According to Forbes Magazine Manny Pacquiao is tied with Lebron James and Phil Mickleson as the 6th highest paid athlete in the world. Floyd Mayweather jr is suspiciously missing from the list.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/17/top-earning-athletes-business-sports-top-earning-athletes_slide_2.html?partner=yahoosports
wait a second,
where's the self proclaimed cash cow of boxing?????
http://www.nowboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/mayweathermoney.jpg
that money that mayweather has there might be fake
No. 13 Oscar De La Hoya (Tie)
$32 million
Boxing's Golden Boy hung up his gloves after one last mega-fight in December against Manny Pacquiao that earned De La Hoya $30 million. He retires with the record for all-time pay-per-view buys of 14.1 million and PPV revenue of $696 million