The no. 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world, Manny Pacquiao, ranked sixth on “The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes” list.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/17/top-earning-athletes

The highest-ranking of the four newcomers to the list is boxer Manny Pacquiao who earned $40 million over the last year, tied for the sixth most. Pacquiao cemented his claim as the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter with convincing knockouts of Oscar De La Hoya in December and Ricky Hatton in May. The two blockbuster fights garnered more than 2 million pay-per-view buys in the U.S. and earned Pac-Man $30 million combined.

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/star/20090618/tph-forbes-pacquiao

Among those ranking above Pacquiao include basketball stars Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, and Formula One star Kimi Raikkonen at No. 2 ($45 million each), and football standout David Beckham at No. 5 ($42 million).

Forbes has earlier listed Pacquiao as the 57th most influential celebrity in the world. The Filipino spitfire was also included in Time magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People.

Congrats, Manny! More (political) campaign money!

Posted by Tofu on Sat 06/20/2009 at 10:29:04 UTC+10 under Lounge.

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