{"id":240812,"date":"2019-12-25T23:28:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T04:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=240812"},"modified":"2019-12-26T02:17:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T07:17:30","slug":"manny-pacquiao-included-in-forbes-top-10-highest-paid-athletes-of-the-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/25\/manny-pacquiao-included-in-forbes-top-10-highest-paid-athletes-of-the-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao included in Forbes’ top 10 highest-paid athletes of the decade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the international business magazine, the 41-year-old boxer’s “25 pay-per-view fights have generated 20 million buys and an estimated $1.3 billion in revenue.” (File photo<\/a>: mannypacquiao\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Forbes has revealed its list<\/a> of top 10 highest-paid athletes of the decade and among them is the country’s “Pambansang Kamao <\/em>(Nation’s Fist).”<\/p>\n

Garnering $435 million, or around P22 billion, from 2010 to 2019, Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao landed on the eighth place of the list, following American golfer Phil Mickelson with $480 million earnings.<\/p>\n

According to the international business magazine, the 41-year-old boxer’s “25 pay-per-view fights have generated 20 million buys and an estimated $1.3 billion in revenue.”<\/p>\n

Pacquiao, who is also a senator, claimed the WBA super welterweight belt after defeating Keith Thurman by split decision in their fight last July.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, retired boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr., ranked first in the list, bringing in $915 million in the past 10 years.<\/p>\n

Forbes said that his fights against Pacquiao and Conor McGregor in 2015 and 2017, respectively, generated a combined 10 million pay-per-view buys which paid Mayweather more than $500 million. These bouts, the magazine noted, were the “two biggest one-night payouts in the history of sports.”<\/p>\n

Also included in the list of top-earning athletes are football stars Cristiano Ronaldo with $800 million and Lionel Messi with $750 million, taking the second and third spots, respectively.<\/p>\n

Ranking fourth is Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James with $680 million, followed by Swiss tennis player Roger Federer with $640 million, and golfer Tiger Woods with $615 million.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant took the ninth place with $425 million, while racing driver Lewis Hamilton ranked 10th with $400 million earnings.<\/p>\n

Among those highest-paid athletes, only Pacquaio and Mayweather are boxers.<\/p>\n

“No baseball, football or hockey players made the cut,” Forbes said.<\/p>\n

Forbes added that the athletes’ earnings during their retirement years were excluded, which explained why NBA stars like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan were not in the top 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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