Now that Pacquiao lost, are Floyd Mayweather fights relevant?

[Imatroll]

I asked one of my friends who's a casual boxing fan if he's going to watch the Mayweather fight in May. He pretty much said No because now that Pacquiao lost, he isn't interested seeing Mayweather fight.

What do you guys think? Mayweather can't promote his fights anymore by saying, "Pacquiao you're next".

I'm curious to see how many PPV buys it does.

[BoxingFollower]

Well Floyd has been a boxing star longer than Pacquiao, he had PPV bouts against Judah, Delahoya, Carlos and etc and people watched him then and Manny was nowhere on the radar for Floyd at that time..

However if you are a casual fan and just enjoy the thought of Floyd finally losing, I can see why they would no longer watch the fights.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Huh? Pac lost the last 2 JMM fights and "lost" to Bradley. Has nothing to do with Floyds career.

[BoxingFollower]

I think the only time Floyds PPV buys dip under million buys is when he finally loses, the hype around his fights is the undefeated streak, some people can't wait to see the moment he finally slips.

You have people who pay to see him win, and people who pay to see him lose.

[Cinci Champ]

meaning they now realize pac man dont and didnt have a shot at beating mayweather? not sure y people think that mayweathers numbers come because of manny wouldn't manny have better ppv numbers if that was the case?

[DeadLikeMe]

Considering that ts is called "imatroll" but was so obviously asspained that the entire world laughed at Plankiao KTFO on the canvas, I think we've all known where his allegiances lie for a few years already before December 8th though tbh

[BetterCallSaul]

If Mayweather lost his next fight he wouldn't do big numbers again.

People pay to see Mayweather lose. People pay to see Pacquaio fight. There's the difference.

[BoxingFollower]

If Mayweather lost his next fight he wouldn't do big numbers again.

People pay to see Mayweather lose. People pay to see Pacquaio fight. There's the difference.

Not when it comes to money. Money is money, like one of the best Presidents of all time said... Arithmetic.

1 Million PPV buys from fans at 59.99
Is not different from
1 Million PPV buys from haters and fans combined at 59.99

In otherwords, 1+1 still equals 2. And that's all HBO, Mayweather, Goldenboy care about.

[techliam]

Not sure. Lets be honest, Mayweather fights aren't the most exciting fights available. His PPV sales come from the fact hes at the top of the sport, and many celebs etc go to his fights as they want to be seen going to see the best boxer out there.

But the majority probably comes from the fact people want to see him lose. Most of his career has been like that. It's pretty smart, he can be as boring as he likes and still get paid. But on the other hand, outside of the sport people sneer at you. I guess that route doesn't suit everyone, but if it works for him, why not.

As to whether or not Pacquiao's fall will affect him? Probably, but not by much - no noticable amount. The fall of Pacquiao is going to bring about some paydays for other fighters though, HBO want someone to bill as "The Guy to beat Mayweather" - again linked very much to what I said above, about people wanting to see him lose.

[Mato o Muero]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was breaking PPV records before most of Manny Pacquiao's current fans even knew that Manny Pacquiao existed.