Pacquiao 6th highest paid athlete in the world

[shadeyfizzle]

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 su****iously missing from the list.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/17/top...er=yahoosports

[onedream722]

that sounds pretty high...tiger woods, ronaldo, david beckham..all those soccer superstars i would expect to get paid higher than pacquiao..i was just watching a show on E! that pacquiao brought in 40 million in 2008.......

[portuge puncher]

my man tiger woods still got his 34576669 dollers a minet,
he'll be highest paid forever.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

wait a second,

where's the self proclaimed cash cow of boxing?????

[ianblake]

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

[oc9979]

i didnt see floyd there. where is horus so he could pull out his links??? haha

[oc9979]

wait a second,

where's the self proclaimed cash cow of boxing?????

that money that mayweather has there might be fake

[Mighty_Windir]

A golfer makes more than a boxer, a basketball player and a baseball player.......I'm officially dead inside.