Mayweather Gets £10m To Fight At Wrestlemania
February 29, 2008
WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather will be paid £10m to face the Big Show at Wrestlemania.
The undefeated 5ft 8in champion will take on the 7ft 350pound Big Show at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando on March 30 as part of WWE’s showpiece event.
‘Wrestling takes care of business right on the spot,” Mayweather said. “Whatever they say they’re going to do, they do it right on the spot. There’s no waiting three, four, five months. Quick results, quick money. Quick big money, too,’ said Mayweather, who stopped Hatton in their title fight last December.
His manager Leonard Ellerbee and WWE executive Shane McMahon confirmed Mayweather’s eight-figure payday for the outdoor match to be shown live on PPV at a press conference.
Mayweather incited the couple hundred of already hyped fans at Staples Center by whipping out a thick wad of cash and repeatedly tossing $100, $50 and $20 bills into the crowd.
Mayweather played to the frenzied crowd after appearing from behind a black curtain wearing a New York Yankees jacket and cap while fans shouted insults and the name of hometown hero Oscar De La Hoya at Mayweather.
‘WWE is the biggest it gets,’ Mayweather said. ‘This is going to be an event like none other’
