as many of you guys know all the fight fans a non fight fans the biggest fight
of the year
is usually when Floyd Mayweather fights now he is getting paid
for this fight on take a guess
you probably couldn't come up with the number unless you already know it
40 1.5 million dollars
for not even an hours worth up work we bring in Robert axel the editor in chief
a boxing dot com %uh robert has been around the fight game for such a long
time
so Robert a I guess Robert Guerrero he
made 32 me and that was his last fight when he signed a lucrative
deal with Showtime me jump ship from HBO and Showtime
it just seems to keep reckon it does the robber
he does indeed a the numbers speak for themselves and there's no warning and
much success
above he has to create a new business model for fighters and I think it the
business model that
the fighters were able to adopt will adopt
up should be no there's no reason for the person who's doing the fighting
not to pig n the walk up the money they're the ones who are risking life
limit cetera et cetera in the ring the promoter sit back and make remote but
they're not in there fighting
and I can get a do not risking their lives for
our entertainment viewing pleasure %uh
Mayweather's created this new model he is so obviously the superstar
star superstar he is not what I V
he have to leave on the planet I prefer years running now
and he is upping the ante it's really an incredible thing to see
in part because it's happening to a boxer and we go
how boxing is your part about public at large but
the pay-per-view fights the superfight are spectacles and somehow or other
Mayweather have or can do whatever it is they make a spectacle a spectacle
and people tune in and they're gonna tune in or no
on September 14 as well as you said he is the highest paid athlete on Forbes
list he was number one last year set to become number one this year
once again it's amazing he has he's going to make as much money as Canelo
Alvarez has wins on his career
canal as forty to Mayweather's getting paid forty 1.5 million incredible
you talked about the model that he is set what model
is that exactly you should be the model is to self promote
you know if not after what I want a promotional edge do you separate the bar
from the player himself
arm we had Mayweather promotions and where he's at work hand in hand
a with golden boy but Mayweather promotions the TMG p.m.
is really %uh promoting this fight so that he doesn't have to
do you have a large portion of his purse to
his promoter whoever that promote it might be your might have been
you also get the a piece of all the concessions and he get the peace and
everything that he could be smokers
work you in Vegas that weekend I mean he is smart
he understands that he is the attraction he is the one
%um you know when's he is not going to be the one be weather is the one
and drive got lesser an interesting thing however is that Mayweather
is appearance fighter he's not the kind who fighter the funfair
she care for records were gonna be there at my place and the like somebody who is
a you know
breathes fire and drinks Petro low-income
do or die Mayweather's technician is so he's like you use offensive master
and yet somehow is captured the public imagination
he also broke the pay per view record with a 2.44 million twenty-four Oscar De
La Hoya
so it's not like he doesn't know what he's doing i mean as you said the money
team is
certainly doing their thing signing that new deal with Showtime certainly helps
but I think he'd the end to correct me if I'm wrong he captured the public's
imagination
by being the villain who continues to when
absolutely every everything you know every way
after pars a corresponding black hat and he has
on the black hat it suits him well to give an act but
there's a element in truth that as well and yet be easily put
side of me whether even though he's on the downside of his career would be
akio who is you know the quintessential white hat and
has equal amount of popularity so
even though mayweather is under the trash talking tough guy
you know from history to Grand Rapids impact you know is you know the unicorn
loving
future President of the Philippines 0
people have used built-in audience is and again there's an extremely
both pugilistic Lee and in terms of personality and Mayweather to his credit
I mean he is he he saw as opening and he took it
certainly any certainly built enough I also winning
tremendous amount of fights Robert axel the editor in chief about the background