{"id":79755,"date":"2021-06-02T21:03:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T21:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=79755"},"modified":"2021-06-02T22:58:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T22:58:57","slug":"obscene-mayweather-exhibition-payday-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=79755","title":{"rendered":"Obscene Mayweather exhibition payday revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media influencer Logan Paul will receive less than a fifth of Floyd Mayweather's <\/a>reported purse but will still walk away with tens of millions of dollars for Monday's (AEST) fight with the undefeated boxing legend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paul will earn a reported $A26m for the exhibition bout against Mayweather, but it's table salt compared to what the fight legend will reportedly earn for fighting the novice.<\/p>\n

It's understood the 50-0 star will bank $A132 million. Mayweather described the exhibition as "legalised bank robbery" and an opportunity he couldn't pass up.<\/p>\n

"I worked extremely hard for years and years to get to a certain level. A level where we can start calling everything an event," he said on the "'Inside Mayweather vs. Paul" hype show.<\/p>\n

"I believe in working smarter, not harder.<\/p>\n

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"So if it's something easy like (the Paul fight), a legalised bank robbery, I gotta do it. I have to do it."<\/p>\n

The clash won't be included on Mayweather's professional record. The stoush will be Paul's third bout in a boxing ring, with the other two fights a mix of amateur and professional contests.<\/p>\n

The older Paul brother drew an amateur fight against fellow internet star KSI in 2018, before turning pro and losing their rematch the following year.<\/p>\n

Mayweather has been linked with a fight against his younger brother Jake after this fight.<\/a><\/p>\n

When asked about the possibility of fighting both brothers, Leonard Ellerbie, CEO of Mayweather promotions, refused to rule it out.<\/p>\n

"Who knows? Who knows what the future might hold," he said.<\/p>\n

"But right now we have a huge, huge event, it's the biggest event of the year in the sport of boxing and we're just really, really excited."<\/p>\n

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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