Conor McGregor earned a massive €250,000 per punch landed during his 2017 boxing bout with Floyd Mayweather, research has claimed.
The Dubliner's sole venture into the boxing ring against the American attracted a staggering pay-per-view audience of 5.174 million, and despite only completing one professional fight, new research has revealed that McGregor is the 2nd highest-earning boxer per punch behind Mayweather.
Betsperts have looked at some of the biggest fights since 2010 to reveal the fighters who have earned the most per punch, calculating the amount of money earned per successful punch, as well as the losing fighters with the highest prize purses.