Comments Thread For: Espinoza: Mayweather-Maidana Profitable, Part 2 Worthy

[Risen]

It's clear Espinoza is influenced more by Team Haymon than Showtime. They have Showtime fooled so bad, they hope to get CBS in the mix for deeper pockets.

[tangalog2200]

"If it wasn't profitable then we wouldn't be going into direct rematch 4 months later". Espinoza trying to imply he actually has a say in who Floyd is going to fight. Look, Marcos did better than everyone thought and it wasn't a snoozer but the last half of the fight was one-sided and there's no need to see it again. Catching the Showtime replay this time around.

if espinoza is trying to convey he has a say on who floyd fights, then he is a liar...

floyd says he is his own boss....or is floyd the liar?

[tangalog2200]

BALCO labs destroyed a lot of legacies. Barry Bonds, Marion Jones & her ex-husband, and Shane Mosely. Will they remember the home runs, the gold medals, the wins over De La Hoya? What will be Manny Pacquiao's legacy? The 8 division championships? The wars with Juan Manuel Marquez? Or the blood testing issue and Freddie Roach's admission that Alex Ariza was "shady?" In the end, Floyd Mayweather will be remembered not for his "in the ring" physical prowess (even though 46-0 is ridiculous), but his "outside the ring" business savvy. He developed the business model to turn fighters from employees to employers. He made his master a slave as he went from slave to master. You can hate his persona all day and night, but he is still the greatest boxer of our time.

i think you have a very bad set of parameters on determining the legacy of these people...

for example, for pac - his achievements as 8 div champion, fotd, foty for so and so etc that are etched in boxing history will not be overshadowed by baseless accusations or hearsay....

and you clearly contracdict yourself abot floyd's legacy;

"In the end, Floyd Mayweather will be remembered not for his "in the ring" physical prowess (even though 46-0 is ridiculous), but his "outside the ring" business savvy. He developed the business model to turn fighters from employees to employers. He made his master a slave as he went from slave to master. You can hate his persona all day and night, but he is still the greatest boxer of our time."

big george and not floyd is the true money man...

[Flash13]

And I'm pretty sure they count closed caption, theater sales, etc with the buys. I've never seen a separate earnings report for that.

Plus, does anyone know if the promoters keep all of the gate $?

No it doesn't. They are not grouped together with the theater sales. As for the question I have heard MGM alleviates a lot of the costs, so there are at least some costs.

[jcpryor]

It's clear Espinoza is influenced more by Team Haymon than Showtime. They have Showtime fooled so bad, they hope to get CBS in the mix for deeper pockets.

lmao. u ppl are so pathetic with this ****.

[AddiX]

Espinoza has been nonstop telling us in every interview the fight was profitable, makes me believe him even less. If it's so profitable why is he so worried about it?

[IMDAZED]

Espinoza has been nonstop telling us in every interview the fight was profitable, makes me believe him even less. If it's so profitable why is he so worried about it?

Worried? He was asked about it.

[sdcluser]

Contrary to widespread industry rumors, Showtime Sports head Stephen Espinoza, the May 3rd bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Marcos Maidana was not a financial failure for his network.

Espinoza, while not disclosing the exact details regarding the pay-per-view numbers and the profits, rejects any claims that a bundle of money was lost on the show. According to industry sources, the PPV generated between 830-900,000 pay-per-view purchases. The show sold 15,718 tickets for a live gate of $15,024,400.
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LOL. If there is "so much misinformation out there," why does not this ****er release detail of the profit. And why the ****ing delay in coming out now. What a ****ing Bull****er

[The Big Dunn]

Espinoza has been nonstop telling us in every interview the fight was profitable, makes me believe him even less. If it's so profitable why is he so worried about it?

If it wasn't profitable why would he do it again?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/floyd-mayweather-jr--reminds-everyone-in-boxing-that-he-remains-the-boss-222251198.html

I will say this-he does a lot of "lawyer speak" in this article on Yahoo. WHen you hear him and Bob talk you definitely get the sense they have practiced it and are leaving something out.

[Outwest Exp 355]

Stephen Espinoza should get fired Paying all that money and not being able to make the fights that the fans want to see....

I agree. Showtimes not putting on fights like PAC-Algieri. Fire Espinozas ass.