Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Net Worth - Just 10 days before the epic Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather faceoff on May 2, boxing fans aren't only curious about the winner but also who goes home with more fortune after the fight.
The Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather ring showdown this 2015 is considered as the biggest boxing match in the sport's history. And as per the Daily Mail, the boxers are expected to share a purse of $250 million in a 60-40 split. So, will the prize increase Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather's net worth?
Since the fortune of famed boxers, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, will be discussed in this article, let's take a glimpse on their respective net worth values.
Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino boxer who has an estimated net worth range of $110 to $132 million as listed by Celebrity Net Worth and The Richest. Aside from boxing, he is also an actor, film producer, singer and politician in his home country. During his career, Pacquiao has won 54 out of 61 bouts with two draws. He is also considered as the world's top pound for pound boxer and the only one to win titles in 7 different weight classes.
Floyd Mayweather, on the other hand, is a world famous American boxing champ who has earned an estimated net worth of $280 million, as listed by The Richest and Celebrity Net Worth. During his career, Mayweather has won an unprecedented six boxing championships in five different weight classes. He also has an astounding professional boxing record of 45 wins with no losses and 28 were by knockouts.
Meanwhile, as the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather bout approaches, details about how much the two fighters will make and where the money will come from are starting to emerge, and the amounts are staggering. According to The New York Times, the contract calls for Mayweather to receive 60 percent of the revenue while Pacquiao will get 40 percent. And when all the accounting is done, each man should make well over $100 million, about double the biggest previous boxing payout.
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are definitely boosting their net worth values after the fight. And the biggest sources of the revenue comes from pay-per-view, ticket sales, international broadcast sales, closed-circuit broadcast sales at bars, sponsorships and merchandise sales, Business Insider revealed.
In separate news, the actual contract for the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight still has not been signed. On Tuesday, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN that he wasn't signing the draft contract he received on April 15 because it wasn't the agreement on the term sheet he signed along with MGM, Mayweather Promotions a couple months ago.
"We agreed that we would all be signatories on the final contract and then they sent us a draft of the agreement and it excluded us," Arum said. "They don't want us to have any say. So whether they came up with the deal between Mayweather and MGM before or after our agreement, they've committed fraud either way. That's what we're enmeshed in."
Just two weeks prior to the "Fight of the Century," BBC Sports learned that tickets for the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather bout are still not on general sale. As reported, MGM holds 16,500 tickets. However, only about 1,000 tickets are expected to be made available to the wider public.
Whether it's Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather, who will be declared as the winner, they'll surely amassed astonishing net worth values with the lucrative purse money after the fight.
