Comments Thread For: Video: Mayweather Downs Khan, Requests Pacquiao!

[Pu·gi·list]

is it?

but espinoza would have a reason to lie too.

it's believable to me because his guarantee is so damn high.

1mil ppv is $60-70 mill.

floyd's guarantee is like 30+.

it's possible.

Of that $60-70m, half goes to distributors/cable companies/etc.

That leaves with $30-35m for the rest including Floyd's guarantee. Showtime is losing money big time

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Of that $60-70m, half goes to distributors/cable companies/etc.

That leaves with $30-35m for the rest including Floyd's guarantee. Showtime is losing money big time

Yeaaah...you kinda left about another $30m in gate, sponsorship and TV rights. Gate alone is another $15m.

[Left Hook Tua]

How is it possible? No disrespect, try and think it through here. Because a rudimentary look at the #'s say otherwise.

1mil x $70 ppv buys = $70 mil.

more than half goes to cable companies.

that's about $30-35 mil left from ppv revenue.

floyd's guarantee is 30+.

what does showtime get? floyd's opponent? the fighters on the undercard? promotion cost? other costs for showtime production?

the gate/site fee is a separate thing. does showtime even get a piece of that?

[Pretty Boy32]

i see the accountants have now entered this thread, it was only a matter of time.

[Beater_of_ass]

Yeaaah...you kinda left about another $30m in gate, sponsorship and TV rights. Gate alone is another $15m.

I don't want to get into it but if Steven A Smith says this last fight cost Showtime $16 million. How would the first fight which had less buys and a much higher undercard purse make money?

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1mil x $70 ppv buys = $70 mil.

more than half goes to cable companies.

that's about $30-35 mil left from ppv revenue.

floyd's guarantee is 30+.

what does showtime get? floyd's opponent? the fighters on the undercard? promotion cost? other costs for showtime production?

the gate/site fee is a separate thing. does showtime even get a piece of that?

Ask yourself...what is Showtime paying for? How much are they shelling out? For...TV show ads on their own channel? Think about it.

[Pretty Boy32]

1mil x $70 ppv buys = $70 mil.

more than half goes to cable companies.

that's about $30-35 mil left from ppv revenue.

floyd's guarantee is 30+.

what does showtime get? floyd's opponent? the fighters on the undercard? promotion cost? other costs for showtime production?

the gate/site fee is a separate thing. does showtime even get a piece of that?

You didn't even finish high school tuna, stop pretending you know what your talking about.

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I don't want to get into it but if Steven A Smith says this last fight cost Showtime $16 million. How would the first fight which had less buys and a much higher undercard purse make money?

Are you getting into it or not?

[IMDAZED]

You didn't even finish high school tuna, stop pretending you know what your talking about.

It's nuts. I mean, what is Showtime paying? Production cost? How the hell are they losing?

[Rath]

I don't get that. Do they want the fight or not??? He's the one guy I'd rather hear talk from that side.

I am still waiting Al Haymon say about this