A loss for Pacquiao could end his days of being a mega PPV star

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    Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum better choose wisely the next opponent for his Filipino star, because another loss for Pacquiao could very well end his days as a mega pay per view star in the sport of boxing.

    I know Arum doesn’t want the Pacquiao gravy train to end just now because he’s made a ton of money for the promoter as well himself in the last four years.

    However, Pacquiao lost his last fight to Tim Bradley, and his PPV numbers are way down from what they used to be. Some of that could be the choice of opponent. Arum went and signed Bradley to his Top Rank stable, and Bradley has never been a big ticket seller or ratings guy.

    Instead of Arum recognizing that putting Pacquiao in with Bradley would be the PPV equivalent of matching Pacquiao against another one of non-popular Top Rank stable fighters Joshua Clottey, Arum went ahead and did it anyway for an in house fight that didn’t draw well. But some of the lower numbers could be a reflection of one too many mismatches involving Pacquiao.

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