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Floyd Mayweather Jr., right, connects on WBA super welterweight champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico during their title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday, May 5, 2012.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | 11:33 a.m.
The world's highest-paid athlete is in jail. The guy in second place just lost a title fight, and the man who held the distinction for a decade is now third.
Forbes has released its list of the 100 highest paid athletes, and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., nicknamed "Money," is No. 1.
Mayweather, who made $85 million for two fights last year, is currently serving a three-month jail sentence in Las Vegas for domestic battery.
Boxer Manny Pacquiao is second on the magazine's list at $62 million from earnings and endorsements. Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight title to Timothy Bradley earlier this month.
Tiger Woods, No. 1 on the list since 2001, made $59.4 million to place third.
LeBron James of the Miami Heat is fourth ($53 million). He is one of 13 basketball players on the list.
Tennis star Roger Federer is fifth at $52.7 million.
Thirty football players made the top 100, with Peyton Manning tops among them at No. 10. The Denver Broncos' new quarterback made $42.4 million during his last season with the Indianapolis Colts, even though he sat out the entire season while recovering from a neck injury.
David Beckham of the Los Angeles Galaxy was No. 8 overall and the highest ranked soccer player at $46 million.
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was tops among baseball players and No. 18 overall with $33 million.
Two women, both tennis players, made the list. Maria Sharapova ($27.9 million) comes in at No. 26, and Li Na ($18.4 million).
They should have let the wife beater-er- girlfriend beater- serve out his term wherever he wants!!! The rich rule anyway-so they should make the rules!!!
It appears that charles is drinking the kool-aid today.. then again it is hot out.
Seriously..85 Mil for two fights?? Maybe with all that money he could stop putting women in the hospital..and spend it to cure cancer or something more important.
Exactly what's wrong with this country. People can't feed their kids, but this j***off makes millions hitting people..and then it spills over outside the ring and he is celebrated. Sad.