Rick Glaser: "Stephen Espinoza is a liar"

[-PBP-]

So the fight did between 720K-925K. Who gives a fuck?

[lane99]

It's more likely the real PPV number is closer to the low end rather than the high end number being bandied around. However, even at the high end number, the fight will have been another financial bath for Showtime.

The only way to salvage Showtime's Mayweather experiment would be to have him fight Manny. And since Mayweather will never agree to that, expect Espinoza's head to roll once Mayweather does us all a favour and gets lost permanently.

[Bullrider]

It's more likely the real PPV number is closer to the low end rather than the high end number being bandied around. However, even at the high end number, the fight will have been another financial bath for Showtime.

The only way to salvage Showtime's Mayweather experiment would be to have him fight Manny. And since Mayweather will never agree to that, expect Espinoza's head to roll once Mayweather does us all a favour and gets lost permanently.

You could tell that people inside Showtime are getting restless and unhappy with the constant mismatches and crappy fights they're spending huge amounts of money with. Jim Gray's post fight interview with Santa Cruz was very telling. They're starting to realize that they're spending huge money unnecessarily. 750K for fighting a sparring partner.

Mentioning a rival HBO's fighter was also telling in Mayweather's post fight interview. They've been rarely showing Paqcuiao's clips and name for a long while.

[mrpizza-nd_beer]

Really embarrassing. Floyd is in the showtime hotseat being badgered with a Pac fight.

[kej718]

Kevin Iole said 925,000 isn't he using accurate?

[DoktorSleepless]

@Tico08 @ArmR86 ABSOLUTELY NOT. The number is much lower.

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) September 23, 2014

Doesn't sound like high 800s anymore.