Floyd Mayweather looking to buy eye-watering $700million...

FLOYD MAYWEATHER dreams of owning the world's seventh-richest sports club. Now "The Money" has launched a buy-in bid for the New York Giants that is more jaw-dropping than any knockout blow he landed in the ring. The boxing legend, 47, is reportedly heading a group trying to purchase 10% of the NFL team... for around $700 million (£556m). It's claimed $200m ((£159m) has already been put aside in an escrow account.

Image Credit: The Sun [Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a black vest and red-banded hat.]

That's an account where a neutral third party holds onto part of the money while a contract is sorted out. US teams dominate the sporting rich list - Dallas Cowboys heading the pile with a $10.1bn valuation. Four-time Super Bowl winners the Giants come in at $7.3bn, just behind the New York Patriots on $7.4bn. The Stateside-led roll-call of wealth is broken below the top 10 by three of Europe's biggest football clubs.

Image Credit: The Sun [New York Giants quarterback Drew Lock celebrating a touchdown with teammates.]

Real Madrid are joint 12th on $6.6bn, alongside 2025 Super Bowl winners Philadelphia Eagles. USA teams fill all the leading 10 spots -with six from the NFL, three in basketball's NBA and one in Major League Baseball. 1 Dallas Cowboys, NFL - $10.1billion. 2 Golden State Warriors, NBA - $8.8bn. 3 Los Angeles Rams, NFL - $7.6bn. 4 New York Yankees, MLB - $7.55bn. 5 New York Knicks, NBA - $7.5bn. 6 New England Patriots, NFL - $7.4bn.

7 New York Giants, NFL - $7.3bn. 8 Los Angeles Lakers, NBA - $7.1bn. 9 New York Jets, NFL - $6.9bn. 10 San Francisco 49ers, NFL - $6.8bn. Selected others:. 12 Real Madrid - $6.6bn. 14 Man Utd - $6.55bn. 20 Barcelona - $5.6bn. 27 Liverpool - $5.37bn. 31 Man City - $5.1bn. 34 Bayern Munich - $5bn. 47 Paris Saint-Germain $4.4bn. BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS. Next come Manchester United ($6.55bn), while Barcelona are 20th on $5.6bn.

It's reckoned five-weight ex-world champion Mayweather and Orbach could soon be joined by another major investor in their attempt to buy part of the Giants. TMZ quote Orbach as saying: "My partners and I are always looking at different opportunities, including ownership of sports teams. I can't comment further than that.". He already owns nearly 20% of basketball team Minnesota Timberwolves. The interest in the Giants follows two of the team's owners revealing they hope to sell some of their stake.