By Edward Chaykovsky

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao made a fortune from their May 2nd welterweight mega-fight. The event called "Fight of The Decade" sold 4.4 million pay-per-views, which crushed the existing 2.48 million record. Between all of the revenue streams, the card is going to bring in $500 million dollars.

Mayweather won a twelve round unanimous decision and is anticipated to return to action in September. Pacquiao, who had should surgery two weeks, is not going to return to the ring until 2016.

ESPN The Magazine put together their annual list of the world's highest paid athletes and Mayweather, Pacquiao blew away the competition by a significant margin.

World's Highest-Paid Athletes

1 Floyd Mayweather ------$250M (a)
2 Manny Pacquiao ------- $150M (a)
3 Lionel Messi  ------- La Liga/Barcelona $56.3M
4 Cristiano Ronaldo -------- La Liga/Real Madrid $50.2M
5 Sebastian Vettel -------- Formula 1/Ferrari $50M
6 Fernando Alonso --------- Formula 1/McLaren $40M
7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ligue ----- 1/PSG $35.1M
8 Lewis Hamilton Formula ----- 1/Mercedes $31M
8 Clayton Kershaw ---------  MLB/LA Dodgers $31M
10 Justin Verlander ----------- MLB/Detroit Tigers $28M
11 Zack Greinke -------- MLB/LA Dodgers $27M
12 Wayne Rooney -------- EPL/Manchester United $26M
13 Josh Hamilton ---------- MLB/Texas Rangers $25M
13 Ryan Howard --------- MLB/Philadelphia Phillies $25M
13 Cliff Lee -------- MLB/Philadelphia Phillies $25M
16 Felix Hernandez -------- MLB/Seattle Mariners $24.9M
17 Albert Pujols --------- MLB/LA Angels $24M
17 Robinson Cano MLB/Seattle Mariners $24M
17 Prince Fielder -------- MLB/Texas Rangers $24M
20 Cole Hamels ---------- MLB/Philadelphia Phillies $23.5M
20 Kobe Bryant ------------ NBA/LA Lakers $23.5M
22 Amar'e Stoudemire ---------- NBA/NY Knicks/Dallas $23.4M
23 Joe Johnson ----------NBA/Brooklyn Nets $23.2M
24 Mark Teixeira --------- MLB/NY Yankees $23.1M
25 Joe Mauer ----------MLB/Minnesota Twins $23M
25 CC Sabathia ---------MLB/NY Yankees $23M