Before Tiger Woods Turned Down $1 Billion Offer, Floyd Mayweather Played a Gamble Worth Over $185 Million That Eventually Made Him Billionaire
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26 years ago, a young boy tiptoed inside the boxing ring, and today he is regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Floyd Mayweather has been a sensational athlete throughout his career. Along with being a terrific boxer, he is also a marketing genius and knows how to make money.
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Just like Mayweather ruled boxing, Tiger Woods ruled golf, which eventually made him a billionaire. Apparently, the golfing legend was offered a massive $1 billion deal, which he turned down.
Retired golfer Greg Norman got Lee Westwood, Phil Mickelson, and Dustin Johnson for the breakaway tour. Norman even tried to get Woods, but the 46-year-old declined the $1 billion offer.
Greg Norman revealed, “Woods turned down a deal that was mind-blowingly enormous; we’re talking about high nine digits.”
Woods is a seasoned athlete, and a man of his stature can certainly decline offers like this.
When Floyd Mayweather turned down some of the biggest deals offered to him
Floyd Mayweather is nicknamed ‘Money’ for a reason. But, he has taken some risky decisions over the years which make him worth $450 million today. Bob Arum revealed in an interview that Mayweather was offered an enormous $65 million from some legitimate people from Singapore to fight Manny Pacquiao. Moreover, even Pacquiao’s camp approached Mayweather for a fight that would have resulted in a $100 million payday for him. But the American boxer declined the offer to fight Pacquiao both times.
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When Mayweather was just 2 fights away from his 50-0 mark, he was thinking about retiring. And he told FightHype.com, “People been throwing crazy numbers at me to stay in the sport. Nine figures up front. Numbers have came at me. … But right now, I’m OK.”
Furthermore, Top Rank boss, Bob Arum, had offered Mayweather to fight Antonio Margarito for $8 million, and the boxer rejected this deal as well. HBO offered the Pretty Boy a deal to extend his contract for 6 fights at a fair price of $12.5 million. But he had something else in mind and rejected this deal, too.
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Vibhanshu Kumar