PACQUIAO, MAYWEATHER IN THIS YEAR'S FORBES CELEBRITY 100
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 29 Jun 2010
Pound for pound fighters Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr have made it to the elite Forbes Celebrity 100 for 2010 as the influential business magazine has published its listing on their website today.
Pacquiao is listed at #55 with an estimated earnings of $35 million from his two fights against Joshua Clottey and Miguel Cotto. Mayweather came in at #31 with an estimated earnings of $65 million from his fights against Juan Manuel Marquez in September last year ($25 million) and Sugar Shane Mosley last month ($40 million). Pacquiao also landed at #57 during last year's edition.
Pacquiao and Mayweather, who both fight in the same division in boxing, are still locked in negotiations for a fight that is said to break all financial records in the history of the sport.
Topping this year's list of Forbes Celebrity 100 are Oprah Winfrey at #1 followed Beyonce Knowles at #2 and James Cameroon at #3. Winfrey also was #1 in 2008, 2007 and 2005. Michael Jordan was #1 during the inaugural list in 1999.
Other athletes who made it to the list are Tiger Woods (#5), Kobe Bryant (#10), Michael Jordan (#20), Lebron James (#28), Roger Federer (#29), David Beckham (#36), Phil Mickelson (#45), Cristiano Ronaldo (#48), Alex Rodriguez (#49), Shaquille O'Neal (#52), Derek Jester (#64), Lance Armstrong (#65), Maria Sharapova (#81), Venus Williams (#83) and Danica Patrick (#96).
The Forbes Celebrity 100 is an annual list compiled and published by Forbes magazine since 1999. Its purpose is to list the 100 most powerful celebrities of the year.
This year's rankings were based on earnings estimates from June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010 and other metrics that include web hits on Google Blog Search, TV/radio mentions on LexisNexis, overall press metions on Factiva and the number of times a celebrity's image appeared on the cover of 25 consumer magazines. Social rank is calculated using metrics such as Facebook friends and fans as well as Twitter followers.
Click here for a complete list of Forbes Celebrity 100 for 2010.
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