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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 7:42 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 7:48 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 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 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 7/16/15 at 9:15 am to Bench McElroy
I have yet to watch him fight and I won't start 2 months from now either.
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 9:41 am
Posted on 7/16/15 at 9:33 am to Bench McElroy
If he paid me $100, I still wouldn't watch his boring arse fights.
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