FLOYD Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao emerged as the top two highest paid celebrities of 2015, according to Forbes.
Mayweather head the list after earning at least $300 million in 2015, most of which came from the ‘Fight of the Century’ bout against Pacquiao last month.
Pacquiao came in second with $160 million in earnings.
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Katy Perry ($135 million) came in third among the celebrities followed by One Direction ($130 million), and Howard Stern ($95 million).
Garth Brooks ($90 million) came in at sixth followed by James Patterson ($89 million), Robert Downey Jr. ($80 million), and Taylor Swift ($80 million).
Football player Cristiano Ronaldo, the only other athlete in the Top 10, earned $79.5 million.
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