Floyd Mayweather's welterweight championship win over Carlos Baldomir drew 325,000 Pay-Per-View buy-ins. A year before his super-fight with Oscar De La Hoya, Mayweather's PPV generated $16.3 million in revenue.
Mayweather's 2005 bout with the late Arturo Gatti was his first PPV headliner: 365,000 PPV buys and $16.5 million in revenue.
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11. Floyd Mayweather - Zab Judah
Mayweather's first of two fights in 2006 garnered $16.8 million in revenue off 374,000 PPV buys. The fight was best known for a riot between both boxer's camps after a low-blow by Judah in the 10th round.
Floyd's first fight against Marcos Maidana was one of Mayweather's most competitive fights of his career. In May 2014, he came away with victory, and a reported $32 million guaranteed after 900,000 PPV purchases.
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9. Floyd Mayweather - Ricky Hatton
With $47 million in revenue off 920,000 PPV buys, Mayweather took home $25 million after knocking out the British boxer.
Mayweather's second match with Maidana set the pace in 2014. This time, "Money" took home more than $32 million.
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7. Floyd Mayweather - Robert Guerrero
Mayweather's 2013 unanimous decision win over Robert Guerrero hit the one million PPV mark. At the time, Mayweather's guarantee of $32 million tied the record for largest single-match contract in boxing history.
Mayweather came out of retirement in 2009 to fight Juan Manuel Marquez (they both speak the universal language of money, see). His bout with Marquez generated more than $55 million in revenue off 1.1 million PPV pacts.
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5. Floyd Mayweather - Victor Ortiz
Victor Ortiz's battle with Mayweather raked in almost $80 million in revenue. After all was said and done, Money pocketed around $40 million with just four rounds of work.
Mayweather defeated "Sugar" Shane Mosley by unanimous decision back in 2010. The highly anticipated fight paid off, too: He drew 1.4 million PPV buys and made another $40 million. No big deal.
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3. Floyd Mayweather - Miguel Cotto
Pay-Per-View revenue reached $94 million for this fight. Mayweather had to work the full 12 rounds against Miguel Cotto for his payday of $32 million.
Canelo Alvarez was supposed to be the up-and-coming fighter to knock Mayweather off his throne. Alvarez took a swing at the king, but missed, and 2.2 million PPV buys later, the big bout brought home $150 million.
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1. Floyd Mayweather - Oscar De La Hoya
The 2007 super-fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Mayweather brought in some super cash. A then-record $137 million in revenue was generated off 2.4 million PPV buys. Mayweather won by split decision over The Golden Boy.
