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Next Mayweather fight will likely be aired for free on CBS
Posted on 7/15/15 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 7/15/15 at 7:16 pm
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Rumors abound that not only will pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather’s fight on Sept. 12 – which he insists will be the last of his career as he finishes his six-fight deal with Showtime/CBS – come against former titleholder Andre Berto, but that it will also be on CBS, not on pay-per-view, as his past 13 consecutive bouts have been.
Whomever Mayweather faces, there is a good chance it will be on CBS with the fight positioned as something of a goodwill move to soothe fans still angry about the $100 pay-per-view price tag for his less-than-exciting showdown with Manny Pacquiao on May 2, a fight that set the pay-per-view record with 4.4 million buys, paid Mayweather around $220 million but failed miserably to live up to even a small fraction of the considerable hype.
If the fight is on CBS, Showtime/CBS likely will still owe Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) in the $35 million neighborhood, same as if it was on Showtime PPV. That means it would have to sell a lot of advertising for the fight – or take the financial hit.
The notion that the fight could be on CBS seems quite possible because if he was going to be on pay-per-view it should have already been announced, with fight night less than two months away. Two months would be the minimum amount of time needed to mount a decent promotion for a major PPV fight. If it’s on CBS – and, therefore, free to the public – it would not need nearly as long of a promotion geared toward convincing folks to part with their money to buy the PPV.
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Posted on 7/15/15 at 7:19 pm to Bench McElroy
he should pay us for watching his boring arse fights
This post was edited on 7/15/15 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 7/15/15 at 7:30 pm to Bench McElroy
Still wont watch
Posted on 7/15/15 at 7:32 pm to Jack Daniel
quote:same here. If I wanna see someone dance around all night I'll go to a club.
Still wont watch
Posted on 7/15/15 at 7:42 pm to Bench McElroy
Everyone saying they won't watch is lying. But I still think you guys are so cool 
Posted on 7/15/15 at 7:44 pm to dcrews
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Mayweather
Posted on 7/15/15 at 7:48 pm to Bench McElroy
I put up money to watch the last fight. I won't put up a dime or go out of my way to watch him fight again. Congrats on his big pay day.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 7:53 pm to Bench McElroy
love it, will watch.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 7:59 pm to dcrews
I won't be watching because I will be at the LSU/Mississippi St game. Even if I wasn't going to the game, I still wouldn't watch Mayweather.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 9:17 pm to Bench McElroy
A Mayweather-Berto fight is not PPV-worthy anyways.
ETA: PPV or not, I will watch.
ETA: PPV or not, I will watch.
This post was edited on 7/15/15 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 7/15/15 at 9:21 pm to Bench McElroy
Posted on 7/15/15 at 9:22 pm to Bench McElroy
Good job m
Posted on 7/15/15 at 9:36 pm to dcrews
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Everyone saying they won't watch is lying. But I still think you guys are so cool
Just like the Pacquiao fight. All we saw on here for weeks were threads about how no one was going to watch. Then they shattered PPV records.
People will watch on the off chance he gets his head knocked off. That possibility is too good for people to pass up.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 10:10 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:if he's retiring, what's the point of an act of goodwill?
Whomever Mayweather faces, there is a good chance it will be on CBS with the fight positioned as something of a goodwill move to soothe fans still angry about the $100 pay-per-view price tag for his less-than-exciting showdown with Manny Pacquiao
Posted on 7/15/15 at 10:13 pm to shel311
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if he's retiring, what's the point of an act of goodwill?
Yeah, I don't see what's in this for Mayweather.
Pissed off fans are Showtime's problem, not his. Even if the fight gets a quarter of the PPV buys that the last one did, seems he could make more than 35 million.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 10:17 pm to Macintosh504
So he has to go for the knockout to please you
This post was edited on 7/15/15 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 7/15/15 at 10:19 pm to SmackDaniels
Ugh lol
Posted on 7/15/15 at 10:30 pm to lsucoonass
Rated PF for pillow Fighting
Posted on 7/15/15 at 10:33 pm to shel311
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if he's retiring, what's the point of an act of goodwill?
for real
I bet he just doesnt want the embarrassment of a fight vs Berto selling for shite.
Nobody wants to pay to see him dance around that dude.
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