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Floyd Mayweather defends huge exhibition earnings: "You can't get mad"

Alexander Netherton
Floyd Mayweather defends huge exhibition earnings: "You can't get mad"GettyImages
The former fighter still produces profitable events.

Floyd Mayweather is happy to keep turning out for exhibition fights if it means he can keep his health and earn money.

The 45-year-old last fought professionally when he fought UFC champion Conor McGregor in 2017 to go out on a 50-0 unbeaten record.

He has since fought in a couple of exhibition fights, including a trip to Tokyo and most recently when he fought Logan Paul last summer.

The five-division champion has now announced he will fight Don Moore in another exhibition, this time on a helipad on a Dubai hotel. 

Speaking to Intu Boxing, Mayweather explained that he would continue to earn money if he felt the offers were right.

"See, they're upset because I'm able to milk the game. I'm smart, I've kept all my faculties, made a lot of smart investments," he said

"People like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, the Waltons, the people who Walmart and Walgreen... when they're getting money in their 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and even 90s, it's ok. 

“A young kid like myself from the inner city, the ghetto... I worked my way up to the top. I was able to leave boxing on my own terms and keep all my faculties and keep all my money.

"They're upset that I'm able to go out there and continue to make 40 and 50 and 60 million outside the ring. You can't get mad, this old guy won it."