Ponce de Leon-Mares set for April 20 on Showtime
Abner Mares will challenge WBC featherweight titleholder Daniel Ponce de Leon on April 20 on Showtime, the former bantamweight and junior featherweight titleholder and his management team, Espinoza Boxing, announced on Twitter on Monday evening.
read moreRingside photo: The Problem with Money
Photographer Naoki Fukuda took this shot of the dynamic duo seated together at ringside for the Cornelius Bundrage-Ishe Smith card in Detroit.
read moreEspinoza: Mayweather’s move a ‘game-changer’
Forbes estimates Floyd Mayweather’s deal with Showtime as being worth more than a $250 million, although network boss Stephen Espinoza would not comment directly on the six-fight package.
read moreMayweather: ‘Showtime, let’s do it’
Floyd Mayweather on his groundbreaking new deal: “Showtime and CBS, I’ve got to take my hat off to them. They did a tremendous job and I am happy to be a part of this family.”
read moreGuerrero: Mayweather’s ‘ripe for the pickings’
Robert Guerrero: “I’m a man of faith. I’m a man of God, and I feel that God has put me in this position for a reason: Not to humble the world of boxing, but to humble Floyd Mayweather.”
read moreForbes: Mayweather’s deal could produce $250 million
Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Floyd Mayweather’s promotional company, said: “The business model that we have put into place, in my opinion, will never, ever be duplicated.”
read moreQ&A: Schaefer discusses Mayweather’s move to Showtime
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says Floyd Mayweather’s move to Showtime ends the days when the network could not compete with rival U.S. cable giant HBO.
read moreSchaefer: Guerrero ‘dangerous’ for Mayweather
Robert Guerrero’s promoter believes the rugged welterweight contender will make for a “dangerous” opponent for Floyd Mayweather, whom he meets on May 4 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Showtime Pay Per View.
read moreMayweather enters groundbreaking PPV deal with Showtime/CBS
Floyd Mayweather signed a groundbreaking pay-per-view venture with Showtime and the cable network’s parent company, CBS Corporation, staring with a May 4 fight with Robert Guerrero. Under the terms of the deal, Mayweather could fight six times in 30 months.
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