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FORBES released its top 100 list
of highest-earning athletes and
Floyd Mayweather, currently in
jail, is number one after earning
$85million last year. In second
place is Filipino Manny Pacquiao
($62million), who controversially
lost to Timothy Bradley on June
9, proving the drawing power of
boxing at the top level. To put
their placings in perspective. Tiger
Woods was third, basketball player
LeBron James fourth, and tennis
star Roger Federer fifth.
Meanwhile, the WBO have
recommended that Pacquiao gets
a rematch against Bradley. Five
judges from the organisation
watched footage of the fight and
each agreed that Pacquiao should
have been the winner. The officials,
. who were not named, returned
scores of 118-110,116-112,115-
113 and two of 117-111. Pacquiao
remains keen for the return to take
place on November 10.

THE WBA heavyweight title
fight between 'regular' champion
Alexander Povetkin and Hasim
Rahman will now be held in
Hamburg's Sporthalle on July 14.
It had been scheduled to appear
on the undercard of David Haye-
Dereck Chisora at Upton Park
on the same date but has been
moved to ensure it is shown live on
television in Germany.
However, the cardis still
scheduled to go ahead under
Luxembourg rule, with Matthew
Hall-Gary O'Sullivan now stepping
in as chief-support. The main event
features the British comeback of
68-year-old referee Micky Vann,
(under BBBofC rules he had to
retire at 55 but has been refereeing
abroad) with judges Paul Thomas,
John Coyle and Luxembourg's own
Luc Muller scoring from ringside.

JOG ALIM, a super-bantamweight
from Davao City in the Philippines,
died on June 21 two days after
outpointing Al Grumo. According
to his trainer, Alim was not under
pressure nor hurt at any time
during the 10-rounder but he
collapsed after being declared the
winner. Alim, a professional since
2008, had a record of 12-6-1 (8).