This boxer earned $280 million in a single 30-minute fight

Boxing is a tough sport who has low pay until athletes reach higher levels. Not just in the world of boxing, but one of the highest paid athletes of all time is boxing icon Floyd Mayweather Jr. Here are the 11 highest paid boxers of all time.

#11 Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield.

• Payment: 35 million dollars
• Year: 1997
• Inflation adjustment: 68.6 million dollars

Evander Holyfield faced the infamous Mike Tyson in a two-fight streak from 1996-1997. Holyfield, nicknamed “The Real Deal,” defeated Tyson in both fights. Tyson didn’t leave Holyfield unscathed, though. Tyson bit a large chunk of Holyfield’s ear in the third round. He disqualified him, and Holyfield won by default. Tyson took home $30 million from that fight.

#10 Canelo Alvarez

Canelo Alvarez.

• Payment: 45 million dollars
• Year: 2019
• Inflation adjustment: 55.3 million dollars

Canelo Alvarez fought Sergey “The Krusher” Kovalev at the MGM Garden in Paradise, Nevada. This fight was part of the WBO Light Heavyweight Championship. This was Alvarez’s first fight after signing a $365 million contract with DAZN.

#9 Canelo Alvarez

Fight with Canelo Alvarez.

• Payment: 45 million dollars
• Year: 2022
• Inflation adjustment: 48.3 million dollars

This fight was part of a trilogy spots with Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. This fight was not particularly excitingas Alvarez reportedly used this fight as a warm-up after losing to Dmitry Bivol.

#8 Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury.

• Payment: 50 million dollars
• Year: 2023
• Inflation adjustment: USD 51.6 million

This fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou took place in Saudi Arabia. It was Ngannou’s first professional fight and due to a last minute decision, he defeated Fury. Despite the loss, Fury walked away with $50 million.

#7 Oscar De La Hoya

Oscar De La Hoya.

• Payment: 52 million dollars
• Year: 2007
• Inflation adjustment: 78.8 million dollars

Oscar “Golden Boy” De La Hoya fought Floyd Mayweather in 2007 spots. It was one of the highest-grossing fights in boxing history. Floyd Mayweather pulled it off at the last second. Even if Mayweather won, he only took home $25 million compared to De La Hoya’s $52 million.

#6 Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua.

• Payment: 60 million dollars
• Year: 2019
• Inflation adjustment: USD 73.8 million

This career-high boxing rematch for Anthony Joshua took place in Saudi Arabia against Andy Ruiz. The fight lasted until after the time expired for the last round.

#5 Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

• Payment: 80 million dollars
• Year: 2013
• Inflation adjustment: 108 million dollars

In September 2013, Canelo Alvarez faced Floyd “Money” Mayweather. It was not a close fight not at allwith Mayweather winning by majority decision. The tagline for this event was “The One”.

#4 Connor McGregor

Connor McGregor.

• Payment: 100 million dollars
• Year: 2017
• Inflation adjustment: 128 million dollars

The historic fight in 2017 was the boxing debut of Connor McGregor. Before boxing, McGregor was a UFC Octagon Star. Although McGregor predictably did not beat Mayweather, he still earned $100 million from the fight compared to Mayweather’s $30 million.

#3 Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao.

• Payment: 150 million dollars
• Year: 2015
• Inflation adjustment: 199 million dollars

Filipino Manny Pacquiao against American Floyd Mayweather in 2015 was known as the “Fight of the Century”. This highly anticipated fight ended with Mayweather succeeding with a win by decision. And even though he lost, “Pacman” made $150 million from the fight.

#2 Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

• Payment: 275 million dollars
• Year: 2015
• Inflation adjustment: 364 million dollars

Since Mayweather won the “Fight of the Century” against Manny Pacquiao, he took home almost $100 million more. This fight lasted for years and was one of the most watched of all time.

#1 Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

• Payment: 280 million dollars
• Year: 2017
• Inflation adjustment: 359 million dollars

On August 26, 2017, Floyd Mayweather Jr. earned the highest salary against Connor McGregor, known as the “Money Fight”. It was preceded by a worldwide press tour and generated a lot of traction and anticipation. At the time, Mayweather was the two-division UFC champion.

McGregor was a retired UFC lightweight champion. It was the most-watched boxing match of all time with 4.3 million pay-per-view buys and the most hacked stream in boxing history.

Mayweather earned an estimated $1.1 billion. His current net worth is $450 million.

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