1. Floyd Mayweather – Boxing
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Between lucrative endorsement deals and his salary as one of the top boxers in the world, Floyd Mayweather is reported to pocket $300 million for 2015. Mayweather is a two-time Fighter of the Year courtesy of Ring magazine. He also won the Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year Award twice. The Best Fighter EPSY award has belonged to him six separate times. In 2015, Mayweather won “The Best Ever Award” from Spike TV. Currently, he’s the highest paid athlete in the world.