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Floyd Mayweather Thanks Les Moonves In Full-Page Newspaper Ad

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. runs a full-page ad in today's N.Y. Times thanking CBS President & CEO Les Moonves for his role in helping set up the Manny Pacquiao bout: “Without You, This Historic Event Would Never Have Happened.”

USA Today has a slew of ads in its sports section, including a full-page advert from "Premier Boxing Champions" promoting Saturday’s broadcast on CBS and Charlotte Motor Speedway touting its “10 Days Of NASCAR Thunder” bookended by the May 16 All-Star Race and the May 24 Coca-Cola 600. The section also featured half-page ads from HBO promoting Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez-James Kirkland bout and Verizon hyping the IndyCar 15 app (THE DAILY).

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