Fansided

Floyd Mayweather won close to $830,000 on sports bets last weekend

By Cody Williams

Jul 16, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Professional boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. arrives at the 2014 ESPY Award show at Nokia Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 16, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Professional boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. arrives at the 2014 ESPY Award show at Nokia Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /
facebooktwitterreddit

Floyd Mayweather hit the sports books last weekend and cashed out in a big way.

Floyd Mayweather has never been shy about his penchant for betting on sports. The 48-0 Mayweather has also always, forever and again, been about the money. It makes sense that one would lead to the other for the much-maligned boxing star.

Mayweather had quite a profitable weekend at the sports books according to his Instagram post from late Sunday night:

He started his betting spree on Thursday by putting $50,000 on the Houston Rockets money line against the Los Angeles Clippers in game six, which boasted solid +370 odds. As the Rockets came back mightily in the fourth quarter to win by 12, Mayweather walked away with $235,000.

On Friday he had $150,000 down on the Atlanta Hawks +3.5 in the second half in game six against the Washington Wizards. Despite near even -110 odds, the Hawks were only outscored by three points in the second half, netting Mayweather another $286,363.64.

Mayweather took to his own field of expertise on Saturday when he bet that the bout between William Monroe Jr. and Gennady Golovkin wouldn’t make it past the sixth round. Sure enough, Golovkin knocked Monroe Jr. out in the sixth round, netting Floyd $115,000.

His final win of the weekend came off of Sunday’s game seven between the Rockets and Clippers as he bet the -110 odds on the Rockets +4.5 in the second half. Houston actually won the second half by three points, giving Mayweather $190,909.09 and bringing his weekend winnings to $827,272.73.

As they always say: the rich get richer—especially when their name is Money.

H/T to For The Win

More from FanSided

Home/Boxing