Floyd Mayweather to Fight Andre Berto Sept. 12 on PPV

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Pound-For-Pound Pay-per-view boxing champion Floyd Mayweather will step in the ring Sept. 12 in a Showtime PPV fight against former champion Andre Berto, Showtime said Tuesday.

The fight is the final bout for Mayweather as part of the undefeated boxer's six-fight, multi-million dollar PPV deal with Showtime. The Mayweather-Berto fight had been rumored to be moving to free Tv as part of CBS’ deal with Premier Boxing Champions. 

Instead the PPV industry hopes it will get one more mega PPV payday from Mayweather, coming off the record 4.4 million buys generated from the May 2 Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight.

It’s unclear how much Mayweather-Berto will cost boxing fans to watch on PPV, but its unlikely to hit the record $89 suggested retail price for Mayweather-Pacquiao.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.