The fans are not being forced to open their wallets and pay whatever price on PPV that the Pacquiao – Garcia event is going for.
The news of the Pacquiao-Garcia bout being an exhibition has been greeted with anger from boxing fans on social media, who are upset because they wanted it to be a real fight in which there would be a winner and a loser. Pacquiao has 2.6 million followers on Twitter and 6.1 million on Instagram. Ryan Garcia has 8.2 million followers on Instagram. Clearly, their match will do well on PPV, no matter what they price it at.
This means that Pacquiao’s WBA welterweight title won’t be on the line, and Ryan won’t have to risk suffering his first career defeat. In looking at it from Ryan’s side, it’s logical that he would agree to an exhibition match with Pacquiao.
King Ryan doesn’t have to worry about hurting his hero Pacquiao, and equally important, there’s no chance of Ryan losing his unbeaten record. Moreover, Ryan will gain more fans because he’ll receive a lot of attention facing Pacquiao.
Ryan (21-0, 18 KOs) is 22-years-old, and coming off a big seventh-round knockout victory over the highly ranked Luke Campbell on January 2nd. For Pacquiao’s part, he’s the WBA welterweight champion, and he’s coming off one of the biggest wins of his career against Keith Thurman in July 2019.
“The rules of engagement have not been decided yet!!,” said Manny Pacquiao Promotions president Sean Gibbons on Twitter. - Boxing News 24