Floyd Mayweather is the champ at making money.

Forbes magazine reported Tuesday that the boxer is again the highest paid athlete and for the fourth time in seven years. His estimated earnings, including endorsements, for 2017 were $285 million. That stems largely from his bout last August with UFCB次元官网网址檚 Conor McGregor.

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Mayweather overtook soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo, who held the money crown the previous two years.

Soccer players held three of the top five spots. Forbes says 40 basketball players were among the top 100 thanks to a B次元官网网址渟oaring salary cap triggered by the NBAB次元官网网址檚 $24 billion TV contract.B次元官网网址�

Lionel Messi was No. 2 at $111 million, followed by Ronaldo at $108 million, McGregor at $99 million and Neymar at $90 million. Completing the top 10 were basketballB次元官网网址檚 LeBron James (85.5), tennisB次元官网网址檚 Roger Federer (77.2), basketballB次元官网网址檚 Stephen Curry (76.9) and quarterbacks Matt Ryan (67.3) and Matthew Stafford (59.5).

There were no Canadians or NHL players on the list.

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The Associated Press

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