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When Conor Mcgregor stepped inside the ring with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on August 26, 2017, it was hailed as the biggest fight in combat sports history. It also made Mcgregor famous outside of mixed martial arts. While Mcgregor has gained a reputation for being brash and outspoken throughout his illustrious career, no one can deny his business acuity and ability to remain in the spotlight. With so many inspiring rags to riches stories in the sportsworld, Mcgregor’s story is compelling for the very fact that he is not easily likable.

Tony Hawk is not only the most decorated skater ever, but he also happens to be the wealthiest. Aside from earning tens of millions during his illustrious career from prizes, endorsements, and appearances, Tony has also amassed a sizeable fortune from his eponymous videogame which has generated billions of dollars in revenue worldwide.With this in mind, let’s take a look at Tony’s rise to success and the challenges he had to overcome for him to become one of the greatest skaters ever.

Before I discuss the fight between Jake Paul and Ben Askren, I just want to say: what is up with YouTubers challenging professional and/or retired boxers or MMA fighters?Because right now, we have another YouTuber who dared a retired MMA fighter to fight with in the ring. It’s not Logan Paul though, but his younger brother, Jake Paul, who called out Ben Askren to have a match with him.The match happened on April 17, 2021, at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.Unlike Logan Paul and Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition match, their match is a professional match. It started when Jake called out several fighters to step into the ring and fight him during his match with former NBA player, Nate Robinson. Among the several fighters he dared are Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Dillon Danis, Jorge Masvidal, and Ben Askren.

This may come as no surprise to anyone, but it needs to be said just the same -the Jake Paul vs Mayweather fight did absolutely nothing for the sport of boxing. It did everything else except elevate the sport.Now that the dust has settled, we can now look back and ponder if the bout had any meaning in a larger context or was it nothing more than a vulgar cash grab?

Portuguese professional football player Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, or more famously known as Cristiano Ronaldo, first entered the big leagues in 2003 when he was just 18. It has been almost two decades since then and yet it seems that Ronaldo is far from exiting the field. During his entire career, it is no secret that Ronaldo had had some of the most expensive transfers in between teams as well as multiple endorsements for sports-related goods and merchandise. Because of this, it will not come as a surprise to know that Ronaldo already accomplished a lot alongside his massive net worth. Let us take a look at the different things that contributed to Ronaldo’s net worth today.