{"id":617819,"date":"2026-04-19T21:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/617819\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:03:07","slug":"adrien-broner-sees-only-one-winner-in-mayweather-vs-pacquiao-2-hes-coming-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/617819\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrien Broner sees only one winner in Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2: &#8220;He&#8217;s coming to fight&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adrien Broner, who rose to prominence as a Floyd Mayweather disciple and later lost to Manny Pacquiao, has predicted the outcome of the money-spinning rematch.<\/p>\n<p>The pair are set to lock horns in a second encounter on September 19, headlining a Netflix show at The Sphere, Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, this was thought to be a fully-sanctioned contest, only for Mayweather to more recently claim that it would instead be an exhibition match.<\/p>\n<p>This has <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/pacquiao-on-mayweather-rematch-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">inspired Pacquiao to respond with a fresh series of comments<\/a>, outlining that Mayweather has, in fact, agreed to a professional bout.<\/p>\n<p>As such, fans are expecting Mayweather to put his 50-0 record on the line, while also presenting \u2018Pac Man\u2019 with the opportunity to exact his revenge.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipino did, of course, lose their first encounter by unanimous decision in 2015, only to later reveal that he had injured his right shoulder during training.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping for a less problematic camp this time around, Pacquiao is equally aiming to secure his first victory since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2019\/jul\/21\/manny-pacquiao-keith-thurman-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">edging a split decision against Keith Thurman<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/USbarkAzA_8?si=xXB9au-0FB9bdGVf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HeadBussinBoxing<\/a> interview with former world champion Broner, though, the 47-year-old is unlikely to enjoy more than a few moments of success against Mayweather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s going to serve a purpose; it\u2019s going to be a great fight to watch. Pacquiao\u2018s definitely coming to fight, and it\u2019s going to be an exciting fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still don\u2019t think he can beat Floyd no matter what, but I can\u2019t wait to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before facing Pacquiao, Mayweather has lined up a couple exhibitions with Mike Tyson and Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis, but whether they actually materialise remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, Pacquiao may have a slight advantage after having gone 12 rounds with Mario Barrios, the then-WBC world welterweight champion, last July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adrien Broner, who rose to prominence as a Floyd Mayweather disciple and later lost to Manny Pacquiao, has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-617819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}