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One of the reasons I thought of the thread is that I was reading where Floyd told RRR that when she earns 300,000,000.00 for 36 mins work she can come and see him. Lol
I don't begrudge him the money, if I could do it I would, but if someone said that was too much money for 36 mins work I wouldn't argue long or hard.
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Re: How much is too much?
I think Floyd has a pretty cool story (if you forget about the woman beating and being a douche bag).Originally Posted by beenKOed
He started his career immediately in the shadow of De La Hoya. DLH was the gold medalist, Floyd was the bronze. If you watch Floyd's debut fight, the announcers talk about the difference between Floyd's debut purse and DLH's (DLH obviously made a lot more). He spent most of his career trying to get big fights and having the stars turn him down.
He's handled by a guy in Arum who is constantly telling him "listen kid, you're a great talent but you're not going to be a star, you don't have the personality or the fan-friendly style, you're not fighting Oscar, ect". Floyd says fuck you, hands Arum 700k to get out of his contract, creates his own team, and becomes the biggest draw in boxing history and the highest paid athlete in the world. He did the press thing, Dancing with the Stars, Wrestlemania, ect and made himself into a house-hold name.
He wasn't an immediate superstar like DLH and SRL, nobody handed him anything on a silver platter. He got to where he is by making the right moves and being an amazing talent. So I say good for him. If you're selling 4.5 million PPVs at $100 a pop, then you get to make 300 million. I'd rather see Floyd and Manny getting the 9 figure paydays then the stooges behind the scenes.
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It sounds good... but it's technically not correct. There's no fight without training camp, so basically every minute spent in training camp must be figured in. Let's be very conservative and say he spends 3 months training, 5 days a week, 40-hour weeks. That would still come out to about $10.4k per minute, which is not a bad chunk of change, either.
On another note, I saw the interview and it was funny to see Floyd dissing Rhonda and using the money angle.
It made him look like a petty jerk.
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He did the same thing when 50 Cent accused him of not being able to read.
In Floyd's mind, making a ton of money is what makes a person.
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As with any occupation all the power to anyone who maximizes earning potential and legitimately rakes in every cent he can. That said its easy to begrudge a guy when he's wiping his arse with 100 bills or flaunting mouth pieces that are 25k a pop. The ppv portion has become redunculous. One thing that kills me is when earning amount is pointed to as a sign of a guys 'greatness'. Being punched in the face for a living should always come with thought of an eventual exit door and having a pot to piss in when its all said and done but tragically that's often not the case. Its very much a sport of the haves and the have not's with way to much being handed off to yes men, moochers and inept sanctioning bodies on both sides.
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That is why he should be known as the Wall Street boxer. Just as they couldn't care less about Main Street, he couldn't care less about the average punter.He did the same thing when 50 Cent accused him of not being able to read.
In Floyd's mind, making a ton of money is what makes a person.
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You think the average punter wears his wife's underwear?That is why he should be known as the Wall Street boxer. Just as they couldn't care less about Main Street, he couldn't care less about the average punter.He did the same thing when 50 Cent accused him of not being able to read.
In Floyd's mind, making a ton of money is what makes a person.
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You shouldn't believe everything you read on the Internet. You hear a lot of wild and wacky things out there.You think the average punter wears his wife's underwear?That is why he should be known as the Wall Street boxer. Just as they couldn't care less about Main Street, he couldn't care less about the average punter.He did the same thing when 50 Cent accused him of not being able to read.
In Floyd's mind, making a ton of money is what makes a person.
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It isn't training camp. It is the day to day that leads to that. On your way up you train every day, twice a day. You spar 2-3 times a week. And you need good sparring. Trust me, nobody is at the Wild Card because roach is a great trainer. They are there because everybody else is; good sparring. And it runs in cycles, depending on who weighs what and where they are at.
It sounds good... but it's technically not correct. There's no fight without training camp, so basically every minute spent in training camp must be figured in. Let's be very conservative and say he spends 3 months training, 5 days a week, 40-hour weeks. That would still come out to about $10.4k per minute, which is not a bad chunk of change, either.
On another note, I saw the interview and it was funny to see Floyd dissing Rhonda and using the money angle.
It made him look like a petty jerk.
Those expenses add up.
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It isn't training camp. It is the day to day that leads to that. On your way up you train every day, twice a day. You spar 2-3 times a week. And you need good sparring. Trust me, nobody is at the Wild Card because roach is a great trainer. They are there because everybody else is; good sparring. And it runs in cycles, depending on who weighs what and where they are at.
It sounds good... but it's technically not correct. There's no fight without training camp, so basically every minute spent in training camp must be figured in. Let's be very conservative and say he spends 3 months training, 5 days a week, 40-hour weeks. That would still come out to about $10.4k per minute, which is not a bad chunk of change, either.
On another note, I saw the interview and it was funny to see Floyd dissing Rhonda and using the money angle.
It made him look like a petty jerk.
Those expenses add up.
My point is he's not getting paid $300 million (or whatever) only for 36 minutes of work. There's thousands and thousands of minutes involved in getting him ready for the fight, which in my mind starts when the fight is signed. Add those up... and you have a better idea of how much he's getting paid per minute.
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For sure, and then you also have to factor in press obligations. The big media tour, interviews, conference calls, flying all over the world promoting the fight, ect.
But of course any way you slice it, Floyd and Manny made an obscene amount of money. And good for them. They are both guys who weren't handed shit in the business, who weren't supposed to be superstars and worked their way up from ground zero. So good for them, I'll never get upset about fighters making a ton of money.
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- bunch of plonkers arguing about what Floyd gets paid per minute. As thick as Floyd is i'm sure he didn't mean it literally.
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That's what I was thinking, and I'm damn sure Rousey knows he was talking about a single fight whatever the expenses were.
Give her 19 years, like Floyd's had, she might come close. Lol I doubt it but who knows.
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Hey... if the dude is going to appear on television and talk about his earnings... the least he could do before the interview is have some gofer give him some cue cards, so he doesn't come across as an illiterate moron.
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How much big sucky baby crying over Floyd Mayweather Jr is too much?
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