Mayweather mulls MMA move in deal with Cuban

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Mark Cuban and Floyd Mayweather Jr. meet
Published 12/22/2007 by Zach Arnold at FightOpinion.com
... Cuban is brilliant at generating publicity for HDNet Fights.“Floyd is considering fighting with HDNet Fights,” Cuban told ESPN.com. “We are going to let him visit some gyms to talk to some folks about what it would take to learn. He knows it won’t be easy. But he is getting involved with MMA and HDNet Fights one way or another. He is pumped about it. He wants to go on to the next big thing. Floyd is a brilliant marketer. He follows the money.” Topics: ...

Floyd Mayweather Considering a Move to MMA?
Published 12/22/2007 by Performify at MMAjunkie.com
... According to a report on ESPN.com, “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather Jr. — universally regarded as the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet — may be considering lacing up the 5-oz gloves and stepping in to the world of MMA with Mark Cuban’s HDNet Fights. ...

Floyd Mayweather to MMA?
Published 12/22/2007 by Gary Herman at Five Ounces of Pain
... The obvious question is could there even possibly be an MMA payday of 30 million of Mayweather? The clear answer is no. For Mayweather to compete in MMA, the motivation would have to be that he wants to be known as the best fighter in the world and not the just the best boxer in the world. If money is his motivation, this will not happen. It will just go down as another way for Mayweather to keep his name in print with the mainstream media. To read the entire article, please click here.

Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. Considers MMA
Published 12/22/2007 by MMA Movement at MMA MOVEMENT
WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. is considering on making the switch to mixed martial arts. ESPN reports that Mayweather has his sights set on fighting under the HDNet Fights banner. In fact, Mayweather and his camp have already discussed matters with HDNet Fights owner and fellow “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Mark Cuban. Mayweather’s adviser and best friend Leonard Ellerbe confirms, “Floyd is considering fighting with HDNet Fights. We are going to let him visit some gyms to talk to some folks about what it would take to learn. He knows it won’t be ...

Maybe Mayweather Will Fight MMA
Published 12/22/2007 by Kid Nate <info@bloodyelbow.com> at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
So when I first read the ESPN report that Mark Cuban had sweet talked his "Dancing With the Stars" buddy Floyd Mayweather into considering trying his hand at MMA on Cuban's HDNet Fights, I was sceptical. ...

HDNet Fights: Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. considers move to MMA
Published 12/22/2007 by MMAmania at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com
... Undefeated professional boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is considering a move to mixed martial arts apparently for real this time after forging a relationship with billionaire owner of upstart promotion HDNet Fights, Mark Cuban, on the television program, “Dancing with the Stars,” according to ESPN.com. ...

The Final Frontier
Published 12/22/2007 by Large at no mas
No Masians, I ask you, what are your thoughts about Floyd Mayweather's potential jump into the octagon ? It's a revolutionary concept, and certainly ironic that the news was floated to the media on the very same day that we crowned him as ...

Thoughts on the "Floyd in MMA" scuttlebutt
Published 12/22/2007 by SC <sachrist@gmail.com> at Bad Left Hook: Front Page Posts
Source: ESPN.com ...what? OK, let's not even pretend. It's a publicity stunt. Mark Cuban, who was on "Dancing with the Stars" with Mayweather, is trying his hand at promoting MMA with his HDNet company. By getting Floyd Mayweather's name attached at a time when Mayweather is one of the world's hottest sports stars -- 850,000 buys for Mayweather-Hatton was not, as Kid Nate at Bloody Elbow described it, "very disappointing" in any way -- Cuban is buying himself attention in a sport that has one true ruling promotion and lots of second- and third-tier promotions that ...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Coming To MMA One Way or Another
Published 12/23/2007 by Derek - MMAMovement.com at MMAFrenzy.com
... WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. is considering on making the switch to mixed martial arts.ESPN reports that Mayweather has his sights set on fighting under the HDNet Fights banner. In fact, Mayweather and his camp have already discussed matters with HDNet Fights owner and fellow “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Mark Cuban. Mayweather’s adviser and best friend Leonard Ellerbe confirms, ...

Flory Mayweather Jr. Coming To MMA One Way or Another
Published 12/23/2007 by Derek - MMAMovement.com at MMAFrenzy.com
... WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. is considering on making the switch to mixed martial arts.ESPN reports that Mayweather has his sights set on fighting under the HDNet Fights banner. In fact, Mayweather and his camp have already discussed matters with HDNet Fights owner and fellow “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Mark Cuban. Mayweather’s adviser and best friend Leonard Ellerbe confirms, ...