CONOR McGREGOR is set to overtake Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the Forbes highest-earner’s list after his big payday against Floyd Mayweather.
The Irishman is on course to pocket $125 million from his megafight defeat to Mayweather on Sunday morning.
And he could leapfrog Real Madrid ace Ronaldo at the top of the tree when it comes to sport’s highest earners for the year.
The Portuguese, 32, took home $114m in 2016, but it is not yet known how much he will earn in 2017, given his commercial contracts.
McGregor, meanwhile, could earn even more this year if he gets another UFC bout after his scrap with Mayweather, despite not even being in the top 10 last year.
American Mayweather will drop off the list because of his retirement — but with his earnings from the Las Vegas bout, he would likely top the list.
Ronaldo was a key part of Los Blancos’ second consecutive Champions League final win as the Spanish side beat Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff.
And despite murmurs Ronaldo could leave the Bernabeu earlier this summer, he looks set to stay at the club.
There have been rumours he has demanded $1.13m-a-week (£700,000 GBP) to stay at the club, after he was overtaken by Neymar as the best-paid player in the world.
Ronaldo was not happy over the summer after being investigated by the Spanish tax man.
He was displeased with Real’s stance over the case, as the club distanced themselves from his troubles.
IT PAYS TO BE ON TEAM MAYWEATHER
Floyd Mayweather has already splashed out a chunk of his huge payday by taking nine close friends and family shoe shopping.
The retired American boxer is believed to have pocketed around a staggering $373 million in total after his 10-round bout with Conor McGregor.
That means that Mayweather, who hung up his gloves with a 50-0 unbeaten record, earned a remarkable $37m per round.
And the 40-year-old spent some of his money by taking his entourage to high brand fashion store Gucci and letting them pick and choose what they wanted.
Mayweather later took to Instagram to show off a huge receipt will would have undoubtedly cost him a fortune.
Alongside the image was the caption: “Took 9 of them shoe shopping today.”
Mayweather will never enter the boxing ring again as he ends his illustrious career as one of the world’s greatest.
And he believes McGregor should do the same following the Irishman’s defeat.
Mayweather believes a younger, hungrier boxer would waste no time in inflicting defeat on the UFC champ.
He told ESPN’s Bernardo Osuna: “Conor McGregor is a hell of a fighter and I want to see him continue to stay in the UFC and do what he do best.
“Because you must realise, that I’m 40-years-old and I’ve been off almost 800 days and he’s active. He’s actively fighting, actively training in a boxing gym and in the UFC gym.
“These other fighters, these young lions, they are throwing a lot more combinations than I’m throwing.
“I was just in the pocket, shooting one shot here and there, and breaking him down slowly.
“Whereas you got these young active guys who are throwing a lot of combinations and would get him out of there a lot earlier.”
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