Comments Thread For: Floyd Mayweather CBS Special Draws 1.73 Million Viewers

[illmaticfighter]

insert any other name and their would be fireworks all in this thread.

everyone knows these are good numbers for a documentary on a sat but they have to hate anyway.

it's funny dudes in here comparing this to nascar or boxing which is action sports who wouldn't watch action sports over a fing doc

[QballLobo]

Read the article, what happened when they did come to an agreement on testing? Mayweather walked away the two other times. I'm not knocking either man but to believe these guys were scared of each other is absolutely ******. Especially the belief that Pacquaio was scared of him..the guy had 3 losses on his record already and the loses have never hurt his popularity. If you also look at that contract as detailed as it is Mayweather conceeded nothing at all...he made the choice on everything from what toilet you can piss in to who gets introduced. This was an ego situation where neither guy wanted to give in to the others demands, that sole reason is why we were denied this fight. Any other belief is absolutely ludicrous.

I did read the article and yes Floyd did walk away from subsequent negotiations.
But the fact is that Floyd's reps sent a written contract to TR and Pac and it included a 50/50 split. If Pac had signed and then Floyd backed out, then that would be on him. But its a written fact that 50/50 was offered in writing and that contract was refused by Pac due to testing.
Trust me I am not a Floyd fan by any means. Go back and look at my post history. I respect his talent and hard work but also feel he ducks the biggest challenges more often than not.
But that doesn't make me ignore facts. There was a contract sent, a written offer. If Pac had signed we would have had a fight, probably more than one. Pac refused, and after that yes Floyd didn't seem to want the fight unless it was totally under his terms, but initially he was willing to meet at 50/50. Fact....

[Supreme Being]

Who cares about the ratings...Promoters only cares for PPV MONEY

[New England]

That number sucks as far as major network ratings go.

But as far as generating buzz for the fight, if generates another couple hundred thousand PPV buys it would be a success.

red sox games are way down in viewership, and it's a regional team, and they pull 250-300K viewers every game.

it's a horrible rating for network TV. i thought the program was pretty bad.


this thing might have done well if the struck while the iron was hot. if this was mayweather vs pacquiao in 2010 we could talk.

[MindBat]

Like 50 cent and the rest of the boxing fans said, Floyd is ****** for letting Pacman slip away from him for so long, that was his legacy fight. Roy Jones Jr said it best why would Floyd let these other guys take his chance at glory? Roy kept saying everyone of the guys Pac has fought had a clear chance to beat him and every time its dangerous for Floyd because why is he letting another man take his glory? If Floyd is the greatest like he claimed why not just fight Pacquiao?
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Trying to revise history over many months won't change the fact that Pacquiao was offered the biggest payday of his life and a chance to prove he supported clean fighters and fights in the sport. But chose to hide behind his promoter.

Floyd haters:"At least it wasn't Floyd who knocked him out."

[MindBat]

Who cares about the ratings...Promoters only cares for PPV MONEY

To the networks, ratings mean a lot of $$$ too.

[junior gong]

Its a weak fight and laughably so at the cost. It always has been and even putting Alexanders name out there to make it seem acceptable doesnt seem to have had the desired effect.

[JuniorGong'sDad]

Its a weak fight and laughably so at the cost. It always has been and even putting Alexanders name out there to make it seem acceptable doesnt seem to have had the desired effect.

Go to bed son. I thought I told you not to come onto boxingscene at this hour. You should be in bed or doing homework!!!! I think you need a smack.

[JuniorGong'sDad]

When I saw the beginning says "Al Haymon productions present" I stopped watching! That means they, Floyd dictate everything!

I'll watch if it says CBS presents! But no matter what I'm not buying!

You will buy you are on every mayweather thread on here religiously.

[Da Machine]

insert any other name and their would be fireworks all in this thread.

everyone knows these are good numbers for a documentary on a sat but they have to hate anyway.

it's funny dudes in here comparing this to nascar or boxing which is action sports who wouldn't watch action sports over a fing doc

No it's not. It was the lowest rated show of the month in the primetime slot.