[Text/Fighting Jianghu] Some foreign media broke a very eye-catching news, that is, the richest athletes in history, who is in this list? The boxing champion we followed, Mayweather, sure enough, did not disappoint, and he ranked sixth on the all-time earnings list of athletes with a total revenue of $1.2 billion. It's an absolutely proud record, and no boxer can do that. Mayweather deserves the nickname of money and the richest boxer.
The boxer, once known as the "pretty boy", likes to show off his wealth in life, and airplanes, luxury cars, and watches are his standard. The Penske-owned emerging sports business media company said Mayweather's inflation-adjusted wealth totaled $1.08 billion.
Inflation-adjusted revenue was $1.2 billion, the sixth-highest in history. In fact, Mayweather was only a star-level boxer before, and it was only by defeating the golden boy Hoya that he became a superstar. In particular, the two century wars with Pacquiao and Mouth Cannon made Mayweather $500 million.
In addition to Mayweather, there are five masters in this list. Basketball icon Michael Jordan topped the list with $2.62 billion in revenue. Golf superstar Michael Woods followed with $2.1 billion, American golf superstar Arnold Palmer third with $1.5 billion, American golf legend Jack Nicklaus fourth with $1.38 billion, and Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo fifth with $1.24 billion.
In sixth place is Mayweather.
Three other boxers made it into the top 25, including Tyson, who was 16th at $775 million, Manny Pacquiao, who was 18th at $630 million, and Oscar de La Joa, who was 23rd at $580 million. This is inflation-adjusted wealth data,
The uninflated figures are as follows: Tyson ($445 million), Pacquiao ($550 million), De La Joa ($405 million).
It can be seen that Mayweather is still the only boxer in the fighting class. No wonder he was so arrogant.
The Penske-owned emerging sports business media company outlines ways to measure wealth:
The data sources include three: conversations with industry insiders, the company's data research and historical estimates from media outlets like Forbes. Athletes' income includes appearance fees, bonuses, advertising endorsements, licensing, royalties, souvenirs, book deals, appearances and golf course designs, as well as cash earned from the sponsor's company's equity. But traditional investment income is not taken into account.
This income includes career and retirement income as of June 1, 2021, adjusted for inflation. The story was written by Manouk-Akopmyan, a sports journalist, writer and broadcast journalist. He is also a member of the American Boxing Writers Association and the Mixed Martial Arts Journalists Association. Therefore, the data is relatively reliable and real. Don't know what you think of this list, welcome to leave a message. 【Text/Fighting Jianghu】