charknicks
All Star
The reason why there wasn't big fights on the undercard was becuz they wanted a majority of the money going to the fight the people wanted to see. From a business standpoint, it makes perfect sense. As a fan it was pretty damn disappointing.
I know thats why. Thats the shortsighted thinking I am talking about. Money and Pac were at the end of their rope. Why wouldnt you give Money $3 million less and Pac $2 million less ($5 million total, which are nothing to them with that purse, and you can pay them that money back later), to get 2 dope title fights with your Garcia/ Thurman/ Broner/ etc. fighters (your next tier guys who you want to sell on PPV) and have them put on star making fights in front of millions of new eyes so you can sell more PPVs down the line and make more money for years to come? That was the EXACT night to build new stars to carry the sport. Everyone would make money down the line, boxing keeps going strong cause now you have 2-4 new guys that casuals (who watched that fight but dont watch others) will want to see fight again. They would bring more eyes to PPV, PBC fights, HBO fights, etc. Print your own money for years.
Its business 101, and they failed that class.