FLOYD MAYWEATHER won a whopping £26,400 ($32,500) by betting on Canelo to lose his light-heavyweight showdown with Dmitry Bivol.
Boxing’s pound-for-pound king suffered a unanimous decision defeat to the WBA 175lb champ in Las Vegas early on Sunday morning, with all three judges scoring the bout 115-113 in the Russian’s favour.
Defeat to the undefeated Bivol was Canelo’s first since his 2013 loss to Mayweather, who bet £8,104 ($10,000) on the Mexican coming up short in his return to light-heavyweight.
Mayweather, 45, shared a receipt of his hefty wager with his 28million Instagram followers moments after the fight.
His accompanying caption read: “Easy pick-up.”
Money’s legion of followers were quick to comment, with one saying: “Lmaooo you petty.”
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Another said: “Easyyyyyyy money.”
And another said: “Lol stop. I know Floyd was loving this fight.”
One remarked: “Floyd still winning lol.”
Another chimed in: “OK Champ I see you.”
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Bivol’s height and reach advantages proved to be too much for undisputed super-middleweight king Canelo to handle.
But he made no excuses for his second professional loss, saying: “I have to accept it, it’s boxing.
“He’s a great boxer and sometimes in boxing you lose. “I’m not going to give any excuses.
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“He’s a really good fighter, he comes in and goes out.
“I felt his power, it was a great fight and it was a good win for him.”
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