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Floyd Mayweather Expected to Earn $30 Million From His Easiest Fight Ever

Published 10/16/2022, 7:30 AM EDT

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Floyd Mayweather is going to receive the biggest payday of his exhibition career. He is all set to earn $30 million for squaring off with the YouTube star Deji in the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.

MailOnline Sport reported it on Twitter. It wrote, “Floyd Mayweather could receive a payout of ‘£28 million’ when he fights YouTuber Deji next month.”

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The former five-weight division champ, Mayweather, will make $30 million on November 13, when he would return for the third time this year. As part of ‘The Global Titans World Series’, this would be his biggest purse. Before this, he fought twice, once in Japan, against Mikaru Asakura and Don Moore in the Middle East earlier.

Though he made millions through those fights, he was not paid nearly as high as $30 million.

Ahead of this big-money exhibition, the CEO of Global Titans admired ‘The Pretty Boy’ for his support in making this series of events successful. Insider reported the interview of Singh with Boxing exec.

“Floyd is super approachable, and he listens to the promoters and does what’s best for business, and that’s what I like about him,” Singh said.

Furthermore, he added, “People have different things to say about Floyd, those who don’t know him. But we’ve had some great experiences.”

According to him, each fight that Mayweather would take under the Global Titans umbrella will give him ‘up to 30 million dollars’.

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‘The Pretty Boy’ has been the biggest box office star in the history of boxing. His fights made more than $1 billion. When he hung up his gloves in 2017 after knocking out the UFC megastar Conor McGregor, he was the richest boxer of all time.

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Though reports claim different numbers, The 50-0 former champ himself claimed that he is a billionaire. In an interview with Million Dollaz Worth of Game on YouTube, he said, “I’ve made a billion. I’ve reached that four years ago. [Now I’m] over $1.2billion.”

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Abhishek Singh is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports. Following the completion of his training as an amateur boxer, he is currently preparing to appear for trials at the state and national levels. With over 3 years of experience in playing the sport, Abhishek is also the holder of a Bachelor's in Arts degree from the University of Delhi.
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