Not Sure How Showtime Deal is "Record-Breaking", or "Huge".

[ILLuminato]

cant say i disagree

looks like hbo was simply out bid
who knows

HBO is not a bunch of amateurs. They are much, much, much better as a network than Showtime. I don't even have Showtime, because HBO is the preferred network for my cable company and SHO is extra, therefore nobody buys it and Sho gets no money. I'll bet anything Showtime got a TERRIBLE deal.

it's just hype, showtime gambled a lot on the unpredictable mayweather. who ever said he'd fight six more times? this might be mayweather's last year but showtime is too ****** to realize it

Do you really think Mayweather will box once every five months? That would be A) foolish and B) unproductive - money per fight goes down when active.

According to Ellerbe, Floyd is looking to stay more active. This might be his last run in boxing. If Floyd doesn't look good, then we'll know he's not as motivated as he used to be. It'll take six fights to see if that's the case.

Who else can he fight? 147 is all dead weight. Maybe he'll fight Canelo but only if Canelo wins, I think he doesn't have much of a chance against Trout, and Trout matches up bad for Mayweather.

Damn The Hate Is JUST TOO STRONG FOR THA BROTHA MAN

I'm talking business. Do you even get that boxing is a business?

[edgarg]

All valid questions honestly. Wont we know his flat rate from the nsac after h is fights though.

We'll just know his phony "guarantees" on which he pays some tax just to keep the appearance that he's always a "record-breaker".... The PPV results of his fight with Oscar went to his head in a big way. He's never been the same since.

Anyway it looks as if he needs to fight more than once a year, after his "undisclosed" payments to Top Rank, Pacquiao, MP Promotions and possibly a few more. The total lawyer fees must have been several millions at least.

Still I hope that his "family" - meaning his ex-girl friends and their kids -benefit from it properly, and get it whilst it's there. because I see that his future after boxing could be eventually bleak when his paydays dry up. he has no other skills, unless it's to become a trainer. With his boxing reputation he could do very well.

[edgarg]

Well, look at this report from some NY paper - "It is a multi-million dollar deal".

In most deals like this, you get a number that the athlete will expect to make, or a percentage of revenue-sharing. But the problem is that promoters are not required to tell reporters, and reporters are afraid to ruin their relationship with them because they might lose access. Perhaps HBO would be interested in telling as they're probably disgruntled.

Anything over 2 millions is "multi-million"...

[RichardP]

its world breaking

[Vasyl’s dad]

I've looked at various reports on this supposed "huge", "record-breaking" deal that will give Showtime the rights to broadcast Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s fights in the next 30 months, which is advertised as up to six fights, but in all reality will be two or at the most three.

The timing of the deal doesn't make sense. Floyd is in his mid-thirties and showed he was vulnerable against Cotto, and is in the twilight of his great career. Fighting on much longer could put diminish his significance of others' who have tried to continue their careers longer then they should've, like Roy Jones, Evander Holyfield, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson.

So the question is, why now? Do you really think HBO wouldn't sign a deal that would make them money? Moving to Showtime is also a huge risk, his fights may lose buys as it becomes harder to follow his career. Additionally, HBO now cross-promotes with ESPN, just as good if not better as CBS' subsidiaries. Rest assured, Showtime probably got a bad deal.

Why aren't any numbers given in any reports? If it's "historic", and "record-breaking", what are the terms of the deal? Why can't anybody ask either Floyd, Ellerbe, HBO, or Showtime that question?

In any case, I think what's happened is that the welterweight division has seen its stars faded. The new 147 is in other divisions, like 175 and 154. And boxing needs a new star. I think HBO knows this, and rightfully passed on a deal that Showtime probably agreed to.

HBO knows something about those three tests.


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[UrDazed]

Well when you average he is making between 35-45 million a fight these days. Multiply it by 6.

Fck I remember when Vernon Forrest was signing a 6 fight HBO deal in 2002 for 2 mill a fight after beating Mosley.