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10 Highest Paid Athletes in the World 2015

#2 Manny Pacquiao – $160 Million

Emmanuel Pacquiao, also known as Manny is a Filipino world champion professional boxer.

This guy, apart from boxing has other talents; he has been involved in basketball, acting and singing.

He is the first and only eight-division world champion, in which he has won ten world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes.

According to Forbes, in 2013, he was the 14th highest paid athlete in the world, but this year is ranked second by the same magazine.

Named ‘Fighter of the Decade’ by Boxing Writers Associations of America, World Boxing Council, and World Boxing Organization, Manny is currently the longest reigning top 10 on the pound-for-pound list.

He had a payday of $125 million for his fight against Floyd Mayaweather, a payday that was four times his previous high for boxing match.

Moreover, he also took money from his endorsement deals with Nike, Foot Locker, Wonderful Pistachios, Nestle’s Butterfinger and others in Philippines.

NEXT: #1 Tiger Woods

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