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And here's why:
In Saving Private Ryan, the Call of Duty series, Band of Brothers, and countless other media works, the Americans (good) fight the Germans (bad). In Batman, you see Bruce Wayne (good) fight the Joker (who is bad). In Spain, when they have the bullfights, the human (good) fights the bull (bad).
In none of these battles, do you see anybody (save Jimmy Conway from Goodfellas) rooting for the bad guy. We pay to see the Americans save the world from the ****s, we root for Batman to take out the Joker, and we certainly root for the matador to take out the bull. You never see anybody paying to see the Joker beat Batman or the bull impaling the matador. In any avenue of entertainment (which is what boxing is), it makes good business sense to see the good forces win and the bad forces lose.
Enter Floyd Mayweather:
The evidence is all there. Floyd admits he's the "bad guy". We know he's not really a bad guy, however that is what he must be portrayed as. Oscar and Ricky were both the "good guys". Notice the background music when Mayweather's highlights play.
The public believed Oscar de la Hoya had a chance to upend evil and that's why it got over 2 million buys. DLH, obviously also has a fanbase. Since Floyd stopped fighting the more competitive competition, his numbers have fallen. Ricky and Marquez combined barely got 2 million buys.
This is because just like how everybody goes out to see the matador beat the bull, everybody comes to see Floyd get beat. That's why Floyd won't fight Mosley. That's why he needs to fight Pacquiao. More people want Manny to beat Mayweather than Mosley.
That is all.
In Saving Private Ryan, the Call of Duty series, Band of Brothers, and countless other media works, the Americans (good) fight the Germans (bad). In Batman, you see Bruce Wayne (good) fight the Joker (who is bad). In Spain, when they have the bullfights, the human (good) fights the bull (bad).
In none of these battles, do you see anybody (save Jimmy Conway from Goodfellas) rooting for the bad guy. We pay to see the Americans save the world from the ****s, we root for Batman to take out the Joker, and we certainly root for the matador to take out the bull. You never see anybody paying to see the Joker beat Batman or the bull impaling the matador. In any avenue of entertainment (which is what boxing is), it makes good business sense to see the good forces win and the bad forces lose.
Enter Floyd Mayweather:
The evidence is all there. Floyd admits he's the "bad guy". We know he's not really a bad guy, however that is what he must be portrayed as. Oscar and Ricky were both the "good guys". Notice the background music when Mayweather's highlights play.
The public believed Oscar de la Hoya had a chance to upend evil and that's why it got over 2 million buys. DLH, obviously also has a fanbase. Since Floyd stopped fighting the more competitive competition, his numbers have fallen. Ricky and Marquez combined barely got 2 million buys.
This is because just like how everybody goes out to see the matador beat the bull, everybody comes to see Floyd get beat. That's why Floyd won't fight Mosley. That's why he needs to fight Pacquiao. More people want Manny to beat Mayweather than Mosley.
That is all.
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