What a lot of people don’t realize is that boxers get their purse immediately after the fight. So, when it was filed to Las Vegas Boxing Commission that Mayweather would be guaranteed $41 million, that money had to be in his hand right after the fight and it was.
I think Warriors World sums up how we all feel right now.
I feel very poor now. RT @FloydMayweather's $41 million check from fight against @caneloOficial. pic.twitter.com/KpsoVqpFT5
— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) September 18, 2013
The crazy thing is that this doesn’t even include the money Mayweather will receive from the gate receipts, sponsors, PPV and merchandising from the event.