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re: Floyd Mayweather's payout for the fight vs. Maidana
Posted on 5/5/14 at 8:37 pm to tigerpimpbot
Posted on 5/5/14 at 8:37 pm to tigerpimpbot
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It might have been you that posted it, but isn't Showtime losing quite a bit of money on this mayweather deal?
They have to be....where are they getting all this money? I mean, paying Floyd a $32 mil minimum is bad enough (for six fights)....but paying all that money for Adrien Broner to fight a midget?
But that's why HBO told Al Haymon and Golden Boy to GTFO. They got hurt by paying Andre Berto seven figures to fight nobodies....all because they let Al Haymon bully them around. Seven figures for Andre Berto? That's laughable. Showtime is gonna get hammered financially in the same fashion. Al Haymon...in some way....gets his fighters some really nice paydays. HBO wasn't having it anymore...and their budget is larger than Showtime's, plus they have more subscriptions.
The first sign that this was a bad deal was when they never released the numbers for the Guerrero fight. I think Floyd got his 32 and Guerrero got 3. All indications are Showtime lost big on that fight. We all know the Canelo fight was a huge success, though. But I have a feeling Maidana's 1.5 could be a result of the Guerrero failure a year ago. Going into Saturday night, most believed this fight wouldn't draw many buys either. It'll be interesting to see the numbers.
That's kinda why I think the Mayweather-Canelo fight happened as soon as it did....to get something back on their Mayweather investment after the Guerrero letdown. They probably wanted to keep building that fight and make it happen once Floyd got a little older and Canelo a little more experienced. Just my .02
This post was edited on 5/5/14 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 5/5/14 at 8:37 pm to The Egg
imagine how much change this dude could throw into a play like MONA or TTDZ
Posted on 5/5/14 at 8:48 pm to The Egg
They were smart to schedule this after the Kentucky Derby
Posted on 5/5/14 at 8:51 pm to Tiger1242
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They were smart to schedule this after the Kentucky Derby
Floyd fights on Cinco De Mayo weekend in May and Mexican Independence Weekend in September.
Every fight he's had since 2009 has been on one of those weekends.
Marquez....September
Mosley.......May
Ortiz..........September
Cotto.........May
Guerrero....May
Canelo.......September
Maidana.....May
TBA............September
The Mexican fanbase is huge so Floyd typically likes to fight on those weekends against a Hispanic, if possible.
This post was edited on 5/5/14 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 5/5/14 at 9:01 pm to Marciano1
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The first sign that this was a bad deal was when they never released the numbers for the Guerrero fight. I think Floyd got his 32 and Guerrero got 3. All indications are Showtime lost big on that fight.
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That's kinda why I think the Mayweather-Canelo fight happened as soon as it did
That's what you had mentioned. Makes sense.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 9:09 pm to Marciano1
Boxing is still a big deal in the Hispanic community. Best experience I had watching a fight was in Mexico, was a big Erik Morales fan.
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