Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has spent a little of his reported $300 million paycheck for last month’s fight against Conor McGregor, picking up a new home in Beverly Hills that doesn’t want for flash.
The house was purchased in 2015 and revised by film producer-turned-developer Nile Niami, whose Skyline Development corporation has tendered two newsworthy spec-built mega-mansions in greater Los Angeles in the past few years: a $100 million Beverly Hills leviathan, and the $500 million Bel-Air behemoth that shadows it for size and grandiosity of design.
Mayweather purchased the furnished, slightly less than 15,100 square foot home—characterized as a ‘French Modern’ by marketing literature—for $26 million. Niami had marketed the home in late 2015 for $38 million, but the asking price had diminished to $28.5 million prior to the sale.
Like other properties that have been offered by Niami, the home’s aesthetic is brash and daring: very, very extroverted. Ornate chandeliers, highly figured stone, variegated woodgrain, and an emphasis on formal statement and ultra-contemporary execution distinguish the interiors.
Highlights of the smart-tech-controlled home include the juxtaposition of a marble fireplace mantel and mirrored wall, a curved staircase with a solid balustrade and a niched, backlit handrail, a library/office rimmed with dark-finished, custom display cases, wet bar with glass-enclosed wine room, and a very large kitchen with marble backsplashes and steel-framed glass cabinetry.
The .5-acre property features a guesthouse or staff residence with a home fitness room and home cinema; with the guest house, there are six bedrooms and ten baths. A sprawling loggia, pool/spa with pool house, and a grille/dining area fill out the grounds, but the patios and terraces of inlaid stone define the exterior, and the property as a whole: a dramatic, white-on-black striped effect which captures the eye and demands recognition.
Twice retired and twice returned to the ring, Mayweather defeated Conor McGregor by technical knock-out last month, winning his fiftieth straight bout. Mayweather indicated the fight would be his last, allowing him to retire with a 50-0 record.