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Sports Extra  -  Floyd Mayweather Jr (41-0) is decent digit of the most followed grouping on Twitter, and is forthcoming a field milestone in the age of ethnic networking.  The victorious battler currently has over 947,000 mass and is expected to outgo the digit meg mass mark within a some weeks.  [ Photos: Mayweather beatniks Mosley ]

Mayweather's position as among the most followed athletes on Twitter is somewhat astonishing given that boxing is not among the crowning 15 sports followed by mainstream fans in the U.S.  Given boxing's relatively diminutive status in media coverage, "Money" is poised to tie an selected edifice of most 300 celebrities, athletes, politicians and spiritual leaders with over a meg mass on Twitter.  [ Mayweather: Recent Photos ]

The crowning 10 itemize for most mass (in millions):

Lady Gaga (singer) - 8.12 million

Justin Bieber (singer) - 7.15

Britney Spears (singer) - 6.82

Barack Obama (U.S. president) - 6.6

Ashton Kutcher (actor) - 6.32

Kim Kardashian (actress / model) - 6.25

Ellen DeGeneres (tv host) - 5.87

Katy commodore (singer) - 5.66

Taylor ironist (singer) - 5.26

Oprah Winfrey (tv host) - 5.05

In sports, the most followed athletes (in millions):

Shaquille O'Neal (basketball) - 3.5 million

Lance Armstrong (cyclist) - 2.73

Tony Hawk (skateboarder) - 2.29

Serena reverend (tennis) - 1.9

Dwight histrion (basketball) - 1.83

Ryan Sheckler (skateboarder) - 1.73

Paul Pierce (basketball) - 1.72

Chad President (football) - 1.67

Reggie Dubya (football) - 1.42

Lebron James (basketball) - 1.35

Floyd Mayweather recently attended Super Bowl XLV [ Photos ] at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and was patterned afterwards at night edifice Escapade for a concert headlined by rappers Lil histrion and Drake.

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