Comments Thread For: Mayweather Rating: High For Boxing, Low For Network TV

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The early returns on Floyd Mayweather’s self-titled documentary underline the difference between being a superstar and a boxing star.

‘MAYWEATHER’ – a one-hour documentary on the sport’s pound-for-pound king – made its network premiere Saturday evening on CBS. The segment aired one week prior to the unbeaten welterweight’s May 4 pay-per-view showdown with Robert Guerrero, the first of a lucrative six-fight, 30-month deal inked with Showtime after a career spent on rival HBO.
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[thuggery]

I had no idea that was even showing on CBS. Lol damn that article is ether though.

[-PBP-]

LOL..And people were trying to convince me that this **** was a success in the other thread. GTFOH.

[ThatDude44]

Well you had a UFC fight, a boxing match on HBO.This wasn't the smartest scheduling.

[flint]

does'nt matter. he's getting paid and will put a spanking on the ghost. bottom line.

[MeanestNiceGuy]

The writer sounds butthurt, lol.

As somebody mentioned, there was a fight on HBO, Showtime, and the NBA playoffs were on...what did they expect?

Hell, Manny's fight with Tim was scheduled for Game 7 of the NBA finals last year. Stuff like that will hurt your numbers, especially if a huge event is free and your program costs money.

[QballLobo]

Wonder why they felt the need to show this.
Makes me think they feel many casual fans have been turned off by Floyd's antics and jail time.
This was like a political ad trying to highlight the soft side of him.
I'll say this, if this fight does more than a million in PPV buys then Floyd should get a lot of credit. This promotion has been a bust and the buzz around this fight is almost non existent..
I was watching the fights and UFC with a bunch of buddies and i had to let them know who Guerrero was and remind them that Floyd was fighting next weekend...

[Kagami Taiga]

Wonder why they felt the need to show this.
Makes me think they feel many casual fans have been turned off by Floyd's antics and jail time.
This was like a political ad trying to highlight the soft side of him.
I'll say this, if this fight does more than a million in PPV buys then Floyd should get a lot of credit. This promotion has been a bust and the buzz around this fight is almost non existent..
I was watching the fights and UFC with a bunch of buddies and i had to let them know who Guerrero was and remind them that Floyd was fighting next weekend...

itll do a million. why ppl doubt it is beyond me.

[Da Machine]

Maybe these ****** ****s will learn you have to market. You can't just put a show like that on network tv, and expect it to automatically get ratings.

Could you imagine Lebron James having a doc done on him on network tv? That **** would be in commercials nightly for a month.

The ****** fucking boxing promoters will never learn. Plus they don't care. Too money hungry to improve the sport.

[junior gong]

does'nt matter. he's getting paid and will put a spanking on the ghost. bottom line.

So what? and big deal.