Feb

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.

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Feb

Ringside photo: The Problem with Money

by The Ring

Photographer Naoki Fukuda took this shot of the dynamic duo seated together at ringside for the Cornelius Bundrage-Ishe Smith card in Detroit.

Forbes: Mayweather’s deal could produce $250 million

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Feb

Forbes: Mayweather’s deal could produce $250 million

by Lem Satterfield

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.”

Q&A: Schaefer discusses Mayweather’s move to Showtime

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Feb

Q&A: Schaefer discusses Mayweather’s move to Showtime

by Lem Satterfield

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.

Mayweather enters groundbreaking PPV deal with Showtime/CBS

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Feb

Mayweather enters groundbreaking PPV deal with Showtime/CBS

by Lem Satterfield

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.