Floyd Mayweather is one of the best-paid athletes in floyf world. This seems absurd, but it adds up. However, due to a recent lawsuit, the Floyd mayweather make so much money was forced to release some of its financial data. Even if you only count the money Mayweather made between and flohd, he still edges out the UFC. The reason why Mayweather was paid so much compared to everyone else in the UFC comes down to one of the biggest differences between the UFC and boxing. In boxing, due to the Muhammad Ali Actboxers are free to fight in any organization they want. As a result, boxers, especially the popular and high-level ones, can easily get paid more than UFC fighters. Mayweather is also one of the most popular fighters everso mmuch of people will spend money to watch him fight.