Kurt Badenhausen
36 articles · Forbes.com
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Floyd Mayweather Will Earn More Than $80 Million For Record Breaking Fight
Showtime Networks announced Thursday that Saturday?s fight between Floyd Mayweather and Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez, billed as ?The One,? generated a record $150 million in pay-per-view revenue on 2.2 million buys. It breaks…
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Men Behind Mayweather Vs. Canelo Discuss Boxing’s Biggest Fight Ever
Fight day is fast approaching for Floyd Mayweather and Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez, and fans are descending on Las Vegas in anticipation of Saturday?s bout at the MGM Grand. The fight, billed as…
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Floyd Mayweather To Get Record $41.5 Million Guarantee For Canelo Alvarez Fight
Floyd Mayweather is a man of many records. First and foremost is his pristine 44-0 mark in the ring over 17 years. He holds the record for the biggest pay-per-view audience ever…
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Floyd Mayweather Fans Versus Cristiano Ronaldo Fans On Social Media
Cristiano Ronaldo and Floyd Mayweather are the two most popular athletes on social media in their respective sports. Ronaldo?s 60 million Facebook FB -3.58% fans and 20 million Twitter followers are both…
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Canelo Alvarez Could Be Floyd Mayweather’s Biggest Payday Ever
Floyd Mayweather tweeted to his 4.1 million followers Wednesday night announcing his next fight: ?I chose my opponent for September 14th and it?s Canelo Alvarez. I?m giving the fans what they want.?…
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Manny Pacquiao Says He Will Return To Boxing In September
Manny Pacquiao has spent 18 years as a professional fighter and tallied 61 bouts. At the age of 34 and with a myriad of interests outside the ring, speculation has been swirling…
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Floyd Mayweather Defection To Showtime Is Last Straw As HBO Drops Golden Boy
Floyd Mayweather signed a blockbuster six-fight deal with Showtime Networks in February that is expected to be worth more than $200 million if Mayweather fights all six bouts. The agreement sent shock…
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Pacquiao Vs. Marquez 4 Has Legacies And Millions At Stake
Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will enter the ring Saturday night at the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas for the fourth and presumably final time (so says Pacquiao).…
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Pacquiao Versus Mayweather Fight Inches Closer To Reality
A showdown between the world?s two highest paid athletes took a step forward Thursday when Manny Pacquiao appeared on ESPN2′s ?First Take? and publicly agreed to take a smaller share of the…
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Manny Pacquiao Climbing Back Into The Ring With Status As Boxing Megastar At Stake
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have dominated the boxing scene for the past five years, as they sucked up most of the attention and the money in the sport. Their recent fights…
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Boxing Is Not Dead Yet
Boxing has been dying a slow death for decades for a host of reasons according to many pundits. They cite the absence of big fights on broadcast TV, corruption, the UFC, the…
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Mayweather Tops List Of The World’s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes
There?s a reason they call boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. ?Money.? He fought twice during the past 12 months, knocking out Victor Ortiz in September and winning a unanimous decision in May against…
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Controversial Pacquiao Loss Delivers Blow To Potential Mayweather Mega-Bout
Boxer Manny Pacquiao lost to Timothy Bradley Saturday night in a shocking split decision, where most observers had Pacquiao winning the bout handily. HBO?s unofficial judge, Harold Lederman, scored it 119-109 for…
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Floyd Mayweather To-Do List: Fight, Collect $45 Million, Report To Jail
Floyd Mayweather puts his undefeated record on the line Saturday night when he steps in to the ring against Miguel Cotto. Mayweather will earn at least $45 million for the bout that…
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Top athletes making far more today than in ?91
Floyd Mayweather knocked out Victor Ortiz Saturday night in controversial fashion to improve his record to 42-0 as a professional boxer. It marked another mega payday for ?Money? Mayweather, who is expected…
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Floyd Mayweather Climbing Back Into The Ring
Forbes? list of the world?s highest-paid athletes this year had a gaping hole without boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. ?Money? was No. 2 on our list last year with earnings of $65 million…
