Floyd back on 9/13

[Spray_resistant]

Well since Floyd just picked his last opponent, shouldn't he be obligated to fight the #1 ranked WBC fighter in order to defend his belt?

Last I checked Thurman is #1 ranked WBC fighter. I think its a good match up stylistically for Floyd, it won't sell much but some fights are about defending your title.. or does Floyd get special treatment?

He is just a sideshow attraction now, he doesn't care if he is stripped really and the belts don't matter in his case, he doesn't need them to legitimize him.

[arraamis]

75% x 900,000 x $74.95 = $50,591,250 (HD)
25% x 900,000 x $64.95 = $14,613,750 (SD)
$65,205,000 total from PPV sales alone (just guessing at the split between HD and SD).

Sounds like a lot at first. $32,000,000 goes to Floyd's guarantee, leaving $33,205,000 for all the remaining fighters' purses and overhead. This does not count any of the cuts of the PPV sales either.

That money goes fast. I obviously don't know what all the other costs are but when it is all said and done, I can see Showtime skimming the bottom of the barrel.

Didn't they also, do the closed cable & movie theater thing for this fight???

[ThePrince]

I wonder if he's going to get beaten up by Maidana again "for the fans"

44-1-1 TBE

[tank17211]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...d-coming-weeks

I guarantee Khan is the front runner how he was back in December. FML Be a man and fight a real opponent.

[Beercules]

that's great

[mathed]

Didn't they also, do the closed cable & movie theater thing for this fight???

Yeah, I think they did and it made a couple mill too but there has to be a TON of minute factors that suck revenue off the top to put one of these things on. I mean, how much does the commentating crew alone make for the evening? Buffer? The refs? The ring girls? The venue fee? The lodging and travel costs? The doctor fees? The advertising fees? The myriad of other expenses that come with it? All I know is that 32 million to one source is always going to be the major factor for any one of his fights and I surmise that the magic number is somewhere around 1.1 to 1.3 million to make sufficient profits. Remember the Canelo fight did 2.2 or something. This is enough to cover 1 or 2 flops at under 1 mill but after that, you need another big fight, something over 1.2 to stay in the black.

1.2 = good profits...just guessing.

(2.2 + 800 +900)/3 = 1.3MM avg for all three fights. So right now, Floyd is on the break even line...he needs to do at least that on his next fight to not be a bust overall in Showtime's mind I'd imagine.

[FeFist]

Surprised that's he going through with the September date. Camp will have to start July, which means he will only get about 8 weeks rest. Given the nature of his fight and his age, I would have thought he'd need more time to recover.

[SkillspayBills]

Just picturing Ellerbe say this boils my skin. That guy is so ***** in every way.

Your post is what we like to call "Blind hate". He's Floyd's biggest supporter, what exactly did you expect him to say?

[V.WEBB]

You dudes (some of y'all might be females) whine about everything.

Floyd fights 3 weeks ago: he cheated! He's a fraud! I'm never watching him again!

Floyd says he will return in September: no one cares! Showtime is losing money by the minute!

June,July,August, and September: 200+ pointless threads about Floyd from "non fans" about his clothes and how Ms.Jackson left him, etc etc



Give it a rest.

[Suavecito80]

Naw man ..... Floyd's numbers are manufactured, everybody around him is losing money left & right. The Barclay's must want to lose some money as well, since they're begging him to fight in NY.

Everybody just want to latch on to Floyd because he's such a money pit.

LMAO...I know right dude is going to be fighting on undercards for ESPN 2 in his next fight since he is losing everybody so much money.