[Suggestion] A Major TV Network should buy the rights to Pacquiao-Mayweather

Victorious713

How about it? A major TV network like NBC, ABC or CBS buys the rights to show The Pacquiao-Mayweather fight LIVE on network TV in a Superbowl-like event. They can even include those "super commercials" and all the hoopla. People say boxing is dead, well this could save boxing. Ok, maybe its not realistic but what do you guys think? We'd see the return of boxing on network TV and this fight has the chance to shatter ratings records. And most of all, we all get the fight we've been waiting for, for FREE!!!

Kevin714

Won't happen. And they make boatloads more money on ppv

RSBonos

It would cost $150 million +, not gonna happen.

Ray*

Why would any promoters involve or fighters involve want to do that? Unless they Pay both fighters 100Million each i cant see it happening ever..

joelab75

if the fight ends early the major network would lose a lot of money.

with Pac and FLoyd in a PPV it could generate as much as $200 Million revenues including live gate, international ppv and sponsors.

bojangles1987

Pacquiao and Mayweather would NEVER, EVER let that happen.

Pez

"Mayweather" and "save boxing" don't belong in the same sentence. Floyd isn't a crowd pleaser. If anything, people would turn away from boxing even more, his style just isn't for the new or casual fan.

Strictly_UG

PPV would get them substantially more money in nearly every situation.

This would never happen, unless they want to cut their revenue into a fraction of what it would be.

It would be a pioneering effort to get boxing back into the mainstream though- if floyd was a more exciting fighter, and boxing promoters weren't greedy snakes.

Kevin714 Contender Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 3 Points: 12,838.73 Bank: 820,303.00 Total Points: 833,141.73 Donate	Won't happen. And they make boatloads more money on ppv

RSBonos Undisputed Champion Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,314 Rep Power: 10 Points: 64,140.74 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 64,140.74 Donate	It would cost $150 million +, not gonna happen.

Ray* Raycorey Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London,England Age: 34 Posts: 20,820 Rep Power: 52 Points: 31,039.05 Bank: 1,761,255,276,937.37 Total Points: 1,761,255,307,976.42 Donate	Why would any promoters involve or fighters involve want to do that? Unless they Pay both fighters 100Million each i cant see it happening ever..

joelab75 Undisputed Champion Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,551 Rep Power: 7 Points: 32,604.29 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 32,604.29 Donate	if the fight ends early the major network would lose a lot of money. with Pac and FLoyd in a PPV it could generate as much as $200 Million revenues including live gate, international ppv and sponsors.

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Pez Undisputed Champion Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,413 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 5 Points: 1,012,683.22 Bank: 5,929,622,225.33 Total Points: 5,930,634,908.55 Donate	"Mayweather" and "save boxing" don't belong in the same sentence. Floyd isn't a crowd pleaser. If anything, people would turn away from boxing even more, his style just isn't for the new or casual fan.

Strictly_UG It was written Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 6,544 Rep Power: 24 Points: 19,302,305,959.09 Bank: 212,484,278,160.73 Total Points: 231,786,584,119.82 Donate	PPV would get them substantially more money in nearly every situation. This would never happen, unless they want to cut their revenue into a fraction of what it would be. It would be a pioneering effort to get boxing back into the mainstream though- if floyd was a more exciting fighter, and boxing promoters weren't greedy snakes.