Floyd is gonna be back on HBO

[El Angel]

Does Floyd have a clause in his contract where he can leave Showtime anytime he wants???

He can leave after the first fight without any financial penalties, only after the first fight. I'll look for a source.

[HaglerSteelChin]

I will be very surprised if Mayweather-Guerrero does more than 1 million buys. Poor undercard, mediocore bout, and bad promotion leading to the bout.

Also there will be so many fights leading up to May 4 that there might be boxing burn out. Not to mention that NBA and NHL playoffs will likely be competing with the early part of the broadcast.

My guess is that it will do about 800-900K buys. Remember Mayweather-Hatton did about 900,000 buys.

[Redd Foxx]

Common is a good emcee......terrible narrator.

My wife LOVES the 24/7s and watches them all without watching the actual fights. 5min into the Showtime show, she stated playing games on her phone and said, "They really should have kept that other announcer, this guy ruined it."

[4Corners]

He can leave after the first fight without any financial penalties, only after the first fight. I'll look for a source.

Before.....I maintained this fight would do 1.0-1.15 million PPV's. If it does 1 million or more, that's nothing short of a miracle considering Guerrero's low level of popularity.

But now....I'm think this could do a Pacquiao-Clottey number around 750K

[4Corners]

My wife LOVES the 24/7s and watches them all without watching the actual fights. 5min into the Showtime show, she stated playing games on her phone and said, "They really should have kept that other announcer, this guy ruined it."

That's funny. Some people just have a voice for stuff like that, and some don't. Before this All Access, I never in a million years would have thought a network could pick up Common to narrate.

The funny thing is I actually enjoyed the 2nd episode more than the first, the end was cool and had me a little pumped for it.

[LA_2_Vegas]

Even if the 2nd episode did only 64k, the 1st episode only did 109k viewers. Showtime is messing up by scheduling the show on a Wednesday when they could be scheduling this show on Saturday nights.

True man - the whole promotion has been awkward to me. The only other stuff I've seen are about two billboards, not sure if that means anything lol. HAven't heard as much as I do in the streets or from co-workers either, but some promotions go overboard in the final week. I guess I'll just gauge by how the crowds in vegas look. 64k is Youtube video levels

[El Angel]

Before.....I maintained this fight would do 1.0-1.15 million PPV's. If it does 1 million or more, that's nothing short of a miracle considering Guerrero's low level of popularity.

But now....I'm think this could do a Pacquiao-Clottey number around 750K

This whole promotion has just felt rushed and hurried, negotiating the network deal took long and has the hurt the promotion. Fully promoted and done right, 1 Million would be attainable. Now, I doubt it breaks that mark.

[fceeviper]

I really hope Showtime gets the PPV numbers they want for this May fight. I am really pulling for Showtime here, it's time for a new big dog in the Boxing network game.

I am so tired of HBO bias bull shiet, it's time for a changing of the guard.

[QballLobo]

Pacquiao vs Mosley was very poorly organized. It was obvious that that was the first time Showtime covered a huge event. The sequences were not properly timed from introducing the fighters to making their way to the ring. There were long awkward pauses. Made me realize why HBO is on top.

WTF are you talking about? Showtime has put on some huge fights. They put on Lennox Lewis vs Tyson, which is bigger than any fight Floyd will take until the end of his career. That fight was featured on sportcenter every night for weeks leading up to it. The NBA re arranged its playoff schedule for it.
Has nothing to do with Showtime not being ready. Its a **** fight featuring a guy in Floyd who has been doing the same act since 2007 and a guy in Guerrero who nobady outside of hardcore boxing fans could pick out of a lineup.

[Fetta]

The Weds time slot threw me off so i missed it but hasnt been bad.