Mayweather tops rich list

Floyd Mayweather has topped Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid athletes for the second year in a row, with a haul of $300m. His super-fight with Manny Pacquiao broke every financial record in boxing
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1 Floyd Mayweather $300.0m

2 Manny Pacquiao $160.0m

3 Cristiano Ronaldo $79.6m

4 Lionel Messi $73.8m

5 Roger Federer $67.0m

6 LeBron James $64.8m

7 Kevin Durant $54.1m

8 Phil Mickelson $50.8m

9 Tiger Woods $50.6m

10 Kobe Bryant $49.5m

Mayweather’s earnings smash previous record set by Tiger Woods, who banked $115 million in 2008
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