Looks like I was $100m out with his fortune before....
When superstars Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao face off on May 2, one of the wealthiest people in the ring won’t have to take a punch to earn his pay check.
According to ABC news, in 2009 Michael Buffer had a net worth of over $400 million:
“By trademarking his catchphrase, Buffer has generated over $400 million in revenue, selling the rights to music, video games, merchandise and while making personal appearances. His business venture is so successful, Buffer doesn’t even have to say his catchphrase to make money. He makes more from the trademark than he does announcing in the ring.”
Philadelphia, PA native Buffer, who usually makes between $25,000 and upwards of $100,000 per appearance, has been paid up to one million dollars for a night’s work.
“It’s become lucrative for me now,” Buffer, 70 years old, told boxing-monthly. “I came up with a catchphrase that’s become a trademark that has turned into a business all its own, so I’m blessed in that way. “
He also beat throat cancer back in 2008, which is pleasingly ironic.
Did he come with the saying before or after "The Rumble in the Jungle"?
If it was afterwards, the guy who came up wth that tagline must have a pretty decent case to sue Buffer.
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