Floyd Mayweather bought himself stunning $3.5million gift after schooling Manny Pacquiao in highest-earning fight

Floyd Mayweather was quick to spend his reported $180million purse for fighting and beating Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather and Pacquiao met in the highest grossing boxing pay-per-view event of all time in May 2015, an event that generated unprecedented revenue.

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Mayweather lived a luxury lifestyle throughout his professional careerCredit: GettyA whole host of the biggest celebrity names flocked to Las Vegas to see the pair do battle, which saw Mayweather outbox Pacquiao to pick up a superb points victory.

It was a captivating battle that finally took place after years of rivalry, and the numbers behind the event were record-breaking.

The event generated in excess of $300m in total revenue, with Mayweather pocketing $180m of that.

Pacquiao took home a reported $120m payout, and it was life-changing fortune for both fighters.

Read More In BoxingEventual winner Mayweather had been accustomed to living a life of luxury and extravagance, having left his promotional deal to start earning a small fortune from every time he stepped in the ring.

But his purse for beating ‘Pac Man’ was the highest of his career, and he couldn’t help but pick himself up a reward.

Mayweather announced five months afterwards that he had bought himself a new car to add to his frightening collection.

Mayweather bought a brand new black chrome 2015 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse.

The luxury vehicle had a custom-design and was worth a purchase value of $3.5m, which ‘TBE’ decided to fork out.

It is a vehicle capable of maximum speed of around 210mph, and was yet another supercar to add to his lucrative collection.

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Mayweather bought himself a Bugatti Veyron, to add to his crazy car assemblageCredit: Instagram – Floyd MayweatherMayweather is now reported to have a car collection worth around £20m in the present day, including the gift to himself in 2015.

His lucrative clash with Pacquiao set him up with generational wealth, and sent the magnitude of his profile into a new stratosphere.

But he wasn’t done at 48 victories without defeat as he decided to fight two more times to reach the magic 50-0.

Mayweather outpointed Andre Berto in a defence of his WBC welterweight title later that year.

And in a lucrative final bow, ‘Money’ came close to matching his lucrative Pacquiao victory in a huge event with Conor McGregor.

The 2017 clash saw him pick up a final victory against the Irish UFC star with a dominant stoppage win.

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No boxer has earned more than Mayweather did for his victory over PacquiaoCredit: GettyAnd he pocketed another purse around the $100m mark, after the event generated around $600m in total revenue.

It was the second highest of his career and as he retired, his lifestyle continued as luxury, but he has since also made a series of intelligent investments.

Mayweather has also been fighting in multiple lucrative exhibition outings, against the likes of Logan Paul, Deji and Aaron Chalmers.

And he has since claimed that he earns a mammoth $300m per month even after his professional career ended.

“I will continue to give back to the sport of boxing in my time, and I will also give back financially because I got it,” Mayweather said

Read More on talkSPORT“To my team, my guys in New York, and my other real estate team that’s here today, we can’t be stopped.

“In 32 months, I put myself in a position with a smart business team to make $300m a month. It all started from the sport of boxing.”