Mayweather made $178,000 per second in McGregor fight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPeKDsnEeRyrrU7UrlfeVkBpfYPgvXIhtofjgy_LrEdFn8-Pyoons8JWP2oyJ7V6jPattXYeTuE8sMuUNsNKkXOSw52IGFpds84l6Jz_sPJj-_z8ewfoOHZUdgx7obr1swWVDzJL6mmuM/s1600/Mayweather+made.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPeKDsnEeRyrrU7UrlfeVkBpfYPgvXIhtofjgy_LrEdFn8-Pyoons8JWP2oyJ7V6jPattXYeTuE8sMuUNsNKkXOSw52IGFpds84l6Jz_sPJj-_z8ewfoOHZUdgx7obr1swWVDzJL6mmuM/s640/Mayweather+made.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Congrats, you just made $178,041!<br /> <br /> Well, that is, if you're Floyd Mayweather, standing in the ring against Conor McGregor on Saturday night — and you took one second to read that sentence.<br /> <br /> In what has to be the biggest single payout in sports history, the 40-year-old Mayweather stands to make a total of $300 million for his win over 29-year-old MMA superstar McGregor. (He'd have made the same win or lose, so the fact that he won by KO to preserve his perfect 50-0 record is just gravy.)<br /> <br /> Saturday night's fight carried a $100 million guaranteed purse for Mayweather, but he also gets a sizeable chunk of the pay-per-view from Showtime. Estimates range from $150 million to $200 million for that part, so we're giving the benefit of the doubt (and his own personal estimate) here.<br /> <br /> The fight went nine full 3-minute rounds, plus 1:05 of Round 10 before it was stopped, for a total of 28 minutes, 5 seconds. That's 1,685 seconds in all, meaning Mayweather was working for $178,041 per second — about twice the $83,000-per-second average he made in 12 rounds against Manny Pacquiao.<br /> <br /> McGregor didn't exactly walk away poor: His guaranteed purse was $30 million, more than all his MMA prizes combined. He stands to get some Showtime money, too, but nothing like what Mayweather brought in for his final performance.<br /> <br /> In terms of straight salary, $300 million is more than any pro athlete has made over a career, let alone a single night — largely due to salary cap and revenue restrictions. There have been plenty of $100 million contracts, but those are usually spread over several years.<br /> <br /> In other words, it's safe to say that Floyd Mayweather is the highest-paid athlete the world has ever seen, at least in terms of time spent engaged in his sport.<br /> <br /> And chances are it only took him a second or two to eclipse the highest-paid person you know.

Mayweather made $178,000 per second in McGregor fight

Congrats, you just made $178,041! Well, that is, if you're Floyd Mayweather, standing in the ring against Conor McGregor on Saturday...

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