Boxer celebrates his $300m annual earnings

Portia Arthur

June 24, 2015 6:57 PM

Forbes's highest paid athlete ,Floyd Mayweather, has amassed wealth to the tune of eye watering $300million

Floyd Mayweather

Forbes's highest paid athlete ,Floyd Mayweather was pictured standing in front of a display at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas to commemorate his huge earnings.

The exhibition shows the 'skim room' where mobsters would steal some of the cash in a casino counting room and reads '$300 million easy'.

Mayweather shared the picture of him posing, arms out stretched in celebration of his wealth on social media site Shots and captioned it, "Fobres, I'm just getting started this year'

The undefeated American, beat Manny Pacquiao in the Fight of the Century on May 2 and Forbes claimed he picked up a $100m cheque on the night without factoring in his cut from pay-per-view money.

Added to his earnings from his bout with Marcos Maidana in September 2014, Mayweather earned an incredible $285m in the ring, which was supplemented by a further $15m in endorsements.

Manny Pacquiao, who came second on the list, earns only $160m, just more than half that of Mayweather.

Portia Arthur