THE MONEY ISSUE: Floyd Mayweather In ESPN The Magazine

I doubt Manny is going to be broke. He has that corrupt politician thing going on for him. The other politicians are WAAAY lower-key. They don't have the external financial demands, or the visibiity. Easier for Francisco Viscaya to solicit/take a bribe than Manny Pacquiao.

What's with boxers and their fascinations with having an entourage? They seem to enjoy being leeched off of. What do those women that follow them around even do that's useful? That is an excellent question. Something about having your confidence built up in the most challenging, individual sport. I would guess.

Floyd and Manny will both end up broke.I doubt Manny is going to be broke. He has that corrupt politician thing going on for him.

i think this is jamie @ 1:50 Jamie can wash anything on me that she wants. sn: Shouldn't wifey get VERY upset at reading that?

Their job descriptions, however, are whatever he needs them to be at the moment, in any moment. His security crew routinely receives calls at 2 or 3 a.m. to accompany the nocturnal Mayweather to a local athletic club for weights and basketball. On this day, his regular workout finished, the champ tells one of his helpers to beckon two women from his entourage into his locker room. As he showers, he calls for one of them, a tall, dark-haired woman named Jamie, to soap his back while he continues to carry on an animated conversation with five or six men in the room. Dressed for the club, she complies while making it clear she will not get into the shower. It's an uncomfortable moment, especially for Jamie, who goes about her work rather perfunctorily. To break the tension, 50 Cent summons his best Chris Rock. i think this is jamie @ 1:50

i hope he actually invests his money somewhere, otherwise he's going to end up broke with that lifestyle. regardless, good article. There is no way that Floyd doesn't end up broke. Think about what he spends...how much he spends. Other guys have made that type of money before. Floyd isn't the first one. Oscar made that type of money, but never SPENT that type of money. What do you suppose that Floyd spends on security a year? A million to a million and a half by my calculation? Now, think back. How many times did you see Oscar with a phalanx of beefy security guys? Floyd has 24 high-end luxury cars. Ummm, WHY?! Floyd and Manny will both end up broke. Floyd because he spent too much, and Manny because he never got paid what he was due. Watch.

i hope he actually invests his money somewhere, otherwise he's going to end up broke with that lifestyle. regardless, good article.

Mayweather - De La Hoya > Pacquiao - De La Hoya Mayweather - Mosley > Pacquiao - Mosley Mayweather - Hatton > Pacquiao - Hatton Mayweather - Marquez Pacquiao - Cotto so after next week Floyd will be up 4-1 over Pac in common opponents..... Well those fights happened at different times and economic times, different stages of their opponents' career. In any case, you spin it that way for Floyd, you can spin it back Pac's way in PPV total/average vs common opponents as A-sides which is what is relevant to today (Mosley, Hatton, Marquez), Pac 3.45M-Floyd 3.32M. Floyd does not deserve to take the share of the money he wants, which is around 70-30 by my calculations. 50-50 was never a problem, now Pac outsells him last year, the second time in 3 years going head to head he outsold him, and agrees to the test and it is suddenly what is holding up the fight? F'n disgraces Mayweather and his fans are, for pushing this facade :lol1: :lol1: Why does it matter when the fights happen? As much as I stay out of the PPV debates, what way did he "spin it"?

THAT ****Y MOTHER@#$%z^$ I HOPE HE GETS HIS ASS KICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The whole "Mayweather Gets Money" parade to the fight is a big turnoff for me. It makes me not want to get the fight and give this SOB any more money. That is first on his agenda, the money. I don't think he is nearly as concerned about the quality of the fight. I think Cotto is a good opponent and I will rooting for him. What I get when I see 24/7 is that Mayweather is taking the fight for granted. I feel he may be shortchanging his training a little because he feels God won't let him lose. I think Cotto's training appears more focused. When Mayweather says no athlete anywhere on planet Earth trains as hard as him, he is delusional. I am sure than are probably thousands in various sports, such as marathoners, for example, who train far more and harder. I am also surprised that someone hasn't stolen Mayweather's wad of money by now, the way he carelessly flashes it around. I would bet there is some group of thugs that watches closely and has something in the back of their minds.

Mayweather - De La Hoya > Pacquiao - De La Hoya Mayweather - Mosley > Pacquiao - Mosley Mayweather - Hatton > Pacquiao - Hatton Mayweather - Marquez Pacquiao - Cotto so after next week Floyd will be up 4-1 over Pac in common opponents..... Well those fights happened at different times and economic times, different stages of their opponents' career. In any case, you spin it that way for Floyd, you can spin it back Pac's way in PPV total/average vs common opponents as A-sides which is what is relevant to today (Mosley, Hatton, Marquez), Pac 3.45M-Floyd 3.32M. Floyd does not deserve to take the share of the money he wants, which is around 70-30 by my calculations. 50-50 was never a problem, now Pac outsells him last year, the second time in 3 years going head to head he outsold him, and agrees to the test and it is suddenly what is holding up the fight? F'n disgraces Mayweather and his fans are, for pushing this facade

Well I know Pac-Marquez did more buys and generated as much money than Mayweather's fight last year. I know the Cotto fight in 09 sold more and generated more than Mayweather's fight that year. So yeah, in 2 of the 3 years they've been going head to head, Pac has had the bigger fight. That's what the facts say. Mayweather - De La Hoya > Pacquiao - De La Hoya Mayweather - Mosley > Pacquiao - Mosley Mayweather - Hatton > Pacquiao - Hatton Mayweather - Marquez Pacquiao - Cotto so after next week Floyd will be up 4-1 over Pac in common opponents.....

That ESPN the magazine article was better than Floyd's last 3 24/7s combined.

That would be true... if the facts didn't say that it is NOT true. Well I know Pac-Marquez did more buys and generated as much money than Mayweather's fight last year. I know the Cotto fight in 09 sold more and generated more than Mayweather's fight that year. So yeah, in 2 of the 3 years they've been going head to head, Pac has had the bigger fight. That's what the facts say.

COTTO-PACQUIAO GATE REVENUES: EMMANUEL PACQUIAO vs. MIGUEL ANGEL COTTO MGM, Golden Boy, Top Rank, PPV 11/14/09 15,470 Attendance $ 8,847,550.00 Gate revenues It will be interesting to see how much more revenues Pacquiao generated with Cotto than what Floyd will be able to produce on Saturday night. About as interesting as comparing Pac-Marquez III's numbers to Mayweather-Marquez's numbers. People can scramble the numbers all they want, 50-50 is fair, what Mayweather wants definately is not.

At the end of the day, Pacquiao's fights generate as much as Floyd's, sell as much, gross as much. That would be true... if the facts didn't say that it is NOT true.

That is why the pinoy have spent the last two days posting that list of highest paid athletes from ESPN Mag last year. They're mad Floyd is featured in ESPN the Magazine. I was wondering why some of the tards were dragging up a two year old list and posting it around boxing forums :rofl:

The best part of the article It says that Mayweather dictates his AND Cotto's purse, sets the ticket prices for the fight, sets the "suggested" pay per view prices, rented 440 movie theaters to the tune of $20 a head. Floyd runs this **** When you see this, that is why it is almost incredulous to Floyd for someone to even ask for 50/50 when he has so much control over his fights. At the end of the day, Pacquiao's fights generate as much as Floyd's, sell as much, gross as much. Floyd wants to be greedy, **** him, let him put the finishing touches on his legacy fighting Khan and Canelo for 90-10 splits. If he's happy not to prove he was the best of his gen, and forever have that shadow of Pac over him, all the best to him

COTTO-PACQUIAO GATE REVENUES: EMMANUEL PACQUIAO vs. MIGUEL ANGEL COTTO MGM, Golden Boy, Top Rank, PPV 11/14/09 15,470 Attendance $ 8,847,550.00 Gate revenues It will be interesting to see how much more revenues Pacquiao generated with Cotto than what Floyd will be able to produce on Saturday night.

DIFFERENT ARTICLE: Here’s Floyd Mayweather’s bottom line for Saturday’s title fight with Miguel Cotto: Punch him, then pay him. For the fighter nicknamed “Money” fighting is big business, especially since he became his own boss. When the undefeated 35-year-old headlines a pay-per-view event he not only reaps the profits but covers the expenses – including Cotto’s estimated $10 million payout. It’s a high-risk formula in which Mayweather trades guaranteed purses for back-end paydays. But so far the unique business model has made him one of the world’s highest paid athletes. He took home at least $40 million for his last fight, and figures to net even more against Cotto. “It took years of planning and strategizing,” says Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions. “Floyd has the only business model in sports where he keeps 100 per cent of the money. We changed the paradigm when it comes to the way revenue is generated and distributed.” For fighters at the highest level of stardom, eight-figure salaries aren’t unusual, but those paydays are negotiated by promoters to whom fighters pays steep fees – up to 30 per cent of his purse. Mayweather fought under that system until his bitter split with promoter Bob Arum in 2006. A year later he faced Oscar de la Hoya, his predecessor as a self-promoted pugilist, in a bout that sold a record 2.4 million pay-per-views and shattered Nevada’s record with $18 million in gate receipts. Mayweather’s win earned him the profile and financial clout he needed to become his own promoter. These days Mayweather subcontracts promotional duties for each fight to De La Hoya’s company, Golden Boy Promotions. After paying them a flat fee, all revenues associated with the event – ticket sales, concessions, sponsorships, international rights and more – funnel through Mayweather’s company. The fighter pays expenses and his staff, and keeps the rest for himself. Mayweather’s last three bouts have totaled 3.65 million pay-per-view buys and $205.7 million in pay per view revenue in the U.S. While pay-per-view events typically retail for roughly $50 (U.S.), Saturday’s fight will cost $69.95, not that the new price will hurt sales. “The great thing is that they boo, they cheer, they know who I am so I’m relevant,” Mayweather told the Associated Press. “So at one particular time in their life they paid attention to me, so it’s a good thing.” Factor in the boosts in tourism and gambling Las Vegas receives and Mayweather, undefeated in 43 bouts, becomes a one-man industry on fight nights. In January, when a 90-day jail sentence for domestic assault threatened to scuttle the Cotto bout, Mayweather’s lawyers persuaded the judge to delay his sentence to June, successfully arguing that cancelling the fight would cost the local economy $100-million. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, tourists spent a combined $17.8 million locally during Mayweather’s last two fights, but that figure doesn’t include gambling revenue. Mayweather’s earning power depends on selling tickets and pay-per-views, which in turn rests on his ability to engage both boxing aficionados and mainstream sports fans. That’s a massive challenge given that Mayweather’s fighting style, which stresses technique and tactics over action, isn’t very marketable. Enter “Money” Mayweather, the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V8bfVYyF-Uloud, arrogant, trash-talking alter egoEND Mayweather debuted before facing De La Hoya. While well-liked fighters don’t always get rich, there’s profit in polarizing the public. “When he was 20-and-0 he wasn’t talking so much,” says marketing agent Quency Phillips, CEO of Fuzion Athlete Management. “But once he went down that lane it’s kind of hard to turn back …It has to be the way to compensate for the attention that (rival boxer) Manny Pacquiao and some other boxers get.” But if Mayweather’s villain persona helps his profile, it hurts his endorsement portfolio. This year Mayweather ranked 49th on http://www.businessweek.com/finance/special-reports/power-100-2012.html Bloomberg’s Power 100 listEND, which ranks athletes’ marketability and popularity. Pacquiao ranked 28th. Researchers said Mayweather was better known but Pacquiao better liked. Pacquiao has converted that good will into several lucrative deals. Along with a Nike contract, Pacquiao has an endorsement deal with Hewlett Packard, http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1083800--how-an-athlete-in-a-declining-sport-became-a-global-brand and in November he inked a million-dollar contract with HennessyEND. But Phillips says another image makeover would diminish Mayweather’s bad-guy appeal while converting other fans from hatred to a marketer’s nightmare — indifference. And Ellerbe stresses that the money Mayweather makes promoting himself more than outweighs any endorsement cash he’s lost. “If you’re able to generate a substantial amount of revenue in the ring, what difference does it make?” Ellerbe says. “If Mayweather can make $85-90 million in a 12-month time frame, who cares if he’s getting endorsements or not? Who cares?”