*Forbes revealed its annual list of top earning celebrities and the two boxers who recently fought each hold the top spots, with Floyd Mayweather raking in $300 million and Manny Pacquiao coming in second with $160 million.
Over the last year, Mayweather has earned $285 million in the ring.
“His (Mayweather’s) $300m shattered the record for athlete earnings, which was previously held by Tiger Woods who managed to bank $115 million (£73m) in 2008,” said Natalie Robehmed from Forbes. “It is above and beyond anything anyone has ever done.”
Mayweather is the only African American to grace the top ten. Beyoncé, LeBron James and Kevin Hart also made the cut.
Queen Bey comes in at No. 29 with $54.5 million. Her husband, Jay-Z, earned $58 million, coming in one spot ahead of her at No. 28.
Forbes list of ballers includes actors, musicians, TV personalities, sports icons and even magicians (just David Copperfield). The highest-earning actor on the list is Robert Downey Jr. with $80 million.
Kim Kardashian, who earned $28m in the previous list, nearly doubled her income to an estimated $52.5m. “A large percentage of her earnings come from her iPhone game,” said Robehmed.
Forbes compiles its annual list by estimating pre-tax earnings from  June 1, 2014 to June 1 2015. Management, agent and legal fees aren’t deducted.
Click here for the full list.
Chris Brown’s legions of female fanatics didn’t contribute enough to his bank account last year, so sadly, ya boy didn’t make the cut. However, he did cut up on the basketball court during the BETX Celebrity Basketball Game.
Peep the video sequence below to see Karrueche’s ex makin’ sweet moves on the court.
In related news, allegedly Chris wanted to bring his former love, Rihanna, onstage with him during his performance at the 2015 BET Awards Sunday night.
A source tells HollywoodLife.com that Rihanna was enjoying Chris’ performance with Omarion, and Chris loved watching her dance and sing along. “When he saw her in her chair bouncing to ‘Post To Be,’ he wanted to go down there, grab her hand and bring her on stage to dance with him. He wanted to so badly, but couldn’t because he didn’t want to put her on the spot like that. He regrets it now that he didn’t do it though because they had made eye-contact several times when he performed that song.”
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