Check Out The Ridiculous ‘Money Belt’ Floyd Mayweather And Conor McGregor Are Fighting For

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Floyd Mayweather gave up his actual championship belts when he retired, and Conor McGregor is a 0-0 newbie in boxing. But that hasn’t stopped the World Boxing Council from coming up with a whole new title to award the winner of August 26th’s superfight spectacle. It’s dubbed ‘The Money Belt’ and it’s as gaudy as it sounds.

“The WBC has had in Floyd Mayweather the most loyal champion in our history,” WBC head Mauricio Sulaiman said during the last press conference before the fight. “He conquered five titles in five different divisions. Has won the diamond belt, the gold belt, the emerald belt. And in order to celebrate this great event between the WBC champion and the UFC hero Conor McGregor, the WBC has created ‘The Money Belt.'”

“This belt has 3360 diamonds, 600 sapphires, 100 emeralds, and 1.5 kilograms of solid 24 karat gold and alligator leather than comes from Italy. As you can see, it’s one whole crocodile [sic] and the medallion is not centered to preserve the style of the alligator.”

It’s a pretty fancy belt, one I’m sure both fighters will be excited to receive should they win the fight. But let’s not kid ourselves. This match up is all about the payout at the end, which is rumored to be over $300 million for Mayweather and $100 million for Conor. With that much money, they could have all the alligators in Florida turned into money belts and still have tens of millions left over.