While the fight is still not formally confirmed by the pound-for-pound champ himself, Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s supposed bout with two-time welterweight titlist Andre Berto is having conflicting reports on whether it will be shown for free on CBS or be available in pay-per-view as what is the usual.

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The latest update from Boxing News 24's Dan Ambrose is that the Berto match is 90 percent going to be accessible on Showtime PPV according to officials close to the fighters. However, Ambrose noted that "it's going to be a very, very tough sell to ask boxing fans to pay" a Mayweather-Berto fight on PPV.

Ring TV also backed up the report, but since anyone who would face the unbeaten American will appear to be a mismatch, Money may now have a hard time finding potential crowd drawers that would provide him the usual payday he gets.

While Mayweather's camp already rejected the possibility of Amir Khan, Keith Thurman, and Shawn Porter for the champ's allegedly final fight before retirement, these names were also seen as not enough to draw a ton of PPV viewers.

A probable fight with middleweight king Gennady Golovkin draws a lot of interest from worldwide boxing enthusiasts, but Mayweather is said to be not keen on risking his health, record, and reputation in battling the hard-hitting Kazakh brawler.

Last week, the New York Daily News reported that the Mayweather-Berto affair would be televised live on CBS for the public to enjoy for free, although it did mention that the probability of it taking place would be "a long shot".

The report noted that the main reason why it would not be on CBS is the likely challenge "of selling ad space on such short notice."

With Mayweather's opponent still not officially announced and the Berto speculation still up in the air with only a few weeks away before the actual fight, it really seems unrealistic to gain anything by holding it on national TV.

On the other hand, many boxing marketing experts see the "free TV" move as advantageous to Mayweather in the long run even though it may not generate the same amount of money he is used to earning.

After the expensive but lackluster "Fight of the Century" with Filipino pugilist Manny Pacquiao last May, the fans would indeed appreciate seeing a Mayweather fight without damaging their wallets, so to speak.

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