Boxer Mayweather leads world's highest paid athlete
Mayweather earned a total of $375 million between June 1 2017 and June 1 2018.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American boxer Floyd Mayweather was named the world’s highest-paid athlete on Monday on a list of highest-paid entertainer.
Forbes (An American family-controlled business magazine) compiled its 2018 list estimating pre-tax earnings from June 2017-June 2018, before deducting fees for managers, based on data from Nielsen, touring trade publication Pollstar, movie database IMDB, and interviews with industry experts and celebrities themselves.
Mayweather pulled in some $285 million in the period, largely thanks to his August 2017 comeback fight win over mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor.
Forbes said entertainers on its 2018 Celebrity 100 list earned a combined $6.3 billion before tax, up 22 percent from last year’s list. Many of the highest earners came from celebrities leveraging their brands through side ventures and through their social media presence.
