A world-renowned American boxing champion and professional boxing promoter, Floyd Mayweather is the 5th highest-paid athlete of all time. Known as Pretty Boy, Money and TBE (“The Best Ever”), Floyd Mayweather has fought under all weights – Super featherweight, Lightweight, Light welterweight, Welterweight and Light middleweight. Not only this, he has won many titles and awards, some of which are – BWAA Fighter of the Year award (three times), Best Fighter ESPY Award ( six times) and The Ring magazine’s Fighter of the Year award (two times). He was named as “Fighter of the Decade” for the 2010s by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
Floyd Mayweather Early life
Floyd Mayweather was born in a dysfunctional family on February 24, 1977, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His mother was addicted to drugs and therefore he had to take care of himself as well as his parents. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr. was a former welterweight contender who most broadly battled Sugar Ray Leonard.
Boxing has been a part of Floyd Mayweather’s life since his childhood and that was just because of Floyd Mayweather’s grandmother, who was the first person to see his potential. His grandmother encouraged him to take up his boxing skills.
Floyd Mayweather Career
Floyd Mayweather understood the dynamics of boxing very well. As an amateur, he played the overall 92 matches, from which he saw defeat in just 8 matches. Floyd Mayweather stepped into his professional career in October 1996. He experienced his first win in 1998 and became Lightweight champion.
Soon he was set to become the champion of Light welterweight. In April 2006, he became light-welterweight champion and in this way, he continued to top in all the championships. In his professional career, he has a record of “zero defects”.
Floyd Mayweather Net worth
Floyd Mayweather is the richest boxer in the world right now with an estimated Floyd Mayweather net worth to be $565 million. He has earned over $1 billion in his boxing career. Currently, he owns no sponsorship or endorsement deals.
At the start of his career, several sponsors wished to sponsor him but couldn’t do so because of a $1 million entry fee. However, some brands like Burger King, Hublot and FanDuel paid $1 million to sponsor the star.
How does he spend his earnings?
Floyd Mayweather owns a mansion worth about $25 million in Los Angeles that has a 12-seat cinema and a 300 bottle wine rack. Apart from this, Floyd has a custom-built mansion in Las Vegas and bought a house worth $9.5 million.
He is fond of collecting watches and his watch collection is valued at well over $18 million. In 2018, he spent $18 million on a Jacob & Co. Billionaire Watch. He has $15 million worth of luxury cars that includes Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Rolls Royces, Mercedes and much more.
CONCLUSION
So it is clear from his fondness of luxurious things that he earned this worth with dedication and boxing talent. One of his writings says that his overall worth from his boxing career is about $1 billion. Boxing has been a major source of income for Floyd Mayweather.