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!