Authoritative resource of American “ESPN” made a hundred of the most popular athletes in the world.
The former world champion in the heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko analysts “ESPN” dispatched to the 80-th position – Ukrainian last year earned $ 19 million in prize money, its income from advertising contracts was four million dollars. In “Facebook” Klitschko 1.9 million “likes”, on Twitter for the Ukrainian boxer 272 is watched by thousands of fans.
“ESPN” notes that Klitschko was born at the right time, for ten years he was polite, intelligent and undisputed heavyweight champion, however, the Ukrainians lacked real competition. American journalists say – Klitschko has not yet said its last word in Boxing. After the defeat against Tyson fury, echoing the legendary actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Ukrainian warned the world of Boxing: “I will return”.
The most popular athlete in the world named striker of real Madrid and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo earned in the past year 80 million euros, and in social networks, every step of the footballer on Twitter see more than 40 million people.
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Top 10 most popular athletes in the world according to “ESPN”:
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (football)
2. LeBron James (basketball)
3. Lionel Messi (football)
4. Neymar (football)
5. Roger Federer (tennis)
6. Kevin Durant (basketball)
7. Tiger woods (Golf)
8. Virat Kohli (cricket)
9. James Rodriguez (football)
10. Rafael Nadal (tennis)
