Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather has provided his opinions on the biggest attractions in world sport.
‘The Best Ever’ was the longtime Las Vegas main event. Mayweather headlined Las Vegas for years with megafights against Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Manny Pacquiao, and Juan Manuel Marquez.
Once known as the world’s fight capital, Las Vegas is now arguably the world’s sports capital. The NFL, NHL and WNBA all have teams in Vegas.
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Las Vegas has also hosted F1, a Super Bowl, the NFL Draft and the inaugural NBA Cup Final in the last two years.
On the Pivot Podcast, Mayweather gave his thoughts on Vegas’ biggest-ever sporting attraction. Mayweather said, “I don’t know any athlete in history, in 90 minutes, make $750 million. Tell me who.”
Mayweather also underlined the difference between the present boxers and himself; “What do these boxers do now? They are boxers. I’m a box office.”
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The 46-year-old also hinted at a big payday for any exhibition bout. Mayweather said, “These fighters get the bag when they go to Saudi Arabia. It’s not good money, it’s great money. Of course, they want to see Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition. And you know what the payday will be.”
