Forbes: Pacquiao 57th Most Powerful Celebrity the only boxer to make it to the top 100 http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/53/celebrity-09_Manny-Pacquiao_EKDH.html
Category is Athletes Rank Name Pay($mil) 5 Tiger Woods 110 10 Kobe Bryant 45 18 Michael Jordan 45 19 LeBron James 40 27 Roger Federer 33 28 David Beckham 42 36 Phil Mickelson 40 52 Kimi Raikkonen 45 55 Ronaldinho 30 57 Manny Pacquiao 40 62 Kevin Garnett 30 63 Jeff Gordon 30 66 Derek Jeter 30 67 Serena Williams 17 76 Maria Sharapova 22 77 Venus Williams 15 90 Ana Ivanovic 10 100 Danica Patrick 7
list has no validity as soon as i saw kobe above jordan... jordan owns an nba team, has a successful clothing empire, and is still the greatest athlete ever list sucks dick....
you damn right the jordan brand> kobe sneakers jordan owning the bobcat> whatever kobe has going on jordan haynes commercials> kobe vitamin water commercials jordan career> kobe career i was in the park with some little kids and they were talking about fading away like jordan STILL!!! in 2009 i was surpirsed... jordan will forever be>
In terms of athletics? I would say Lance Armstrong would have a strong case in terms of endurance and physical punishment.
Yes, physical punishment. Not many people understand what made Lance Armstrong so great. His ability to tax his body, his ability to mentally block out pain. Imagine yourself maxing yourself out with squats..then maintaining that intensity for several hours straight.