Boxer Floyd Mayweather has fought his way to the top of the list of most highly paid athletes.
The welterweight champ, 37, has raked in $105 million in the past 12 months, thanks to a string of monster pay-per-view bouts that made him No. 1 on Forbes’ list for the second time in three years.
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, 29, netted $80 million, playing for Real Madrid in Spain and scoring huge endorsement deals.
Miami Heat star LeBron James, 29, made $72.3 million, followed by Argentinian soccer phenom Lionel Messi ($64.7 million), 26, and Los Angeles Lakers basketball icon Kobe Bryant ($61.5 million), 35.