Floyd Mayweather is set to join Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan as the only athletes that have career earnings of $1 billion, after stopping Conor McGregor in their PPV boxing match. Mayweather secured a $100 million guaranteed purse for the fight, along with a significant share of the PPV revenue and ticket sales. Those numbers have been estimated at nearly 200 million, which would bring his total take to $300 million for his 28 minutes of action.
McGregor lasted for 28 minutes and 5 seconds before being knocked out in the 10th round, which means they fought for a total of 1,685 seconds. Some simple math reveals that Mayweather earned $178,041 per second of the fight, which is more than double the $83,000 per second Mayweather earned versus Manny Pacquiao. To put this into perspective, the median household income in the United States is around $52,000 per year based on a 40 hour work week.
This data really shows that Mayweather has mastered the business of boxing inside and out of the ring to a degree that has never been done before in any sport. The Internet is filled with jokes and memes about Mayweather allegedly not being able to read, but one thing I am sure of is that he can definitely count.