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Boxer Mayweather set to create record for sportsman's annual pay

Xinhua, April 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Floyd Mayweather's fight against Manny Pacquiao on May 2 will help make the American boxer's 2015 earnings shatter the all-time record for a sportsman's annual pay, Forbes.com said on Thursday.

According to Forbes, Mayweather will be likely to earn at least 150 million US dollars and Pacquiao more than 100 million US dollars for the welterweight world title showdown in Las Vegas.

The financial news website said payouts could be even higher if more than three million pay-per-views are sold.

Mayweather's haul would be the highest yearly earnings ever by an athlete, surpassing Tiger Woods' record of 125 million US dollars in 2008.

Woods currently occupies both first and second place on Forbes' list of all-time highest paid athletes, his earnings of 120 million US dollars in 2009 number two on the list.

NBA legend Michael Jordan is next, with earnings of 115 million US dollars in both 1997 and 1998.

The highest boxer on the list is former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson, with earnings of 112 million US dollars in 1996. Endi