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Watch Floyd Mayweather turn $20,000 into a $101,250 video poker win

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  • Floyd Mayweather recorded a video of a successful video poker session.
  • The retired boxer, renowned for his "Money" nickname, played $25 hands in "Ten Play Draw Poker" and somehow managed to scoop $101,250.
  • The winnings are mere pocket change for Mayweather as the American was used to collecting $100 million cheques during his fighting days.

 

Floyd Mayweather continues to live up to his "Money" nickname even though he has officially retired from boxing.

The 41-year-old retired last year as an unbeaten, 12-time world boxing champion in five weight divisions, racking up $1 billion (£720 million) in career prize money.

But, according to TMZ's copy of Mayweather's Snapchat video, the American continues to scoop heavyweight pay cheques.

During a recent "Ten Play Draw Poker" gambling session, Mayweather played $25 hands from a $20,000 buy-in. He somehow managed to turn this into a $101,250 win before calling an attendant to confirm the score.

Watch the win in the video below:

While $101,250.00 may seem like a massive amount of money, to Mayweather it's mere pocket change.

Mayweather was used to collecting $100 million pay cheques whenever he contested a big fight. He even used to show off the cheques on his Instagram account.

The photo below was posted shortly after his 10th round victory over UFC fighter Conor McGregor last year.

A post shared by Floyd Mayweather (@floydmayweather)

Mayweather is officially retired from boxing but has teased the prospect of transitioning into an MMA fighter and competing in UFC.

However, it remains to be seen whether he will ever fight again — especially when he can make over a hundred grand from a quick video poker session.

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Alan Dawson is Insider's combat sports correspondent. He moved to Las Vegas indefinitely after being shortlisted twice for Sports Journalist of the Year in 2020. He has twice been credited by the Boxing Writer's Association of America, is a Hall of Fame voter, and an MMA Journalists Association member. He joined Insider in 2017 as a reporter, was promoted to senior reporter in 2019, and then again to a correspondent in 2020, after establishing Insider Inc. as one of the best independent publications to follow in the fight sports industries. He is read by millions of people around the world every month. He has investigated the intersection of organized crime and boxing, uncovered possible bribery in sport, and has been ringside for some of the most iconic moments in combat sports including Fury-Wilder 2, Khabib Nurmagomedov's retirement, and Davis-Garcia. He has taken assignments in Europe, the Middle East, and across the U.S., and was one of the few credentialed reporters to cover the UFC during the pandemic era of sports when the company held MMA events behind-closed-doors in a bubble environment on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Dawson has been featured on Morning Kombat on Showtime, on BBC and GB News in the UK, and The Sun in Ireland. His work has been cited by CNN, The Telegraph, Forbes, USA Today, IB Times, Boxing Scene, World Boxing News, Sherdog, Bloody Elbow, The Sun, The Mirror, and Metro, as well as national media in Finland, Ukraine, Russia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam. Follow him on Twitter at @alandawsonsport.