Forbes: Alvarez and Joshua are the highest paid boxers

Saul Alvarez. Getty Images
Saul Alvarez. Getty Images

Forbes magazine has published a list of the fifty highest paid athletes of 2023. Two boxers were included in this list. In fifth place was Saul Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KOs), who earned $110 million in and out of the ring this year. Twenty-eighth place in this ranking is occupied by Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs) who increased his bank account by $53 million.

In addition, Canelo was ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (football - $136 million), Lionel Messi (football - $130 million), Kylian Mbappe (football - $120 million) and LeBron James (basketball - $119.5 million) on this list.