Floyd Mayweather Made More Than $14,000 Per Second This Weekend

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. stands in the ring during his WBC-WBA welterweight title boxing fight against Marcos Maidana Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Las Vegas.

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By Sam Laird2014-05-06 23:41:21 UTC

Boxer Floyd Mayweather beat Marcos Maidana on Saturday night to bring his overall record to 46-0. Some saw his victory in a close judges' decision as suspect, and Maidana himself woofed after the fight that he should have been given the win.

But here's one thing that's not up for debate: Mayweather made a mint for the fight — $32 million in guaranteed money, to be precise, plus a portion of pay-per-view receipts.

Another thing not up for debate: Mayweather is far from shy. He took to Instagram on Monday evening to boast about his earnings:

Mayweather said in the photo's caption that he's hoping for a $70 million payday after pay-per-view numbers come in. Whether that's actually an attainable number is up for debate, but $14,815 per second in guaranteed money sure ain't shabby. (Of course, weeks of training and other preparation preceded the actual 36-minute fight, but still.)

Mayweather is a master of social media and self-promotion; on Tuesday, he posted this miniature supercut of himself both whaling on Maidana, and evading his opponent's blows:

And on Saturday, Mayweather posted the following selfie of himself posing on fight night with, um, Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne. (Side note: What a world, folks). Further proving his marketing prowess, Mayweather posted the photo via Shots, an app in which he's an investor.

Maidana received a $1.5 million guarantee for Saturday's fight, according to Forbes. That's not too shabby, but we can't get our heads around Mayweather's $14,000 per second number.

If you need us, meanwhile, we'll be sobbing under our desks while trying to subsist off saltines and rainwater.