Comments Thread For: Floyd Mayweather Tops List of Highest-Paid Athletes of 2017

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. fought just once in 2017, but the retired superstar still made more money last year than any other athlete in the world. Mayweather topped Forbes.com's rankings, released Tuesday, with an estimated $285 million in overall earnings last year. According to Forbes, Mayweather made $275 million from his pay-per-view extravaganza against Conor McGregor and an additional $10 million in endorsements.
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[5000boxing]

In the words of warren buffet when asked how much money is enough?.. "just a little bit more" lol. In the words of don king when asked how much money does he have? "I don’t know, I can't count it. If you can count it, you ain't got enough!" Lmao..

[The Smash]

Federer earns 65m in endorsements, 5x what he gets for his actual job, that is insane.

[Drew Bundini Br]

In the words of DON KING. When u can count ur money, U don't have none!

[JLC]

Roger Federer is KILLING it on endorsements. Wow

[Cigar]

The most boring, risk averse boxer of all-time is the world's highest paid athlete. Smh. Sugar Ray Robinson is rolling over in his grave and Sugar Ray Leonard is cursing that he was born 20 years too early.

[SAINTSTEVE]

This wasn't all about sport. It was also entertainment. It was part sport, part pro wrestling sort of appeal.

[Plick647]

well! glad thats over, now that hes retired!

[NachoMan]

Federer earns 65m in endorsements, 5x what he gets for his actual job, that is insane.

Yup, that's been the case for him for most of his career. In the endorsement world, nice guys definitely do finish first.

[Sweet_Science2]

Congratulations to Floyd Mayweather and TMT proving the haters wrong. Good for boxing