Manny Pacquiao: Best Paid Athlete in 2010
April 22nd, 2011
By Frank Livingstone: ESPN Magazine has recently came out with the list of the highest paid athlete in each sport in 2010 and rated Manny Pacquiao and Alex Rodriguez, professional baseball player, as the highest paid athlete.
The $32 million earnings came from his two bouts with Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito in 2010. It is amazing that his income was above the $24.8 million dollars that NBA superstar, Kobe Bryant, earned in 2010.
It is truly a rags to riches story for Manny Pacquiao who dropped out of high school due to extreme poverty and started his boxing career so he can support his poor family. His upcoming fight with Sugar Shane Mosley on May 7 will reportedly earn him a guaranteed $15 million dollars plus his share in the Pay Per view numbers. The Pacquiao/Mosley bout which is to be held at MGM was sold out more than three weeks before the actual fight. This is incredible considering the Mayweather/Mosley fight last year had more than 1,000 seats vacant at fight night at the same venue. This is despite the boxing experts’ view that the fight is a mismatch in Pacquiao’s favour.
Whatever the boxing experts say, whenever Manny Pacquiao fights you could rest assured the number one pound for pound will give his best and entertain his boxing fans at fight night. So the $32 million dollar question is, Will Manny have his day with Floyd Mayweather Jr inside the ring or can Pacquiao extend his success this year and be the best paid athlete in 2011.
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It is very confusing here: $32M each for Pacquiao and Alex Rodriguez is considered the highest amount received by any athlete in the world in 2010. Floyd Junior said he received at least $70M each fight he had in 2010 or any year. Which is the right report?
so much for that money thing between Floyd and Manny. Our salary is just a loose change to them. Whether he earn more than the other is not debatable. Money isn’t the issue, it’s how you live your life in the sight of people and in the sight of God. When we all die, we won’t even bring a penny. But the legacy continues.
Well it doesn’t matter how much Floyd made last year, more or less than Pacman…keep this inmind, Pacman spend his money back in the Philippines and Floyd spend his money here, so do the math, it’s a simple arithmetic. Also keep this inmind Floyd may ever be a better fighter than Pacman, but Pacman is and educated man, does Floyd is? So who do you think is better person now? think about it…
Where is Mayweather? He and his fanatic fans are bragging about the 60 millions he earned in Mosleys fight. Seems he lied again, but thinking about it, what´s new?
@gr8boxer
I agree to disagree with what your saying, Floyd demanded 100 1st. then he was supposedly offered 50, you never know what’s true and whats not true because Floyd never comes public like Top Rank/ Bob Arum. Nevertheless, when Floyd fought Oscar. Oscar got a guaranteed 52 million (Fact) thats before PPV buys bro. Floyd got 20.5 (FACT). So if you throw in teh PPV buys just add 20 or 25 million to what Oscar got. But the fight overall with the gate, they grossed over 300 million (FACT)! So with that being said based on number, estimated Floyd vs. Manny will easily do 400 to 500 million. The fighter deserve the big buck there putting there lives on the line. No here’s where the issue starts, Bob Arum is already worried that if Floyd gets 100. Then how much is he gonna get of whats left! thats the biggest issue, that crook gets 38% of what Manny makes and then Golden Boy has rights to manny also. So concluding, Floyd isn’t actually asking for to much; people just dont know the in’s and out’s of how much those mega fighst make. Floyd does kuz he know’s both sides of being a boxer which he was under Bob Arum, and now being the BOSS of himself. Just check the total grossing numbers on the Floyd and Oscar fight and you’ll see what I mean.
What I observed is that the other fighter who lived halfway around the world, doesn’t want to submit to RBT but agreed later. Maybe it is out of principle and he does not want to be pushed around. If it is the case then it is something that money can’t buy. I heard that this one offered $50M to the other boxer and he asked for $100M. This lead me to believe that it they will agree to give him $100M, then he will ask for $150M. If this is the case, then this fight is never going to happen for sure.
Floydie has to buy his ringside ticket in the blackmarket to get into the May 7 fight. Surely he can afford two tickets with his mate 50 cent at $25K each.
If Floyd decided to step in the ring during the post fight interviews and calls Pacman out…Pac will say, “I will fight you right here right now, i can go 12 more rounds today and I will take any test in between rounds. I will beat you down in front of your family in your own hood.”
Then Floyd will say, “Wait…I need a tune-up.” Then he’ll run.
Pacfans are obsessed with Floyd Mayweather! I believe Floyd will be at the Pacquiao vs Mosely fight, and will pull somewhat of a Shane Mosely move and put Pacquiao on the spot in front of millions by asking him to take the test to make the fight! All of Pacquiao’s fans will hear him stuttering and lookng to Freddie Roach for help! Just watch.
Manny fought like 3 fihgts to make Floyds total in one year and that is the truth, And When floyd sells all the front rows u see all the Actors All the top basketbaal plyera all the football stars THAT IS WHAT ALL PROMOTERS WANT TO SEE FIRST AND THE REST IS GRAVY, (ppv).
Crazy ain.t it? most revenue comeing from the US.while floyd is on a sabaticle he is dominating the boxing sstage,Not unlike the great Muhamad.its been awhile now since Muhamad Ali riened,and you sure wish you could see him take on the Klitschcos.Ali would I believe beat wlad ,A close fight with vitali,And a barn burner with Lewis.got carried away in time ,It now is Pacquiaos time.
The Forbes List for 2010 is due in a couple of months. In 2009, Tiger Woods top the list of athleteswith $105 million and Floyd was second with $65 million. Pacquiao was no 8 with 42 million. 18 athletes made the top 100 Forbes list.
It would be interesting how Pacquiao and Mayweather did in 2010. I expect Pacquiao will rank higher than Mayweather in 2010.
Every accolades given to Pacquiao sn another thorn in Floydie’s head. Fighter of the Decade, Eight Time champ at different weights, cover on Time Magazine, private audience with Barrack Obama and now the Best Paid athlete in 2010. When will Floyd’s misery end??????
GET INTO THE RING WITH PACQUIAO TO END YOUR MISERY, FLOYDIE
@DIZZLE
first off you weirdo, nobody know’s what race you are? The median salary was based on asians, and yes they were higher that MOST DEFINITELY WASNT BECAUSE OF Philippino’s! Lol! My neighbor is Philipino, they are not even considered asain they are of the pacific islanders. We dont need to get into race, were here for boxing. So I’d just figured i share that with you kuz I catch you on here quite often being very ignorant.
Last I checked, Filipinos have a much higher median average salary than Blacks in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Marinate on that Anonymous. You wanna come on here and play the race card with me? Bring it fool.
Porbes numbers for Floyd came from June ,2009 to May 30,2010 with total income of 62 Million Dollars, fight with Marquez (20M) and Mosley (22.2M) plus endorsement. Tiger wood on top of 102 Millions.
ESPN numbers for Manny came from Jan 1,2010 to Dec 32, 2010 with the total income of 32 Million. Just the salary, endorsement not included which Alex Rodrigues and Manny tied on first place. If endorsement included, Lebron James is # 1.
If you noticed, Floyd earned more money than Pac’s per fight lasr year, but I don’t know about this year if Floyd doesn’t fight.
So the ppv buys count as endorsements or sponsorships? Manny made $32 million in TWO fights in 2010. Mayweather made $40 million in ONE fight. I’m confused here.
@ Truth
“Floyd only made 22.5 million against Mosley. Quit making up sh%t”
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Ok, so…..That 22.5 million is more than you and you whole family generation made in a lifetime. “Only 22.5 million.” You’ll NEVER, EVER make that much money. So you stop talking sh1t.
All you Floyd lovers…
Floyd only made 22.5 million against Mosley. Quit making up sh%t!
Whatever Floyd has earned last year. most of his earning is depleting rapidly. He’s now scouting for fight that is the reason he was there on Berto/Ortiz fight. I think the pot is getting emptied…
@Big Noseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!! itim mo Boi! mgbuus ka ng Boysen para nman makita ka, yung puti gamitin mo hah!!!
@Bagets******tanga bobo tarantado bakla kabayo!
Floyd was booed by American fans, his Floyd not ashame to his fellow Americans, showing his cowardsness, disgrace to land of the brave!!!
floyd make 32 in one fight lol idiot with out giving alot of people cuts except for ppl in the mayweather camp keeping money in the family is always a plus
Floyd is no longer known as “Money”
Its Pacqiuao’s title now.
@bri
Take your NUT out of Mayweathers ARSE please.
manny actually did not get paid 32 million lst year.27 percent of his purse goes to arum. 13 percent of every one of his fights goes to delahoya since the idiot signed to two promotional companies on the same day got sued and lost. thats 40 percent of his check that gets taken before taxes.
manny actually did not get paid 32 million lst year.27 percent of his purse goes to arum. 13 percent of every one of his fights goes to delahoya since the idiot signed to two promotional companies on the same day got sued and lost. thats 40 percent of his check that gets taken before taxes. and his home country taxes a large portion of his money as well after the u.s. govenment takes there cut.
kind of funny that writer forgot to mention that floyd was #2 most paid athlete last year and funny how he forgot to mention that tickets for mosley manny are way cheaper then mosley floyd was and it was sold out in a day not to mention the 30000 close caption tickets sold. one of the highest at the door money making boxing events ever and top 6 money making fights of all time…..
That’s pretty good for Manny Pacquiao! A non-American making millions of dollars fighting in the good ole U.S. of A. Living the American dream!
@Anonymous,,,kung wala kang magawa, matulog ka ULOL, puyat lang yan, dahil sa kaka shabu mo!!!
Sergio Martinez is the third best boxer in the world and he made 1.2 Million in this last fight before paying his promoter and trainer
look at the TOP of the hghest paid athletes
2 Boxers and 48 Other Athletes!
Like i said, bbig money in Boxing is rare. Floyd and Manny are the last cash cows!
@Isoldyourbeano
Bakla mo!
By the way yes I’m “BIG NOSE”!I’m from the Examiner.
bakla utot!!
I didn’t know this was Forbes.com. I came here for boxing news not how much richer than someone is than me!
@ DIZZLE
Did i say that Kobe and Lebron got Cutman????????
I wanted to point out that big money in Boxing is rare. Pac and Floyd are elite fighter but ordinary NBA professionals make that kind of money. Manny is the only Boxer who has a deal with Nike, if i am not wrong he gets paid 5 Million a year from Nike. But nearly every NBA Player has a f.cking shoe contract and only average guys get 5 Million a year. Lebron got a 90 Million Dollar contract with nike when he was 18 y old.
@ DIZZLE: LOl! I love your rhymes man.
magiging sira ulo karin pag itong si Anonymous pinatulan mo!
@Dizzle, if Floyd show up(live) on May7 its means Manny vs Floyd wiil be made!
@Troy….though I tend to agree with you that Floyd probably won’t show up on May 7th, I’d love for him to show he has some balls and attend the fight. Let’s see if he can man up and face the 100,000+ Filipinos who will converge on the Vegas Strip that weekend.
Manny Pacquiao: “I’m Floyd’s idol.”
What Floyd can do, Manny can do better. The only thing Floyd has going for him is his “0″. That’s why he’s holding onto to it for dear life. LMFAO.
Kobe and L. james has no corner man and trainer, Paquiao also has a lot of sponsors!
@Knock…ever heard of the saying, “’tis better to give than receive” ??
What Manny gives out through his generosity, he receives back TENFOLD. You just don’t know it or see it.
BTW…while Floyd recently bragged about winning $14K on sports betting, no one ever knew that Manny won almost $100K at Commerce Casino here in Los Angeles during his promotional tour. He was laughing at Floyd all the way to the bank.
@Knock! Kobe and Lebron has no trainer and corner man, use your brain before posting!!! Manny is also an endoser!
After Bob Arum, Freddie Roach, Alex Ariza, Miguel Diaz and every Cornerman and the taxes are paid, i am sure Manny is lucky if he gets 15 Million out of that 32. Its still great money. Compared to other elite Athletes its peanuts. Lebron made 40 Million just with sponsors and endorsements. Kobe even more.
Floyd will never watch live Shane vs Manny after the booed he got form American fans, what more on this fight ‘coz there will be a lot of Pinoys watching!!!
lace em up…yes we’d all like to see Pac-Floyd get it on right now. But Floyd remains silent on his boxing plans therefore it’s on him. Plus he’s got his legal mess which he’s brought upon himself. I’d like to see the fight happen in Nov or May 2012 but no later.
I have the slightest feeling that PBF will attend the Pac-SSM fight. If he does…there will be fireworks all over the place.
at present Paquiao is the highest paid athlete ‘coz Floyds dissapear when Manny arrives, and itelligent boxing fans knows the very reasons why? Floyd will be back in boxing in need of money but he will never ever fight Manny!!!
Drizz…No you did not offend me really. I just wanted to say that about my home town! In all honesty if May/Pac doesn’t happen with in like a year I don’t think I ,myself , would be interested any more! Fighters that move forward and rely on mostly offense like Pacquiao tend to hit a wall so to speak if you know what I mean. After so many wars in the ring they tend to flame out after so many fights, it takes its toll. A defensive fighter like Floyd could prob fight into his 40s at one fight a year! lol.. I personally dont want to see a wash out with Pac moving forward and Floyd pot shotting all night. I want to see the fight NOW while Pac is in his prime!
Got a Cheat Your floyd was a boring fighter
If mine was trash, then what does that make yours?
Rhetorical question.
Pac is smart. He lets his lawyers handle the stupid drug accusations made by the Mayweathers.
The sanctioning bodies and boxing commissions are smart. They’ve been around for 100 years. If they had an ounce of suspicion that Pac was using PEDs, they’d have launched a thorough investigation A LONG DAM TIME AGO. But they know what’s up, that’s why they let Pac do his thing.
Pac fans are smart. They simply focus on what Pac does in the ring and what Pac does for his countrymen.
Floyd fans are dumb. They’ve been harping on the same drug accusation for the last two years EVEN THOUGH NOBODY WORTH NOTING EXCEPT THE MAYWEATHERS ARE SAYING PAC is on PEDs.
Drizzle you used wack in a rhyme and your rags to riches was trash
As Pac continues to be the P4P KING
Floyd continues to avoid the RING
As Pac continues to be #1 POUND FOR POUND
Floyd ain’t nowhere to be FOUND
If Paq fans really wanted to see them fight, they would place pressure on him to accept testing along with Floyd to make this super fight. I get the feeling his fans rather not see them fight just to be able to say Manny can beat him in a imaginary match. All the talk would have ended by now if 1 fighter didn’t refuse something so simple. If Manny is better than Floyd he won’t prove it by fighting his leftovers. Set a standard fight someone new and dangerous not has Beens.
@@Gotta Cheat Us to Beat Us…
Wake up! You believe in fairy tales too much mate
Did you know that Mayweathers are good at story telling without basing on facts? LOL
@Gotta Cheat Us to Beat Us…
Your rhymes are whack like they on crack, dawg.
Manny is scared as hell to fight Mayweather after being tested because he knows it will be a massacre!
@lace em up…I hope I didn’t offend you. I was only saying that in response to steroidshelp silly comment but I do know that FLint and parts of Detroit are really bad. The Mayweathers make all Grand Rapid citizens look bad and that’s not your fault.
Pac – wearin’ RAGS to makin’ RICHES
Floyd – drivin’ JAGS to hittin’ B!CHES
Manny is getting paid, but get in the ring with Floyd and he’ll get laid!
Dizzle, I really do live in Grand Rapids Michigan! I can tell you it is NOT a sh*thole! We have one of the best arenas for for concerts and sports in the nation! There are areas that are worse than others but it is no Detroit or Flint I promise you! I can not help that all the Mayweathers are from here. People love to hate the villian thou don’t they!
Paq doesn’t wanna give 1 drop because he knows he’ll get dropped!
Manny don’t wanna take the test because he’ll end up on his fanny
And this from Floyd Sr. several years ago regarding PBF’s spending habits:
“Mark my words, someday he’ll be running through the streets of Grand Rapids broke.”
LOL. Nobody knows Junior better than daddy crackhead.
Oh yes fellas…the truth will come out and it won’t be long.
Keep hatin’ on Pac. And he’ll keep feeding you balut.
If ESPN came up with those figures you know it’s wrong. We all know for a fact Floyd made more than that in 1 fight with Shane.
i was at mayweather mosley fight there were no spare seats
Floyd will not have to pay pac anything. Also anytime a philipinno becomes rich its rags to riches. Have u seen the phillipinnes its a shi hole…
5mil
In the not too distant future, Floyd will be paying Pac $5 plus million after he loses the defamation suit.
In other news…Floyd recently posted his Maybach on Ebay and is content with taking a loss on the vehicle since he will get a lot less than what he originally paid for it.
Two words: Desperate, Broke.
FLOYD IS JUST HOPING FOR PCQUAIO LOSE TO SOME ONE!!!THTS VERY CLEAR HIS AFRAID TO FIGHT!!!
ROS IS VERY TRUE YOU GOT THEPOINT HAHAHAHAHA THEY WERE COPLAINING ABOUT TH AGE !!WHILE MOSLY FOUGHT WEATHER NO BODY COMPLAIN ITS BECAUSE EVERY BODY HOW TOUGH PACQUAIO IS A BIG JOKE FOR THE ENEMIES!!!
I agree with Chris from NYC. If PAC keeps on winning, Floyd will keep on whining.
SO TRUE Chris.
Sponsorship and endorsement fees usually forms a big part of an athlete’s income. Floyd Jr’s sponsorship value is going down compared to Pacquiao’s. Floyd’s erratic behavior is turning a lot of the major sponsors off (Gillette for example). It would be interesting how Floyd can recover with PAC’s fame is now a global sensation (not only the US of A). PAC is therefore a gold mine for Major companies if PAC keeps on winning while Floyd keeps on whining.
The thing with Pacquiao, he makes a lot of people happy. Every penny he earned, he shared it to people he loves, people he cares and to people who needs help. He becomes a philantropist because he knows how hardships really means compare to others who easily forget where they roots begin. Since Hatton-Pacquiao fight Mosley is constatly challenging Pacquiao. A lot of people accused him afraid of Mosley. When he fought Mayweather last year 2010, Mosley was 38 years of age and nobody seems to care about his age. Now Pacquiao accepted the fight against Mosley which by the way will still be 38 yrs of age by the time the fight happens, the same majority are accusing him now a cherrypicker for Mosley being too old. Why people easily forget and most of them are so hypocrites, isn´t it?
I thought floydie girl earned 60mil?
i doubt ESPN didnt considered floyd as an athlete, or maybe they did! they thought floyd was on WWE again when he fought Mosley. hahahahaha.
oops. my mistake! i found floyd’s name at most paid athlete. at track & field (100m dash away from pac)
80% of 1.4 million ppv’s. 54.99 … You dont get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate. Manny and Floyd are both in the money. The question is, will we get to see these guys fight this year? Demand but no supply? Somebody is scared.
Paying to watch midgets fight actually calls for money off. I mean you only get half a fighter so why not get a discount. Paying these little guys like grownups is a slap in the face.
@Frank-Pinoys are Dumb ,they don’t even know what’s a PPV.xDDDD
-SODA-Sprite.
coool well pacquaio proofs science wrong
Floyd haters I’m laughing at you.
you clowns that believe FLoyd made 60mil + in 2010 are just that, CLOWNS. Why the F would ESPN put out false numbers. ESPN is known internationally, I seriously doubt they would put their integrity in question to falsify Pacs income……..thats ok keep believing Mayweathers internet rants…..
Floydie could not even fill a stadium with his fights. More than 1000 seats vacant from his last fight with Mosley which was dubbed as the Fight of the Year by Golden Boy and a forecast of more than 3 million PPV was thrown out the window at fight night.
Floyd Mayweather Jr: IRS Most Wanted list in 2010
The 3 millions dollar question is Will Floyd Jr still be on the IRS Most Wanted List in 2011.
yeah
Now of thet 32 mill, Bob Arum gets 38%… aint that some s,hit. .. then Floyd in one fight with Mosely makes 60 mill coz of 25 mill guaranteed and another 35 in ppv and sponsors.
Floyd is the most paid.. go to forbes n see