BOXING
What is Floyd Mayweather’s net worth in 2024? How much money has he made in his career?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is back in the again ring and will face John Gotti III at the Mexico City Arena this Saturday.
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Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Jr. has been one of the most controversial boxers in boxing history and now at the ripe old age of 46, will once again step into the ring in an exhibition fight to face John Gotti III for the second time, this time at the Mexico City Arena this Saturday, 24 August.
Money Mayweather currently has an estimated fortune of $400-450 million, according to figures from Celebrity Net Worth; making him currently the richest boxer on the planet.
How much money did Mayweather Jr make throughout his career?
According to the famous portal dealing with celebrity net worth, Mayweather Jr. managed to accumulate a total of 1.1 billion dollars throughout his boxing career.
He is the fifth athlete to surpass the billion-dollar barrier with three fights alone allowed him to boost his fortune were those against Conor McGregor (300 million), Manny Pacquiao (250 million) and Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez (75 million).
The other five are big earning sports stars are: Michael Schumacher ($1 billion), Jack Nicklaus ($1.15 billion), Arnold Palmer ($1.35 billion), Tiger Woods ($1.65 billion), and Michael Jordan ($1.9 billion).
With a record of 50 wins without knowing defeat, including 27 knockouts, Floyd Mayweather Jr. said goodbye to professional boxing although he has had some high money spinning one-off fights against Conor McGregor, Tenshin Nasukawa, Logan Paul and Aaron Chalmers.
Real estate investment
In addition to the standard billionaire opulence (16 Rolls Royce cars, never wearing the same pair of shoes more than once), for the past decade Mayweather has been a partner in the real estate development firm SL Green with the company Marc Holliday, announcing the boxers involvement with the company that oversees nine skyscrapers in the United States. One of those skyscrapers is One Vanderbilt in New York City, the tallest commercial building in the US.
Financial controversy shrouded the fighter in 2017 when he had a run-in with the IRS over an unpaid tax bill dating back to 2015 for 22 million dollars which his legal team managed to cover thanks to an imminent exhibition bout.