Floyd Mayweather Jr.: CBS May Show Final Fight On Free TV — Date Set, No Opponent Yet

FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. will conclude his already-legendary boxing career on September 12 with his 49th fight, the fight that Mayweather insists will be his last. But after hauling in a record amount of cash from his May 2 pay-per-view fight against Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather is reportedly looking at doing something with his final fight that seems way out of character for the man who nicknamed himself “Money.”

Mayweather may give the fight away for free.

That is not to say that Mayweather will fight for free — but the fight, according to sources who spoke to CBS Sports, may be broadcast live on prime time network TV.

The network that would carry the fight would be, of course, CBS, whose parent company also owns the premium cable network Showtime which holds exclusive rights to the September Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight.

The fight would finish off Mayweather’s six-fight contract with Showtime whether or not Mayweather decides to take the fight to the CBS network.

If the Mayweather fight ends up on CBS, it would be the first major fight broadcast by CBS on its own initiative since January of 1997, when the network showed a middleweight title fight between then-champion Bernard Hopkins and challenger Glen Johnson.

Al Haymon is also a top advisor to Floyd Mayweather Jr.