Floyd Mayweather has declared that he was paid $1.5million (£1.23m) just to show up to a press conference announcing his upcoming bout with Mikuru Asakura.
The 50-0 boxing legend retired from active competition after stopping Conor McGregor in 2017 but has stuck around the sport as a promoter, as well as taking on opponents of varying levels in exhibition bouts. He took on Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in 2018 before facing YouTuber Logan Paul and unbeaten boxer Don Moore within the last year.
In his latest exploit, he is heading back to Japan to face Asakura in an event being co-promoted by Rizin this September, announcing the bout in Las Vegas this week. He is known to make millions for these exhibition bouts and made an eye-watering sum just to appear at the launch press conference.
