Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather, The top-earner on Forbes 2012 highest paid athletes falls into a tie with fellow pugilist Manny Pacquiao at No. 14 after only fighting once between our June 2012-June 2013 time frame.

But Mayweather still cashed in with a blockbuster 30-month, six fight deal with Showtime in February. The deal is expected to net Mayweather roughly $200 million, if he fights six times, and potentially much more depending on pay-per-view sales.

His first fight of the contract resulted in a lopsided unanimous decision over Robert Guerrero in May that had disappointing PPV sales and limited Mayweather's final take on top of his $32 million guarantee. But a September bout with Canelo Alv
arez is expected to be a PPV hit.