After 'Fight of the Century', Mayweather and Pacquiao lead the list of highest-paid athletes of the year

Mayweather (left) and Pacquiao (right) faced each other in early May. Photo: Disclosure

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao had boxing's most anticipated fight in recent years in May, which raised historic figures and broke records of all types. Therefore, it is not surprising to see the two boxers at the top of the list of highest paid athletes of the year, published by the North American business magazine “Forbes”.

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Mayweather, winner of the fight by the judges' decision, would have pocketed no less than US$300 million in the last 12 months. That's almost double the amount raised by Pacquiao, second on the list, with $160 million.

The fighting duo is the only one to break the hundreds of millions barrier. Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo comes in third, with US$79,6 million, followed by Lionel Messi, from Barcelona, ​​with US$73,8 million. O top 10 There are also three basketball players, a tennis player and two golfers.

The numbers are based on salaries, awards and bonuses obtained by athletes between June 1, 2014 and June 1, 2015.

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