Do You Believe Leonard Ellerbe that Floyd made $40 million?

[Ragnar Lothbrok]

Do joo?

I mean we all know floyd never lies about money. Do you think he doubled up his 1 night pay of $ 20 million vs the Big show(allegedly)?


Or is Leonard Ellerbe just talking out of his gaping *******?

[Dan...]

No idea. He has to have earned somewhere up around there though doesn't he considering earnings for past fights and the numbers this fight did relative to those?

[ThePunchingBag]

Either way, IRS is a-coming.

[The Beatles]

I think Richard Schaeffer already confirmed this so this thread was not necessary you ****** ****

[DLT]

Honestly, its not going in my pocket so I dont give a ****

[Dan...]

Honestly, its not going in my pocket so I dont give a ****

I don't get this attitude.

How is the top fighters making massive $$$$ not good for the sport? Everyone moans about the top athletic talent going to other sports because of the great coin that is on offer and then says "**** it I don't give a ****" whenever a top boxer is linked with a lot of money.

Surely if talented young guys are out there and see boxers putting up these kinds of numbers it can only be a good thing?

[Ragnar Lothbrok]

I think Richard Schaeffer already confirmed this so this thread was not necessary you ****** ****

In an interview with David Mayo of the the Grand Rapids Press, Floyd Mayweather's advisor Leonard Ellerbe stated, “Manny Pacquiao is probably wondering how did Floyd Mayweather make $40 million, and I’m making whatever it was he made for his fight!” Then Ellerbe added, “Floyd Mayweather has definitely made more money in his last two fights than that guy has made in his whole career.”

Now there’s no denying that Mayweather is crossover star and that he now has the magic touch at the box office, but Ellerbe’s comment that Floyd will make 40 million dollars seems way off base. First of all, 1.4 million buys, which is the current projection circulatiing around the industry, is a phenomenal buy rate and makes Mayweather-Mosley one of the top six selling pay per view events in history, but it still falls short of the three million and then four million buys that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer predicted and falls way short of eclipsing the all time mark of 2.15 million buys set by De La Hoya and Mayweather in May of 2007.

According to the report by Mayo, the fight is projected to generate 71 million in pay per view revenue and 11.1 million dollars at the gate.As a result Ellerbe’s statement that Floyd will make 40 million dollars for the fight seems to be an unrealistic figure. First off, cable and satellite providers usually take fifty percent of the pay per view profits right off the top so that leaves around 35 millions dollars on the table. Throw in the eleven or twelve million in the pot from the gate and that leaves around 47 million, but Mosley was guaranteed at least seven million in addition to a percentage of the pay per view. So if you estimate his purse at 10 million, that leaves 37 million, but Golden Boy Promotions promoted the bout and spent millions on advertising and logistics and as the bout's promoter, they are going to take a significant portion of the profits so Ellerbe’s claim that Mayweather is going to earn 40 million dollars from the fight seems way off base. Thirty million seems like a more realistic figure.


http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-3...s-way-off-base

after uncle sam, trainers, handlers, ellerbe, entourage, bills, i doubt floyd pocketed 25 mill.

[kadyo's]

If he can make 40 million fighting an old fighter, why talk about fighting pac at all?

[Ragnar Lothbrok]

Honestly, its not going in my pocket so I dont give a ****

i like that thinking d, too bad fellow floyd fans beg to differ. they love pretending to play floyd's accountant.

[Dan...]

i like that thinking d, too bad fellow floyd fans beg to differ. they love pretending to play floyd's accountant.

Personally I am glad to see any fighter get big paydays. They deserve it in my opinion and I believe its good for the sport for the top fighters to be earning big.