Forbes highest paid athletes announced

[imbossing]

Nah NBA, and NFL are good.

Fuck the NHL though

na fyck nba and nfl too rigged

 

[TheRassler]

na fyck nba and nfl too rigged

As a gambler myself, this statement is 100% accurate.

 

[IBeLurkin]

McGregor is smarter than he gets credit for. Everyone knew Honda was the biggest draw in the UFC during her championship run but her 'beef' with Floyd would never lead the two in a boxing ring or octagon. With McGregor, you had a superstar champion striker who was around the same size as Floyd and a 'notorious' trash talker. All he had to do was sell people that he could beat actually beat Floyd in a boxing match. Got him a 9 figure salary that he wouldn't have gotten fighting in the UFC over the next 5 years.

Gotta give Conor and Floyd props for what they were able to do.

Honestly the fact that they conned so many people out of their money just makes me sad.

Here I thought MMA had pretty much proven that styles make fights, and yet so many idiots actually thought conor had any business in a professional boxing ring...

It never even crossed my mind to spend a dollar on that circus.

Floyd used conor to make a shitload of money, and conor got to reap the benefits of being a carried in a match by Floyd. Good for him.

 

[Nelly]

Damn. #2 and #3 combined doesn't even surpass Floyd. I really wonder if that was his last hurrah. And I wonder what Conor's numbers will look like in the future without the Floyd fight.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Its only the best paid combat sports athletes, not overall.

Carlos Tevez is making £750,0000ph playinh football in China for example... fuck knows what Lebron makes.

Would be something if really was just fighters though, wouldn't it?

Wtf are you talking about?

It's the highest paid athletes OVERALL.

 

[vcmmafan]

Because of the Boxing PPV

Conor will drop down next year on that list

 

[bloodyknuck]

How is Matt Ryan # 9! wow

 

[Boomb]

Its only the best paid combat sports athletes, not overall.

Is it? I didn't know that Messi and Ronaldo (no 2 and 3)compete in a combat sport...

 

[boxingskills]

Damn. #2 and #3 combined doesn't even surpass Floyd. I really wonder if that was his last hurrah. And I wonder what Conor's numbers will look like in the future without the Floyd fight.

There's nobody in boxing that Floyd can fight now who will make him the McGregor money. If he fights in the UFC he fooked and won't make the same amount.

 

[Joshuaace]

Wtf are you talking about?

It's the highest paid athletes OVERALL.

Context. Read the quote he is replying to. Then probably apologize.

 

[Joshuaace]

Is it? I didn't know that Messi and Ronaldo (no 2 and 4) compete in a combat sport...

The comprehension fail in this thread could reach epic proportions.

 

[Large Hound 77]

Surprised Wonderboy didn't make it into the top 25

 

[BigDramaShow26]

na fyck nba and nfl too rigged

NFL is overblown. The game is just way too hard to officiate. The NBA is 100% rigged. We know for a fact because a ref went to jail for it.

 

[Queen B]

na fyck nba and nfl too rigged

NHL = D level sport

 

[Maori]

Too bad McGregor has lawsuits, spends like a silly boi, and doesn't know how to invest properly.

How did you come to these conclusions?

 

[Silverstar17]

The thing is: He only made this in one year.

I doubt his pay was anyhwere near that in any other year.

Most athletes on that list makes those numbers every year.

Same goes for Mayweather being on top but he had several of such years.

It's good to see A MMA fighter up there but we all know that this was all due to an exception.

If he could make such numbers in the UFC he would have fought by now.

 

[Area809]

This is the top 10 for all athletes. It does not include endorsements. For example, Lebron James has a lifetime Nike deal.

 

[aichokyu]

except the footballers and basketballers there make that much money every year, while floyd is retired and dolly ducking, so they won't make as much next year and didn't make as much last year. overall they earn way less than the footballers

 

[Area809]

4 boxers and 1 mma Fighter. And the mma Fighter made all his earnings in a boxing match.

Wasn’t MMA supposed to kill boxing??

Only idiots said that. Both sports can coexist.

 

[Area809]

except the footballers and basketballers there make that much money every year, while floyd is retired and dolly ducking, so they won't make as much next year and didn't make as much last year. overall they earn way less than the footballers

And that is why Floyd stays in shape and will fight again. Too much money to pass up. 285 mil in one night is fucking insane. He might not fight one of the young lions, but he will figure something out.