Mayweather expects to make $80M from exhibition bouts in 2019
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It's shaping up to be a busy year for Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The 41-year-old told TMZ Sports he has several exhibition bouts lined up for 2019, the first of which is taking place this summer against a former Japanese boxer, though he didn't reveal the fighter's name.
"I got another one in Japan, I think in July," he said. "Light $10 million, three rounds ... just in exhibitions alone this year, just about four or five exhibitions, (I'll make) $80 million."
Mayweather's last fight was an exhibition match against Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa on New Year's Eve, which paid him $9 million.
According to Forbes, Mayweather was the world's highest-paid athlete in 2018, with $285 million in estimated earnings.
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