Comments Thread For: Mayweather Parts Ways With Golden Boy Promotions

[Deevel916]

when did a floyd fight flop?

Wasn't a flop for Floyd as he gets his guarantee regardless, but it was a flop for showtime as they put on the most expensive card in the history of the sport and it only pulled in around 850k buys.

[Bronx2245]

U do know that Haymon is a manager and not a promoter right? U do know that without a promoters license which neither Floyd, Haymon, Schaefer has you can't promote a fight right?

If 50 Cents can get a promoter's license, how hard can it be for the former CEO of GBP, who is also a former Banker? Floyd's Mayweather Promotions were already co-promoters in all his fights since 2007. It's not going to be that hard.

[Bronx2245]

Wasn't a flop for Floyd as he gets his guarantee regardless, but it was a flop for showtime as they put on the most expensive card in the history of the sport and it only pulled in around 850k buys.

Yet and still, that "flop" generated the most PPVs in 2014 thus far.

[Evol]

If 50 Cents can get a promoter's license, how hard can it be for the former CEO of GBP, who is also a former Banker? Floyd's Mayweather Promotions were already co-promoters in all his fights since 2007. It's not going to be that hard.

has fiddy put a fight out by his own since being a promoter? LOL!

[The Big Dunn]

I'm sure Mayweather Promotions can hire another promotional team to do the same things they hired GBP for. So from that standpoint it wont be a big deal, especially with espinoza still at showtime.

I wonder if floyd or showtime will now exercise the out clause in the contract even though Floyd has fought 2 times in 12 months and sold 4 mil ppv's.

I don't see cotto beating sergio but if he does, and floyd wants to fight him, he will surely have to let TR handle the promotional stuff, which is sonething he clearly doesn't want to do.

This is shaping up to be floyd/quillin or floyd/garcia at the barclays in sept. Niether fight does much for me unless floyd v danny would be at 140.

[Bronx2245]

I don't know. Golden Boy severely overpaid for Russell vs Lomachenko and Russell isn't even signed to them. I don't know if they will continue to be so "generous" to Haymon fighters now that Floyd is gone. Or maybe they have to be. Who knows?

Would you have said that Top Rank "severely overpaid" if they had won the bid?

Featherweights Gary Russell and Vasyl Lomachenko, both former ESPN.com prospects of the year, will meet for a vacant world title after Golden Boy Promotions, representing Russell, beat archrival Top Rank, Lomachenko's promoter, in one of the closest purse bids in memory Friday.

Golden Boy won the promotional rights to the fight with a bid of $1,052,250, edging Top Rank's offer of $1,050,000 at the ceremony in Orlando, Fla., site of a Top Rank card on Saturday night.

The difference of $2,250 was only two-tenths of 1 percent between the bids. The minimum bid was $150,000.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...tbids-top-rank

[Evol]

Yet and still, that "flop" generated the most PPVs in 2014 thus far.

it also had the most expensive undercards not in 2014 but the most expensive EVARR.

[Bronx2245]

has fiddy put a fight out by his own since being a promoter? LOL!

"How will boxing promoter/rap star Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson celebrate his 39th birthday?

By promoting a July 2 fight card headlined by a junior lightweight world title elimination bout between Mark Davis and Michael Farenas, of course.

Jackson, whose birthday is July 6, is promoting his birthday bash card for the second year on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights," although this year's show is on a special Wednesday night edition of the series. The card will take place at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

In the co-feature, former featherweight titleholder Billy Dib will move up in weight to junior lightweight and face former featherweight title challenger Alberto Garza in a scheduled 10-round bout.

"I'm thrilled to return to Foxwoods Resort Casino, celebrating my birthday yet again with ESPN 'Friday Night Fights,'" Jackson said in announcing the card on Thursday.

"Last year was such a success I couldn't pass up the opportunity to do it again and deliver an amazing night of boxing. All of the fighters on the card bring strength, power, endurance and agility to the sport. It's a night you won't want to miss."

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...ts-card-july-2

[Evol]

"How will boxing promoter/rap star Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson celebrate his 39th birthday?

By promoting a July 2 fight card headlined by a junior lightweight world title elimination bout between Mark Davis and Michael Farenas, of course.

Jackson, whose birthday is July 6, is promoting his birthday bash card for the second year on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights," although this year's show is on a special Wednesday night edition of the series. The card will take place at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

In the co-feature, former featherweight titleholder Billy Dib will move up in weight to junior lightweight and face former featherweight title challenger Alberto Garza in a scheduled 10-round bout.

"I'm thrilled to return to Foxwoods Resort Casino, celebrating my birthday yet again with ESPN 'Friday Night Fights,'" Jackson said in announcing the card on Thursday.

"Last year was such a success I couldn't pass up the opportunity to do it again and deliver an amazing night of boxing. All of the fighters on the card bring strength, power, endurance and agility to the sport. It's a night you won't want to miss."

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...ts-card-july-2

so fiddy hasnt promote an actual fight yet since being a promoter then?

[Bronx2245]

it also had the most expensive undercards not in 2014 but the most expensive EVARR.

However, if Floyd's PPVs are so-called "flops," then we know what EVERYONE ELSE's events are. The haters act like they know what Showtime is making out of the deal. If Showtime was losing money, they wouldn't keep giving us these kind of cards. In the meantime I'm just going to sit back and enjoy! Can't wait for Canelo vs. Lara!