Former Showtime Sports executive Stephen Espinoza catches up with Fight Hub TV to discuss a number of topics, and most notably touches on his thoughts on Floyd Mayweather’s lawsuit against Showtime. Obviously Espinoza was the man in charge of that side of the network during the relevant time period, and while he couldn’t go into too much detail due to the ongoing litigation, he did have some things to say before explaining that he expects Floyd’s rematch with Manny Pacquiao to eventually get worked
out.
Espinoza on Mayweather’s lawsuit against Showtime
“I can’t say too much about it because the lawyers have asked me not to, but obviously Floyd is looking for $340M, which he supposedly discovered 10 years later is missing. I think you can tell my by [skeptical] tone what my thoughts are on that.
“And, look, all I can say is I’m confident in the legal process. I’m confident in what the facts are going to show and I look forward to this playing out in court so everybody can see what is true and exactly where the money went because if you look at how my career has played out — I have spent my career going back to representing both Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, I’ve spent my career making sure fighters are treated fairly and have got compensated fairly and I’ve never done anything but that. And I think the administration I ran at Showtime was one that was very fighter-friendly and I stand by that and my reputation will continue to be that regardless of this lawsuit.”
On whether he thinks the Mayweather vs Pacquiao rematch happens
“I know it’s a bit messy right now and there’s some things that are yet to work out but, look, both fighters seem to want it. We’ve got some time. It’s not as if this is something coming up a week before the fight. So I think with time this will get worked out and I do expect that fight to happen.”
