Manny Pacquiao is world's second highest - paid celebrity

Filipino world professional boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has been ranked as the second highest-paid celebrity in the world by American business magazine and online financial news platform Forbes. 

At 36, the world-famous boxer, pastor, congressman, and basketball playing coach from General Santos City has earned a total of $148 million, or approximately P6.7 billion, from his boxing career alone. 

His endorsement deals with popular international brands such as Nike, Foot Locker, Wonderful Pistachios, Nestle's Butterfinger, as well as many more endorsement deals for local brands in the Philippines add up to $12 million (more than P500 million) to his total amount of wealth, according to Forbes.

Manny has been sidelined for the rest of the year because of a shoulder surgery he had to undergo following an injury sustained in what was dubbed as the “Fight of the Century” with undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather.

Ahead of the pack is Mayweather, who has a total of $300 million worth of earnings from both his boxing career and endorsement deals. 

Mayweather just shattered the record for athlete earnings, going more than double the amount of Tiger Wood's $115 million earnings in 2008.

Popstar Katy Perry soared up to the third spot with a total of $135 million worth of earnings, after being 9th in the 2014 World's Highest Paid Celebrities by Forbes, while British-Irish boyband One Direction comes in at fourth with earnings that amounted to $130 million as of writing.

Meanwhile, 61-year-old American radio and television personality Howard Stern, known for his long-running radio show “The Howard Stern Show,” is 5th on the list with a total amount of earnings that reached up to $95 million. 

Stern went high up from the 62nd spot he held in Forbes' 2014 list of the World's Highest Paid Celebrities. 

Holding the later part of the Top 10 is American singer-songwriter Garth Brooks in the 6th spot with $90 million, American author James Patterson in the 7th spot with $89 million, world-famous American actor and “Avengers” star Robert Downey Jr. in the 8th spot with $80 million, American singer-songwriter, actress and philanthropist Taylor Swift in the 8th spot as well with $80 million, and Portuguese professional soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo in the 10th spot with $79.5 million.