Originally posted by Manlikefemi
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2. The Mayweather Sweepstakes - in building to deliver those 6 fights, we got to see the emergence of Danny Garcia, Kell Brook, Marcos Maidana and Keith Thurman in relatively short order as they staked their claims, creating other Showtime events/stars that folks would tune in for.
3. The deal with Floyd also brought Al Haymon, who brought the fighters that he works for with him. Deontay Wilder, Adrien Broner, Errol Spence Jr, Leo Santa Cruz, Abner Mares, Peter Quillin/Daniel Jacobs, Adonis Stevenson, Charlo brothers, etc. The talent available to Espinoza to put on the cards that he wants basically became an embarrassment of riches.
4. 7.5% on the PPV (plus the HD feed) is what Showtime ended up getting too. Folks will cry about the numbers but the Guerrero PPV and the two Maidana PPVs ended up somewhere over 2.8m homes. The Berto fight did something like 400k, but even with that, you're at 3.3m homes ~@$65 (with the HD fee adding $33m), all without counting the two biggest PPVs. Count the Alvarez PPV and Showtime's share of the Pacquiao PPV and you're at 4.5m homes @$80. Add everything up and you're at almost 8m PPVs ~@75. Quick math says that Showtime's take on just the Floyd PPVs comes to something like $125m (less costs).
Showtime CBS needed something like 6m PPV buys over the 6 fights, and Floyd got them 8m.
5. Mayweather-Mcgregor; with the deal actually ending up being profitable, Floyd then returned to the channel and drew 4m PPV buys.
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