Floyd Mayweather is an American boxing champion and promoter. Floyd’s has an estimated net worth of $450 million. His total career earnings are about $1.1 billion. This makes him the 5th highest-paid athletes whose career earnings have topped $1 billion.
Most of the highest-paid athletes in history earn most of their income through endorsement deals. Floyd earned more than a half-billion dollars from two fights. He earned $250 million in 2015 after fighting Manny Pacquiao and also earned $300 million fighting Conor McGregor in 2017.
During his peak boxing years, Floyd was consistently the highest-paid athlete in the world. Despite having very few endorsement deals, Floyd can easily earn $150-$300 million a year from his boxing. Between June 2014 and June 2015, he earned $300 million from his career and between June 2017 and June 2018, Floyd earned the same amount thanks to his fight against Conor McGregor that occurred in August 2017. Outside boxing, Floyd earned $10 million from endorsements per year.
Floyd Mayweather Early Life
Floyd Mayweather was born on February 24, 1977, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr, was a professional boxer and his mother was also addicted to drugs. Floyd’s first professional fight occurred on October 11, 1996, where he knocked out his opponent, Roberto Apodaca, in the second round.