<p><div class="image-container full"><div class="image"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/523858ad69bedd9425d28239-1200-900/floyd-mayweather-canelo-alvarez-fighting.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="floyd mayweather canelo alvarez fighting" width="800" /><p class="source">Al Bello/Getty Images</p></div></div>Floyd Mayweather <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/canelo-alvarez-paid-12-million-floyd-mayweather-fight-2013-9">made a record $41.5 million purse</a> for his mega-fight with <keyword id="1082035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Canelo-Alvarez">Canelo Alvarez</keyword>.</p>
<p>And now we have the check thanks to @Fight_Ghost.</p>
<p>$630,000 was taken out for anti-doping tests and tickets, but it's still an eye-popping sum.</p>
<p>Floyd is expected to make even more once the official pay-per-view numbers are in. <a href="http://www.mmamania.com/2013/9/14/4728944/mayweather-vs-canelo-floyd-mayweather-could-bank-100-million-for-the">Some estimates</a> have him taking home $100 million total from the fight. </p>
<p><div class="image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/523b2304eab8ea8a7d647577-960/floyd-mayweather-canvelo-check.jpg"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/523b2304eab8ea8a7d647577-1200-531/floyd-mayweather-canvelo-check.jpg" border="0" alt="floyd mayweather canvelo check" width="800" /></a><p class="source"><a href="https://twitter.com/Fight_Ghost/status/380557095877087232">@Fight_Ghost</a></p></div></div></p>

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Here's The $40 Million Check That Floyd Mayweather Got For Fighting Canelo Alvarez

Al Bello/Getty ImagesFloyd Mayweather made a record $41.5 million purse for his mega-fight with Canelo Alvarez. And now we have the check thanks to @Fight_Ghost. $630,000 was taken out for anti-doping tests and tickets, but it's still an eye-popping sum. Floyd is expected to make even more once the official pay-per-view numbers are in. Some estimates have him taking home $100 million total from the fight. @Fight_Ghost

Al BelloGetty ImagesFloyd Mayweather made a record 41. 5 million purse for his megafight with Canelo Alvarez.

Here's The $40 Million Check That Floyd Mayweather Got For Fighting Canelo Alvarez

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