When Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally squared off against each other in the ring back in 2015, it was the culmination of a buildup that captivated the sports world beyond just boxing fans. The welterweight title clash between two generational greats shattered records, generating a staggering 4.6 million pay-per-view buys and a $72 million live gate in Las Vegas.
Despite the immense hype, the fight occurred while both fighters were past their physical primes. Mayweather would go on to win a unanimous decision, a result that was later contextualized by the revelation that Pacquiao had fought with a torn rotator cuff. The fight, while commercially successful, left a lingering sense of


