Floyd “Money” Mayweather is guaranteed $41.5 million in his upcoming fight with Canelo Alvarez. Mayweather’s take and some other hefty financial terms were revealed regarding the September 14th event entitled, “The One”. According to Forbes, the Mayweather guaranteed payday is even before any of the PPV cut which is to approximate a total of $140 […]
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UFC Fight Night 26: Payout Perspective
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at last Saturday’s Fox Sports 1 taking place at the TD Garden in Boston. Sonnen subs Shogun Chalk another one up for the bad guy. Chael Sonnen looked good. Or, Shogun Rua looked bad. Sonnen scored a first round guillotine choke […]
Mayweather-Canelo set gate record; Garcia-Matthyse added to undercard
Golden Boy Promotions’ Richard Schaefer announced during a conference call that the Canelo Alvarez-Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fight will set a new gate record as it will garner a reported $19,500,000 on September 14th. It was also announced Wednesday that Danny Garcia versus Lucas Matthyse will be on the undercard of the Alvarez-Mayweather fight. The reported […]
Mayweather-Canelo PPV set at $75
BoxingScene.com reports that the PPV price point for the Floyd Maywether Jr. v. Canelo Alvarez fight set for September 14, 2013 will be set at $75 for HD and $60 for SD. This is a $5 price increase from Maywether’s May fight against Roberto Guerrero. Its being billed as the biggest fight in years and […]
Showtime may seek MMA content
Fox Latino News reports that Showtime Networks may still be looking for an MMA organization to put on its network. Showtime Sports’ lead Stephen Espinoza indicated that they may still be interested in MMA at a press tour stop for the Maywether-Alvarez fight. Espinoza indicated that there might be too much MMA on telelvision at […]