Before and after Mayweather vs Pacquiao, the decline of PPV numbers

[_Maxi]

The nine fights before May vs Pac, averaged 538k buyers.
The nine fights after May vs Pac, averaged 363k buyers.

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[DeadLikeMe]

Pac fought like such a scared coward, nobody wants to buy his fights anymore. The biggest draw in the history of the sport rode off into the sunset and the losers are fighting over the scraps.

[Sadiqkingofko]

that fight went as expected but it was so over hyped that people thought it would be Hagler-Hearns type fight, many people who haven't even watched boxing before tuned in and it shut them off immediately

[Thraxox]

The fight was five years too late. It was a Ko'ed old pac vs Old Mayweather. The fight was just a shadow of what it could have been 6 or five years ago.

[Mike D]

Pac fought like such a scared coward, nobody wants to buy his fights anymore. The biggest draw in the history of the sport rode off into the sunset and the losers are fighting over the scraps.

Your sheer hatred for Pacquiao blinds you. Fact is, they both equally contributed to that utter embarrassment of a "fight". They threw virtually the same number of punches and each landed career lows. And at least Manny was the one coming forward. He just didn't know what to do once he got to Floyd.

And say what you will about Pacquiao's declining numbers, but against Vargas he still sold out the arena to a raucous crowd and sold just as many PPVs as Canelo, the sport's supposedly new signature face, did against Liam Smith.

[Wolfie*]

Your sheer hatred for Pacquiao blinds you. Fact is, they both equally contributed to that utter embarrassment of a "fight". They threw virtually the same number of punches and each landed career lows. And at least Manny was the one coming forward. He just didn't know what to do once he got to Floyd.

And say what you will about Pacquiao's declining numbers, but against Vargas he still sold out the arena to a raucous crowd and sold just as many PPVs as Canelo, the sport's supposedly new signature face, did against Liam Smith.

True. Fact is Pacquiao/May fight ruined boxing for the casuals. Mayweather only sold 500,000 in his last fight when he was averaging a million before that. That speaks to how fed up people are with boxing.

[Robbie Barrett]

Mayweather and Pacquiao fights skew the numbers, take away fights involving them and compare the numbers.

[soul_survivor]

It's a pretty simple explanation, don't you think?

The fight happened way too late and way too over hyped. Those of us who follow boxing properly knew Pac not only had too many miles but his body aged faster, as the bodies of fighters based on exceptional speed and reflexes and aggression often do. Mayweather was also past his best but in a much better place physically and he sparred his way to a useless win, a win that does not mean as much as the JMM KO of Pacquiao of the Morales points win.

However, for the casual viewers, who are needed to boost PPV numbers saw it as a complete rip off and have become distant from PPV buys. Also couple in the fact that both Pac and Mats ppv status was built around the Oscar win and the potential of them fighting each other, that all got washed away after they eventually "fought".

There are no stars now for non-regular boxing fans to tune in for. Canelo and co, the up and coming stars, are all stars within the sphere of the sport itself, not to the general public.

Then there is one last point: from the push of HBO ppv in the 80s to the modern day, ppv fatigue has set in with the public. Many boxing fans I know don't want to buy ppvs or just watch on streams which are becoming faster and better each month. The old American PPV model is dying.

[Mike D]

Also couple in the fact that both Pac and Mats ppv status was built around the Oscar win and the potential of them fighting each other, that all got washed away after they eventually "fought".

Good way of putting it.