Mayweather & Pacquiao Top Forbes' 2015 List Of Highest-Paid Athletes

The long-awaited 'Fight of the Century' between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao may not have lived up to the hype, but it was certainly lucrative. The bout pushed both fighters to the top of Forbes' annual list of the 100 highest-paid athletes in the world.

Forbes reports that those on the list earned $3.2 billion, 17 percent more than the top 100 for the 2014 measuring period. Mayweather and Pacquiao, who each fought twice over the past 12 months, earned a combined $460 million.

The earnings figures include all salaries, prize money and bonuses paid out between June 1, 2014, and June 1, 2015. Endorsement incomes are an estimate of sponsorship deals, appearance fees and licensing fees for the 12 months through June 1 based on conversations with dozens of industry insiders.