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Manny Pacquiao is 2nd in World’s Highest-Paid Athletes List for 2015

Highest Paid Athletes

Forbes.com has released their 2015 list of the World’s Highest-Paid Athletes and no. 1 this year is boxer Floyd Mayweather who garnered a whopping $285 million in total salary/winnings.

Second on the list is our very own Manny Pacquiao who registered an income of $148 million in the last twelve months (Attention BIR).

Mayweather and Pacquiao rule this year’s richest sportsmen simply because of their earnings from what is dubbed as the “Fight of the Century” last month when the former won over the latter via unanimous decision.

Mayweather, however, was also no. 1 in last year’s ranking but Pacquiao settled for 11th position.

10 Highest-Paid Athletes in the World for 2015

#1 Floyd Mayweather $300 M Boxing
#2 Manny Pacquiao $160 M Boxing
#3 Cristiano Ronaldo $79.6 M Soccer
#4 Lionel Messi $73.8 M Soccer
#5 Roger Federer $67 M Tennis
#6 LeBron James $64.8 M Basketball
#7 Kevin Durant $54.1 M Basketball
#8 Phil Mickelson $50.8 M Golf
#9 Tiger Woods $50.6 M Golf
#10 Kobe Bryant $49.5 M Basketball

Image courtesy of Forbes.com

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