At this level in his profession, Floyd Mayweather Jr. can select to do no matter he needs. And that’s what the 45-year-old undefeated boxing star has performed to date by signing up for a boxing exhibition match towards former title challenger Mikuru Asakura this weekend beneath Rizin.
And true to his nickname, Floyd Jr. introduced a straightforward big payday for himself.
‘From this exhibition alone I will probably be making someplace upwards of $15-20million. That’s simply from this exhibition. So, it’s cool. 9 minutes, 20 million, not unhealthy,” he stated in a latest interview.
However another person who often has some inside data begs to vary. In a latest video he uploaded on his YouTube channel, Chael Sonnen claims Mayweather’s earnings for the combat are approach decrease than beforehand marketed.
“Floyd is claiming he’s gonna get $20 million for this — I name it ‘rassling as a result of they’re not really [fighting] — however no matter they’re on the brink of do in Japan, no matter that’s that’s going to seem like boxing, he’s getting $8 million,” he stated (quotes through MMA Preventing).
“Now, eight is a good looking quantity. However he claimed he was getting 20. So I really feel as a result of I do know the actual quantity, that I can’t let it go. I need to come to you guys. I’ve a journalistic obligation to return and inform you it’s really $8 million and he’s exaggerating.”
Sonnen went at it additional by claiming there’s a “script” concerned.
“If Floyd can go in there and get $8 million for no matter that’s and he doesn’t need to work very laborious, he doesn’t have to coach in any respect as a result of the script is on his facet they usually’ve already advised him who’s taking place and when isn’t that one thing I’d wish to emulate?
“Floyd’s gonna go over to Dubai, he’s gonna do one thing after this, which can signify the second time that he’s performed that, and he’s going to get thousands and thousands of {dollars}. I don’t know, I believe in Dubai, they’re precise competitors, they’re simply with bums.
“These may also be scripted just like the stuff he’s doing in Japan, I don’t really know that, I haven’t bought to see one, they’re like little non-public occasions.
“That is his second time going again [to Japan],” Sonnen stated. “Folks use Floyd as soon as, they get their ass kicked they usually don’t return to him. It was a horrible deal. These guys are. They paid him $8 million, gave him a script, bringing him again once more, giving him $8 million, have him learn the script.”
Mayweather vs. Asakura occurs on September twenty fifth on the Saitama Tremendous Enviornment.
