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Mayweather Inks Huge Six
Fight Deal With Showtime/CBS
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LAS VEGAS - Undefeated eight-time world champion Floyd
"Money" Mayweather, boxing's pound-for-pound king and the
highest paid athlete in the world (Forbes, 2012), has entered
into a groundbreaking pay-per-view deal with Showtime
Networks Inc. and its parent company, CBS Corporation.
Under the new deal, SHOWTIME PPV® will collaborate with
CBS Corporation to comprehensively promote Mayweather's
events on the CBS Television Network and via the corporation's
expansive media platforms.
The deal-a unique revenue-sharing arrangement between
SHOWTIME PPV and Mayweather-will enable him to fight up to
six times over a period of 30 months, with the first mega-event
taking place on May 4, 2013, when Mayweather will fight
Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero. More details of this upcoming
event will be announced shortly.
Mayweather's new deal is by far the biggest in the sport of
boxing (specific financial details are contractually confidential).
Mayweather is the PPV king and averages over 1 million PPV
buys per event, which is the highest PPV buy average of any
boxer in history. At this record-setting PPV performance
level, if all six fights contemplated by this deal occur, it will be
the richest individual athlete deal in all of sports.