Comments Thread For: Arum, CBS CEO Set Meeting on Mayweather-Pacquiao

[JustinFloyd]

if thats the case then why pac fans constantly b*tchin about $40mil not being enough. .

coz floyd refuse the bigger $50M offer...

[ICanFapToThis]

Manny will beat that ass if it ever happens.

[elishua F]

If Showtime/cbs allows it... its now CBS getting involved, the mother of all company and it means something.. they need to cash in from floyd BIG TIME this time... that way the pressure on floyd is bigger this time...

and why wouldn't cbs/showtime allow any of those fights? floyd-khan (especially in UK)does crazy numbers.. floyd vs "much improved" cotto rematch would also cash in.. and a canelo rematch (regardless how lopsided first fight was) would break more records.. floyd has many paths he can take.. manny is on a dead end street cuz he resigned with arum.

[Evol]

I read he was told to be quiet while negs going on.

Arum, Roach and espinoza are too. Im not sure but i think all these are from old interviews. Either way it is confirmed that big dogs are at the table so truth will come out

negative!!! floyd is his own boss being told to shut that mouth up? LOL

[SthPaw]

I read he was told to be quiet while negs going on.

Arum, Roach and espinoza are too. Im not sure but i think all these are from old interviews. Either way it is confirmed that big dogs are at the table so truth will come out

I hope this is the case man, lot of pressure on Floyd from quite a few different angles at the moment so hopefully he has been advised to stay put while people talk and not staying quiet in a 'shut your eyes and pretend its not happening' kind of way.

We will see eventually, one way or another time will tell fans the real deal behind these two not fighting and in the end history will make its mind up.

[Scipio2009]

yet he wanna offer arum $10mil step aside money? thats money in arum's pocket one way or another.

Mayweather pays Arum the $10m (allegedly, since it hasn't been corroborated by any of the princples), Top Rank lets Pacquiao free to take the fight, and Mayweather Promotions becomes the lead promoter of the event, dictating the event's terms, with Top Rank doing no more than coming on the ride (maybe getting one of their fighters onto the undercard).

Arum gets a little bit of money, but Mayweaher gets to put on the fight in the way that he sees fit. Chalk up the $10m to the costs associated with securing the event.

Arum gets the $10m, whatever his take is off of Pacquiao, and keeps it moving.

[Scipio2009]

If Showtime/cbs allows it... its now CBS getting involved, the mother of all company and it means something.. they need to cash in from floyd BIG TIME this time... that way the pressure on floyd is bigger this time...

The Showtime/CBS deal wasn't made to "cash in on Mayweather"; it was made to establish Showtime as the premier outlet for boxing, which the deal has seemingly done (barring the Schaeffer/ODLH fiasco).

Going off of what information that's been made public, it looks like 1.5m PPV buys over the next two event will end up with Showtime/CBS making money off of the Mayweather deal.

Everything else that Mayweather brought to the table (7m more homes carrying Showtime, the budding stars 140-154 fighting on Showtime, possibly having the next American heavyweight star fighting on Showtime, etc) is just extra.

[IAintBiasedTho]

The Showtime/CBS deal wasn't made to "cash in on Mayweather"; it was made to establish Showtime as the premier outlet for boxing, which the deal has seemingly done (barring the Schaeffer/ODLH fiasco).

Going off of what information that's been made public, it looks like 1.5m PPV buys over the next two event will end up with Showtime/CBS making money off of the Mayweather deal.

Everything else that Mayweather brought to the table (7m more homes carrying Showtime, the budding stars 140-154 fighting on Showtime, possibly having the next American heavyweight star fighting on Showtime, etc) is just extra.

This....just look at what Mayweather going to Showtime brought...

...2nd highest grossing PPV fight in history
...900k PPV vs Maidana
---900+ PPV vs Maidana
---future PPV attractions (Khan, Garcia, Wilder, Broner, etc..
---nearly 9 million homes got Showtime this year

The Showtime/Mayweather deal was a huge success for them.

[TMTForever]

I hope this is the case man, lot of pressure on Floyd from quite a few different angles at the moment so hopefully he has been advised to stay put while people talk and not staying quiet in a 'shut your eyes and pretend its not happening' kind of way.

We will see eventually, one way or another time will tell fans the real deal behind these two not fighting and in the end history will make its mind up.

one way or another time will tell fans the real deal behind these two not fighting and in the end history will make its mind up

where have you been at..manny turned down 50/50 in 2009 because he didnt want to do random drug testing..and went and fought joshua clottey instead..who turns down a mayweather fight to fight joshua clottey..coming off a loss no less.

[junior gong]

where have you been at..manny turned down 50/50 in 2009 because he didnt want to do random drug testing..and went and fought joshua clottey instead..who turns down a mayweather fight to fight joshua clottey..coming off a loss no less.

'TMTForever' That is seriously the gayest, most bumslurpy of all usernames here. Painful stuff.