Floyd Mayweather has long made it a practice of flaunting his lavish wealth, and over the recent Super Bowl weekend that included taking to Instagram to tout the $1.1 million he said he spent on luxury Super Bowl suite tickets for himself and 34 friends. But it also included a post about a much larger expenditure, and one that was almost certainly less fun, unless he was rooting for the 49ers: a check to the IRS totaling more than $18 million.

Mayweather started up with a post about his Super Bowl plans with the following caption:

“Just before I paid that light million and change for that little Super Bowl stuff,” Mayweather posted. “I had to pay the IRS aka Uncle Sam $18,047,181. This is what I owed in taxes while I’m retired so just imagine what I was paying when I was activated.”

Mayweather might be retired from boxing but a tax bill like that shows he’s still making plenty of money from endorsements and other investments. Fortunately for him and his inner circle, he seems to still be doing OK, although it might make you wonder how many more people he could have taken to the Super Bowl if he didn’t have taxes to worry about.

•  Mayweather’s self-promoted career has been successful financially, but his promotional company, Mayweather Promotions, has failed to produce notable boxers.
•  Mayweather’s controversial win over Victor Ortiz in 2011 included a knockout blow after a headbutt and a heated argument with commentator Larry Merchant.
•  Mayweather’s use of a banned IV and his racially-charged comments against Manny Pacquiao have been controversial moments in his career
• Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather is retired these days but is still considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. Throughout his historic career, he won titles in five different weight classes and defeated fellow legends such as Manny Pacquiao and more. Having retired in 2017, Mayweather’s 50-0 record will never be blemished.
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  That being said, Mayweather has had multiple scandals across his boxing career. While he ended his career undefeated without a loss, the boxer does have many things that he would like fans to forget. From controversial decision victories to arrests, ‘Money’ has more than a few skeletons in the closet.

  After leaving Bob Arum in 2006, Floyd Mayweather founded his own promotional company. That was the best decision of his career, as ‘Money’ self-promoted his bouts and took home all of the money. However, going beyond Mayweather himself, he’s failed to become a successful promoter.

  He’s had various stars such as Gervonta Davis under his belt but even lost ‘Tank’ in 2022. Beyond Badou Jack, Mayweather Promotions hasn’t had any notable boxers in years.

Mayweather, who lives in the city, divulged that he spent $1.1million (£870,000) paying for 34 friends to watch the game.

In his first post, Mayweather said: “I don’t kiss ass and I never have to beg for nothing especially not to get a Super Bowl suite.

“I don’t mind accepting invites at times, but one thing’s for sure… the person that’s paying does all the saying.

“Therefore I get my own seats and suites so I can do what I want and invite who I want!

I’m blessed to be taking 34 people to experience the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas! $1,131,000.00.”

After this, Mayweather went on to reveal the $1.1million (£870,000) was nothing to him, as he paid $18million (£14.3million) in tax earlier in the day.

In the game itself, the Kansas City Chiefs pulled off a dramatic win over the San Francisco 49ers in overtime.

This result helped Mayweather claw back some of the money he spent on the suite.

He posted on Instagram on Sunday to show his betting slip post-match.

Mayweather bet $95,000 (£75,000) on the Chiefs to win.

As a result, he won $203,000 (£161,000) on the game.

However, it must be said that the man who earned hundreds of millions on single nights in his fighting prime is used to bigger bets than this.

On the bright side though, his bets this year performed significantly better than in 2023.

Mayweather bet against the Chiefs last year, placing $10,000 ($8,000) on the Philadelphia Eagles to beat Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Andy Reid.

The Chiefs rallied to win Super Bowl LVII, downing the Eagles 38-35, and giving Mayweather’s 10 grand to the house.