MayPac wasn’t a disappointment. It was just a Floyd Mayweather fight.

“The fight of the Century” was five years past when it should have happened and overhyped to increase viewership.

It worked.

HBO and Showtime are reporting the fight sold over 3 million pay-per-view subscriptions, which would break the previous record of 2.5 million buys.

But the response from many was that the fight failed to live up to the hype or did not meet expectations that were set. Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya’s Tweet summed up many fans’ reactions to the uneventful, 12 round bout.

“Sorry boxing fans,” followed by, “I’m just not into the boxing, running style. I like jumping out of my seat because a fight was existing and the fans got their money’s worth.”

Viewers of the fight should not be mad at Manny Pacquiao or Mayweather, only at themselves for allowing boxing promoters to dupe them. The fight played out as many boxing experts expected: Pacquiao throwing punches that lacked the power he once had and Mayweather avoiding shots and picking his spots better than anyone who has ever stepped into the ring.

Mayweather has connected on 46 percent of his punches and his opponents landed only 16 percent on the world champion throughout his career, according to Compubox.

During the fight on May 2, Mayweather landed on 34 percent of his punches versus only 19 percent by Pacquiao landing only 81 total punches on Money.

Mayweather dancing around the ring is much of what he has done as his career has wound down — not engaging and working as a technician, picking opponents apart and winning decisions without much engagement.

To expect this match would be any different was simply wishful thinking and it showed the lack of knowledge from many watching the fight.

The fight of the century doomed boxing because of this. It was one final stage for an aging sport to command the attention of the nation and MayPac failed to live up but at the same time did exactly what was expected.

The fight had a chance to increase the popularity of boxing in a way that hasn’t been seen since Sugar Ray Leonard.

A knockout would have gotten people out of their seats and talking for days.

A slugfest, tight decision would have had fans on the edge of their seats all night.

Instead, a 12 round, landslide, unanimous decision that lacked much engagement from either fighter left fans with the sour feeling of being cheated. This last spotlight couldn’t have gone worse for the sport of boxing.

Every person claiming they were disappointed in the fight should cherish what the Saturday night’s fight was. The end of an era.

The fight of the century should have been titled “The Death of Boxing” because never again will boxing hold this country’s attention the way it did this past week.