The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao bout isn't until a month or so. The web is already rife with just about anything that has got to do with the two prized fighters. There are already a lot of buzz about their training regimen, pre-match interviews, and other promotional events, fight odds, predictions on the outcome, and whose celebrity pick is whom. But there's also a lot of talk about the economic aspect of the richest fight in boxing history where two of the most bankable athletes of today were pitted against each other.
There is no denying the fact that this coming match is just as much a worldwide sports spectacle, to the delight of many, as it is a lucrative business for the benefit of the stakeholder few.
As was previously reported here in RealtyToday, Mayweather's assets are in full display on the Instagram account of his mansion which, by the way, is paid in cash. Just recently, BigBoyMansion, as it was so named, teased us with an Instagram post of its very own living room.
A photo posted by Floyd Mayweather's Mansion (@bigboymansion) on Mar 15, 2015 at 11:40am PDT
And boy, was it lofty with the towering height of its brick wall and huge glass windows. It has a sleek-looking fireplace on one side, and a black organ on one corner which complements the soft earth tone colors of the living area. It was "comfortable living", indeed.
Meanwhile, in a report by TMZ, Mayweather has commissioned the services of Chef Q, a Las Vegas-based chef, to prepare his pre-fight diet for 46 days leading to the May 2nd tussle. He would be paying her $184,000 -- an exorbitant amount for many, but a paltry sum for Floyd.
Chef Q revealed that she doesn't normally charge that steep amount of rate for her dishes, but since Mayweather felt it's worth that much, she's not one to complain.
TMZ Sports also learned that Mayweather inked his John Hancock on the fight contract with $4,000, 18-karat gold pen. The Peerless 125 pen is one of the priciest in the world and is used by no less than the likes of President Obama and Oprah Winfrey.
Manny Pacquiao, on the other hand, may have gotten the short end of the stick with the 60-40 split of the purse, but his net worth is not to be sneezed at, either. He has a net worth of $110 million and career earnings that would sum up to about $263 million as per CelebrityNetWorth. Forbes.com lists him at the eleventh spot in their 2014 world's highest paid athletes with a total earnings of $41.8 million.
Apart from his net worth, his stature as a person is a feat in itself. Take that boxing gloves away, and he's a billionaire (at least in his country's local currency), playboy-no-more, philanthropist, a member of the house of representatives, recording artist, TV host, entrepreneur, commercial endorser, preacher, professional basketball player cum coach, and the list goes on.
...I bet Mr. Tony Stark got nothing on him when it comes to wearing that many hats.
