I'm really curious to see how much Wlad's made over the course of his career considering his drawing power and business sense.
Tyson made 27 million dollars in 1991...a full year after he lost the titles.. top 3 for 1991 Tyson Wins as Highest Paid Athlete Income: Buster Douglas and Sugar Ray Leonard are Nos. 2 and 3 on list compiled by Forbes magazine. August 06, 1990|From Associated Press NEW YORK — Dethroned heavyweight champion Mike Tyson still packs a punch at the bank. With an estimated $28.6 million in income this year, he's the highest paid athlete in the world, according to Forbes magazine. Buster Douglas, little known until he upset Tyson for the heavyweight title in February, is second at $26 million, followed by another boxer, Sugar Ray Leonard, at $13 million.
1993 top earners Athelete Sport Sport pay Other Total 1. Michael Jordan NBA (retired) $4 $32 $36M 2. Riddick Bowe Boxing $23 $2 $25M
Forbes also listed Pacquiao as the world's sixth highest-paid athlete, with a total of $40 million from the second half of 2008 to the first half of 2009. The athletes who ranked ahead of Pacquiao were Woods at number 1 spot ($110 million); Bryant, basketball legend Michael Jordan, and Formula One star Kimi Räikkönen sharing the number 2 rank ($45 million each); and football superstar David Beckham at number 5 ($42 million).[
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mainly the heavyweights, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, but you got some big earners down the weight classes..
Lennox Lewis had quite a few fights where he made over $20 million, i remember reading at one point his earnings topped 100m pounds which is like $150m at the time