Thursday 21 June 2012

Floyd Mayweather knocks Tiger Woods off the top of Forbes list

Floyd Mayweather has overtaken Tiger Woods at the top of Forbes magazine's list of the 100 highest-paid sports personalities over the past year.
Boxer Mayweather, currently serving a three-month jail sentence for domestic assault, made $85m (£54.25m) - a figure bolstered by promoting his own fights.


Golfing legend Woods dropped to third having received $59.4m (£37.92m) with boxer Manny Pacquiao rising to second on earnings of $62m (£39.57m).

 David Beckham is eighth on the list. He is the highest paid footballer with earnings of $46m (£29.36m).


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow!