{"id":212968,"date":"2022-05-11T09:13:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T16:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=212968"},"modified":"2022-05-11T15:11:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T22:11:06","slug":"floyd-mayweather-scores-on-bet-against-former-rival-canelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/floyd-mayweather-scores-on-bet-against-former-rival-canelo\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather Prints Mint on Canelo Upset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Floyd \u201cMoney\u201d Mayweather knows a little something about boxing. He\u2019s also a devoted sports bettor. That combination proved beneficial last Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Boxing great Floyd Mayweather (left). He won big on an upset of former foe Canelo Alvarez. (Image: MARCA<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Las Vegas resident, who finished his career with an immaculate 50-0 record, wagered $10,000 on WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol to upset Saul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez at odds of +425 (bet $100 to win $425) last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bivol delivered, vanquishing Alvarez in a unanimous decision, helping Mayweather profit to the tune of $42,500. Mayweather\u2019s wager was placed at the sportsbook at the Silverton Casino Hotel — an off-Strip venue on Blue Diamond Road in Las Vegas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He took to Instagram with a picture of his bet slip with the caption \u201cEasy pick up.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Mayweather, Bet Was Peanuts<\/h2>\n

Various online sources estimate Mayweather\u2019s net worth at $450 million to $560 million. But the boxer says he\u2019s worth $1.2 billion. Either way, had he lost the wager on Bivol, it wouldn\u2019t have made much difference to his overall financial picture.<\/p>\n

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In 2020, he said he\u2019d entertain coming out of retirement for a third time, but only at a price tag of $600 million.<\/a> He hasn\u2019t fought since an August 2017 crossover bout against UFC star Connor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As for Alvarez, the loss to Bivol is the Mexican fighter\u2019s<\/a> first since September 2013, when he dropped a majority decision to Mayweather at MGM Grand\u2019s Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Both Alvarez and Bivol say they\u2019re up for a rematch, but it\u2019s not clear when that bout will take place. However, there\u2019s a reasonable chance Mayweather will have money on the line when it occurs, given his well-documented history of sports betting.<\/p>\n

Some of his biggest wagers include a $1.1 million win on an Oregon college football game, $200,000 on an NFL game and $477,000 in just several days spread over multiple NBA games and boxing matches. There was speculation the fighter lost $13 million on the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII, but that proved to be no more than urban lore.<\/p>\n

Mayweather Among Athletes Betting Big<\/h2>\n

Mayweather is far from the only athlete that has a proclivity for sizable wagers. An upcoming unauthorized biography on golfer Phil Mickelson<\/a> says the six-time major champion lost $40 million gambling between 2010 and 2014.<\/p>\n

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Michael Jordan, widely regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time, is known for betting during his private golf games. During his playing days, he was a regular at Atlantic City casinos when his Chicago Bulls would play the New York Knicks and the then-New Jersey Nets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley — a friend of Mickelson — says he\u2019s lost millions of dollars betting. He was sued by Wynn Resorts for failure to repay $400,000 in markers — a debt he repaid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Floyd \u201cMoney\u201d Mayweather knows a little something about boxing. He\u2019s also a devoted sports bettor. That combination proved beneficial last Saturday. 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