..FLOYD MAYWEATHER Named 4th Biggest Earner, by Sports Illustrated...

[THe TRiNiTY]

In 2007, Floyd Mayweather Jr. made more money than any other athletes documented by SportsIllustrated.com, excluding only Tiger Woods (close to 128 million), Phil Mickelson (a little more than 62 million) and Lebron James (who only made ABOUT 200K more, at about 40.5 million).

Mayweather earned about $40,250,000. $20,000,000 was gained from salary/income and the remainder was made from 'endorsements'.

As impressive as that is, did you expect him to make more or less than they gathered.

Hatton, De La Hoya, WrestleMania, 'endorsements'......

Vote. Discuss.

[Alonzo Harris]

In 2007, Floyd Mayweather Jr. made more money than any other athletes documented by SportsIllustrated.com, excluding only Tiger Woods (close to 128 million), Phil Mickelson (a little more than 62 million) and Lebron James (who only made ABOUT 200K more, at about 40.5 million).

Mayweather earned about $40,250,000. $20,000,000 was gained from salary/income and the remainder was made from 'endorsements'.

As impressive as that is, did you expect him to make more or less than they gathered.

Hatton, De La Hoya, WrestleMania, 'endorsements'......

Vote. Discuss.

Pretty Impressive stuff by floyd.

[samtheassasin]

is this just American athletes?

[Horus]

Top 10 Wealthiest Athletes as of 2008:

1. Tiger Woods ($127,902,706)
2. Phil Mickelson ($62,372,685)
3. Lebron James ($40,455,000)
4. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. ($40,250,000)
5. Kobe Bryant ($35,490,625)
6. Shaquille O'Neal ($35,000,000)
7. Alex Rodriguez ($35,000,000)
8. Kevin Garnett ($31,000,000)
9. Peyton Manning ($30,500,000)
10. Derek Jeter ($30,000,000)

[street bully]

is this just American athletes?

Wayne Gretzky used to make the list all the time, and he isn't American so no, no it isnt.

[Zhaakal]

Lol.. Floyd never got paid 20 mil for his wrestling. He got 3 at best. Most inside sources said a mill and a half. The 20 mill was just for hype.

[Sox8055]

More than Kobe and Shaq...sweet!

[BattlingNelson]

Wayne Gretzky used to make the list all the time, and he isn't American so no, no it isnt.

I would think some formula one drivers and soccer players should have made the top ten then. Not sure though.

[JoeKickAss]

Lol.. Floyd never got paid 20 mil for his wrestling. He got 3 at best. Most inside sources said a mill and a half. The 20 mill was just for hype.

This.

WWE is a publicly trade company and nothing was ever reported that confirmed that Floyd got 20 mil.

[Horus]

This.

WWE is a publicly trade company and nothing was ever reported that confirmed that Floyd got 20 mil.

Mayweather goes from WBC to WWE
Undefeated boxer turns to wrestling for $20M payday

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/02/25/markazi.mayweather.wrestling/

Source: Sportsillustrated and Cnn

50 highest-earning athletes in the U.S.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Boxing

$20,000,000
$20,250,000
________________
$40,250,000

It's been a monster year for Pretty Boy, who made $20 million in purse and pay-per-view shares for his fight with Ricky Hatton and another $20 million for his foray into professional wrestling.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/specials/fortunate50/2008/index.html

Source: Sportsillustrated and CNN

Once Again,

Like it or not. Sports Illustrated confirmed those earnings...
not Horus
not JoeKickAss
but Sports Illustrated



Sources: salaries, winnings and bonus figures from players' associations, tour records, agents and news reports. Endorsement estimates from Burns Entertainment & Sports Marketing, other sports-marketing executives and analysts, and agents. Salaries based on current or most recently completed seasons (exception: 2008 for NFL). For winnings-based sports (auto racing, golf, tennis), 2007 calendar year amounts used.

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