{"id":387869,"date":"2026-01-04T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/387869\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T15:56:07","slug":"jeff-mayweather-responds-to-reports-that-floyd-may-end-retirement-to-rematch-pacquiao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/387869\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Mayweather responds to reports that Floyd may end retirement to rematch Pacquiao"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Mayweather has issued his honest verdict on whether Floyd Mayweather, his nephew, would benefit from entering a loosely reported rematch with Manny Pacquiao<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rumours of a second encounter between the two pound-for-pound legends resurfaced towards the end of 2025, with \u2018Pac Man\u2019 expressing his interest in a potential shot at revenge.<\/p>\n

Their first fight, which took place in 2015, saw Mayweather claim a unanimous decision victory in what is still the top money-generating boxing match of all time.<\/p>\n

But despite its considerable financial value, their 12-round welterweight contest ultimately lacked the fireworks that may have been delivered if they had collided at an earlier stage.<\/p>\n

As a result, there has been very little demand, if any, for a second meeting between the two Hall of Famers, with many accepting the convincing nature of Mayweather\u2019s win as a definitive end to their rivalry.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao, however, seemingly remains determined to exact his revenge, believing that a draw with WBC world champion Mario Barrios<\/a> in July has afforded him a new lease of life.<\/p>\n

Mayweather, meanwhile, has also been linked to a possible exhibition match with Mike Tyson<\/a>, who has not entered the ring since trudging through eight rounds against Jake Paul in 2024.<\/p>\n

But while the prospect of a bout between Mayweather and Tyson, exhibition or otherwise, has certainly received its fair share of backlash, the former\u2019s uncle nonetheless sees it as a more viable option than the Pacquiao rematch.<\/p>\n

In an interview with The Mayweather Channel<\/a>, Jeff made no attempt to hide his true feelings towards the two potential matchups.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s he going to fight him [Pacquiao] for? It don\u2019t mean nothing. [Tyson] would be the better option.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat way, they\u2019re [both] making money and, really, it\u2019s just entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Mayweather and Tyson would likely make an obscene amount of money, but whether their potential exhibition classifies as \u2018entertainment\u2019 is perhaps up for debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Mayweather has issued his honest verdict on whether Floyd Mayweather, his nephew, would benefit from entering a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-387869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}