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Mayweather, Pacquiao, boxing's 1 percent?

Floyd Mayweather stretches during a press conference with

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is in jail and Manny Pacquiao just lost his title. But hey, it's not all bad news.

Forbes released it's list of the world's highest paid athletes and Floyd and Pac Man rank numbers one and two.

According to Forbes, Mayweather made $85 million for two fights last year and Pacquiao made $62 million from fight purses and endorsements.

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