Mayweather punches in as top earner

Pound for pound, boxers 'Money' and Pacquiao throw a potent 1-2 combo in commanding big bucks

Floyd 'Money' May weather has beaten Manny Pacquiao again, with the undefeated US boxer topping his Filipino rival on Forbes' latest list of the world's highest paid sports figures.

Mayweather tops the list for the second year in a row, with the majority of his $300 million in earnings over the past 12 months coming from his May mega-fight with Pacquiao.