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Here’s The Biggest Bet Of The Weekend + Official Fighter Salaries

Published by Patrik Kuitunen on 29th August 2017.

Sportsbooks all across the globe saw a good amount of action this past weekend as they were accepting bets until the very last minute before Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor took the stage.

Many betting companies, especially in Las Vegas, saw the biggest amount of money coming in. William Hill has confirmed that the biggest bet put on Mayweather was done through their US-sportsbook at a Hooter’s restaurant.

How much exactly did this one person bet on Floyd to win? Here are pictures of the massive betting slips.

One bettor placed a bet worth about £993 k on Mayweather and won about £186 k back.

As for Mayweather’s and McGregor’s salaries? Here are the official full fight card salaries. Remember, this is all before pay-per-view percentages, sponsorship incomes, and other earnings.

Main Card
Floyd Mayweather ($100 million) def. Conor McGregor ($30 million)
Gervonta Davis ($600,000) def. Francisco Fonseca ($35,000)
Badou Jack ($750,000) def. Nathan Cleverly ($100,000)
Andrew Tabiti ($100,000) def. Steve Cunningham ($100,000)

Undercard
Yordenis Ugas ($50,000) def. Thomas Dulorme ($75,000)
Juan Herladez ($12,500) def. Jose Miguel Borrego ($5,000)
Antonio Hernandez ($7,000) def. Kevin Newman ($7,500)
Savannah Marshall ($5,000) def. Sydney LeBlanc ($3,500)

(By MMAFighting.com)