The New York Times reports on the payout Floyd Mayweather is set to receive from his fight against Victor Ortiz Saturday. With all said and done, Mayweather could be paid $40 million. In addition to his reported $25 million payout for fighting Victor Ortiz, Mayweather will receive a portion of the gate, concessions, souvenirs and […]
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Tecate plans SoCal promotion for Mayweather-Ortiz
The Sports Business Journal reports on Tecate’s promotional plans for September 17th’s fight between Floyd Mayweather, Jr and Victor Ortiz which includes a big event in Southern California. Tecate will be taking advantage of the fact that the fight is a day removed from Mexican Independence Day, September 16th. The fight takes place on Saturday, […]
Golden Boy promises huge promo push for Mayweather return
Bad Left Hook reports on the promised promotional push for the September Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz fight. This will be Mayweather’s return to the ring after over a year away. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer promises a huge push promoting the return of Mayweather. The fight will be carried on HBO PPV. Via Bad Left Hook […]
Pacquiao settles lawsuit with Golden Boy
ESPN reports that Manny Pacquiao has settled his defamation lawsuit with Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Oscar de la Hoya. The lawsuit filed in 2009 stems from alleged statements claiming Pacquiao took performance enhancing drugs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., Floyd Mayweather Sr., Roger Mayweather and Mayweather Promotions remain as defendants in the lawsuit filed […]
Arbitrator rules in favor of Top Rank in fight for Donaire
Yahoo! Sports is reporting that an arbitrator has ruled in favor of Top Rank Boxing in its fight to keep boxing star Nonito Donaire under contract. Donaire is currently the WBC and WBO Bantamweight champ. Via Kevin Iole at Yahoo!: Golden Boy signed Donaire after Donaire had declared that he was a free agent and […]