Floyd Mayweather confirms how much he made from Logan Paul fight that some critics branded 'fake'

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Floyd Mayweather has boasted about how much he made from his recent bout against Logan Paul.

According to Daily Mail, the 44-year-old retired boxer stated in a recent interview that he made more than $100 million out of his spar with the 26-year-old YouTuber earlier this month.

Per the above publication, Mayweather spoke with Showtime Boxing in a press conference following his protege Gervonta Davis' fight with Mario Barrios on Saturday, June 26.

Mayweather stated: "I'm the only person that can do a fake fight and get 100Ms [millions]. I could do legalized sparring and get 100 M's."

He continued by telling Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe: "Am I the best bank robber? Because I don’t know nobody in sports that’s my age and can still stick 'em up like that."

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The highly-anticipated exhibition fight between the boxing legend and the influencer took place at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on June 6.

Paul managed to successfully make it through all eight rounds; since the fight could only be won via knockout, technical knockout, or disqualification.

But when footage of the fight later emerged on social media, a number of Twitter users speculated that it had been "fake", with Mayweather "holding up" Paul.

Mayweather himself appeared to be surprised by how long his vlogger contender lasted in the ring, stating in a post-match interview with Sky Sports that Paul was: "A great young fighter. Strong, tough."

He continued: "He’s better than I thought he was. He’s a tough, rough competitor. It was good action. I was surprised by him tonight; a good guy.

"Even though he doesn’t have much experience, he knew how to use his weight and he knew how to tie me up tonight."

The retired boxer recently made an ostentatious display of his own wealth after sharing a pic of himself sitting on the wing of his luxurious $59.4 million private planes on Instagram.

In a captioned addressed to his 26 million followers on the platform, he wrote: "When you live this lifestyle, you just wing it."

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