Comments Thread For: Mayweather Wants $600 Million For Bouts With Khabib, McGregor

[Oregonian]

So if he doesn’t fight fighters with city’s behind them. But will fight someone with a whole country behind them. Then why not fight Cinnamon in a rematch? Huge money in it so it should makes sense.

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Why not fight Cinnamon? I can tell you why and use pure imperial logic and facts;

What weight do you suppose they should fight at?
Floyd started his career at 130Ibs and topped at 154 (actually coming under that weight).
Canelo cannot make 154 let alone 147 so exactly what weight class do you suppose that fight takes place at? 160 is the only option - do you suppose that weight would be fair to a guy that started his career at 130?

Before you mention the 152 catchweight, I will remind you that Canelo is the one who offered Floyd that catchweight right after he beat Kermit Cintron. Those are facts.

"It's what I want, the Mayweather fight. We put it on the table. It was a year of great experience, and I feel more mature. I'm willing to go down to 150 pounds. De La Hoya said he was going to try to make the Mayweather fight. We're ready for it."

https://www.badlefthook.com/2011/11/29/2595763/floyd-mayweather-next-fight-canelo-alvarez-150-pound-catchweight-hbo-boxing-news

[Cigar]

Can this guy just get the Coronavirus already?

[Southpawology]

there isnt enough demand for these fights to generate that kind of money for it

[Slicedbread]

Do people really think floyd made 300 million for mcgregor?

Let's say the fight did 600 million in total revenue including gate and worldwide TV rights , ppv buys etc.

You realize the distributors take about half right off the top, right?

That leaves 300 million to be split 70/30. Then he has to pay his team. Floyd probably made about 150 before taxes. Connor probably about 60 to 70

Still damn good money for one fight

[-Kev-]

Lol. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it.

I don’t like any of these fights, despite being a big Floyd fan. I won’t buy them. I won’t b/tch about it either. Just won’t buy. Would I watch them? Probably. Buy? Not a chance.

If he can get $600 million out of two fights, can't blame him for going along with it. I don't think a fight with Khabib would generate that much though.

It depends on the promotion/advertisement. I didn’t think Mayweather vs McGregor would sell 4.6 million PPV’s or whatever number it did. But in hindsight, that is boxing fans and MMA fans buying the event. Mayweather will always have a big mouth, and so did McGregor. I don’t think Khabib is much of a showman but it’s possible that Mayweather can get him to fire back and get fans into the promotion.

[-Kev-]

Do people really think floyd made 300 million for mcgregor?

Let's say the fight did 600 million in total revenue including gate and worldwide TV rights , ppv buys etc.

You realize the distributors take about half right off the top, right?

That leaves 300 million to be split 70/30. Then he has to pay his team. Floyd probably made about 150 before taxes. Connor probably about 60 to 70

Still damn good money for one fight

It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks, or how much a distributor takes from an ordinary PPV fight. Fighters of high caliber, high revenue generating, are guaranteed a certain amount of money and will be guaranteed more money depending on the success of the PPV. According to Forbes, Mayweather made $275million, McGregor made $85million.

Sure cable companies take this, and promoters take that, but if you want a guy who generates as much money as Floyd does you have to make certain accommodations in his contract for his appearances. He probably doesn’t make a gross pay of $300 million of course, no one makes what you see they reported they made. But I do believe that for Floyd to come back and fight, especially 2015 and on, he most likely makes sure that he is contractually obligated to earn a certain amount of money and plus a certain amount of more money depending on how many PPV’s are sold beyond a certain amount. Not to mention a cut of the gate revenue, a cut of the merchandise sold, a cut of the site fee, and a cut of the international rights to the fight.

There’s plenty of different revenue streams to get Floyd his guarantee plus his upside money.

Someone will have to be operating at a loss. Would it be the networks? I don’t know, but someone will lose money. I believe Forbes numbers are true and that makes $360 million split between Mayweather and McGregor which I think sounds feasible. Now what Conor paid to White or what Mayweather paid to Haymon, or what the fighters paid to their corners, that’s nonsense. That shouldn’t even be mentioned, everyone knows part of a fighters earnings have to be given to several people in their camp.

No one really takes that into account when talking about earnings. That’s like me saying I make $70k a year, and then someone saying “no you don’t, you have to pay taxes, your rent, electricity, water, internet bill, cell phone bill, car, car insurance, student loans, food, gas money, so you make considerably less than $70k stop lying!”.

[MaksBox]

Floyd fighting two UFC guys in a boxing match is like picking a fight with a 6 year old... may be entertaining but ****** nonetheless.

Now if Floyd grew some balls and fought in the MMA ring.... NOW we are talking and i would pay for that.

[Senor_frogs]

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Why not fight Cinnamon? I can tell you why and use pure imperial logic and facts;

What weight do you suppose they should fight at?
Floyd started his career at 130Ibs and topped at 154 (actually coming under that weight).
Canelo cannot make 154 let alone 147 so exactly what weight class do you suppose that fight takes place at? 160 is the only option - do you suppose that weight would be fair to a guy that started his career at 130?

Before you mention the 152 catchweight, I will remind you that Canelo is the one who offered Floyd that catchweight right after he beat Kermit Cintron. Those are facts.

"It's what I want, the Mayweather fight. We put it on the table. It was a year of great experience, and I feel more mature. I'm willing to go down to 150 pounds. De La Hoya said he was going to try to make the Mayweather fight. We're ready for it."

https://www.badlefthook.com/2011/11/...bo-boxing-news

So if Canelo had said 147 it’d be ok with you because he said it? The catchweight was pathetic and you know it. That’s why you put the blame on Álvarez right away. I’d say maybe a catch weight of 157 or 158? But we know he wouldn’t do that. He’d rather fight McGregor again and Khabib in a boxing match and that’s all good with you. Wonder if you’d be for Floyd fighting Connor in the octagon? My guess, no?

[Doubledagger]

So if Canelo had said 147 it’d be ok with you because he said it? The catchweight was pathetic and you know it. That’s why you put the blame on Álvarez right away. I’d say maybe a catch weight of 157 or 158? But we know he wouldn’t do that. He’d rather fight McGregor again and Khabib in a boxing match and that’s all good with you. Wonder if you’d be for Floyd fighting Connor in the octagon? My guess, no?

Are you aware that Floyd couldn't even make the catchweight himself, lol?

He was 150.5 lbs on the one day weigh in and 150lbs on fight night compared to Alvarez's 165lbs on fight night.

He had an age disadvantage of 13 years too as Alvarez was 23 years old compared to Floyd's 36 years old.

But you don't want to talk about that do you?

[saopaulo]

cool it wont get done and hopefully this j-erkoff will go away already