divisions and has a perfect 50-0 career record. He is at the top not just in terms of records, but also financially, having participated in the top 4 highest-earning boxing pay-per-view events. And one of them was his fight with Manny Pacquiao. Follow Boxing News Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Let’s look at how much money Mayweather made from his match against PacMan in 2015 since he is reportedly planning to compete against his former rival and Salt Papi in a tag team match alongside KSI.
Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao: How much money did Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao earn from their boxing clash in 2015?
Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao: How much money did ‘Money’ and ‘PacMan’ make from their boxing match in 2015?
It was promoted and built as the battle of the century. It was a classic Mayweather promotion that turned fame into wealth and was an amazing commercial success. Although it didn’t satisfy boxing fans’ expectations on a technical level, the event was an economic success because it raked in more than $100,000,000.
Speaking of the fight purse, even though it is never made public in nearly every PPV event. Although Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes estimates that the total earnings of these two boxing legends are close to $300 million, the exact amounts earned by them have not been made public. The article claims Mayweather had taken home a staggering $180 million of that total, while Manny had received a far more modest $120 million.
Given that the contest ran for a little over 30 minutes, the prizes for the event are just mind-boggling. The fact that this bout was so important to millions of people worldwide apart from the boxing world, as well, made this a huge, financially successful event. And now once again, they are likely to face off in a tag team match.
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