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<\/a><\/p>\nDespite all the back-and-forth arguments, finger pointing and accusations that surrounded the struggles to put the first fight together, Mathur admits that while the rematch wasn\u2019t smooth sailing, it was clearly a much different process dealing with Mayweather and Pacquiao directly.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously they were both in a place to be able to get it done and take it across the finish line, just because also seeing Manny come back to the ring last year,\u201d Mathur explained. \u201cWhen Floyd sees Manny come back to the ring and they\u2019re both retired, he\u2019s like \u2018I\u2019m going to come back to the ring, too.\u2019 Timing had a lot to do with it. Because when you\u2019re talking about backends and you\u2019re talking about crazy things, we\u2019ll give you \u2018X\u2019 amount as a base, an \u2018X\u2019 amount of pay-per-view buys \u2014 in today\u2019s market, it\u2019s hard to measure what it would be. So when you\u2019re talking Netflix and they\u2019re heads are there and Manny is active and Floyd is like \u2018I want to get back active again\u2019 and it\u2019s also a competitive thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey want to break their records, set the bar high one more time, we got it done. Now it wasn\u2019t easy. This was a very challenging process. There\u2019s a lot of moving parts. There\u2019s a lot of people to navigate. We had to clean up and move certain pieces around on the chessboard and get things done. It definitely was a very, very long process. It was very painful of what we had to go through to get everything done but the bottom line is we managed to get to the finish line and land the plane.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to the fight airing on Netflix, Mayweather and Pacquiao are going to clash again with the event taking place at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The massive venue has typically only served home to concerts and special events like airing The Wizard of Oz on the massive LED screens that surround the entire arena but the UFC put on the first ever live sporting event there with UFC 306 back in 2024.<\/p>\n
That was one of the most talked about UFC shows of all-time and Netflix was obviously paying attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cNetflix wanted that,\u201d Mathur revealed. \u201cNetflix had a condition and they wanted to do it at the Sphere. Because they want this to be their ultimate. They want this to be an event that they put on that the world sees. It\u2019s highest marketed event in Netflix sports. They\u2019re pulling everything out for this one.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo part of that is the production value and the production value to do that in boxing. So create like a WWE like production in boxing that\u2019s never been done and showcase it to the world, where you\u2019re turning into sports-entertainment for one night is going to be epic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mathur stated that planning for the actual live production hasn\u2019t started yet but he\u2019s expecting a similar set up to the UFC had at the Sphere. The next several months are going to be spent orchestrating the live event for seating as well as how the fight is going to be seen on Netflix.<\/p>\n
Another wrinkle for this rematch was Mayweather and Pacquiao putting their records on the line with a professional fight versus an exhibition. Since retirement, Mayweather has engaged in numerous exhibition bouts, which obviously wouldn\u2019t affect his perfect 50-0 record.<\/p>\n
In fact before he prepares for the Pacquiao rematch, Mayweather is expected to engage in an exhibition with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.<\/p>\n
But the stakes are much greater for the rematch between Mayweather and Pacquiao with both fighters agreeing this fight needed to count.<\/p>\n
\u201cManny has always wanted a rematch with Floyd and wanted it to be professional,\u201d Mathur said. \u201cThere\u2019s been discussions of professional in the past. There\u2019s been discussions of exhibitions. Unfortunately those discussions never panned out to anything, they never materialized.<\/p>\n
\u201cFloyd was in a position now where he\u2019s ready to make a comeback. Because Manny has also made his comeback and step back into the ring as a pro fighter. So he\u2019s putting it on the line. He\u2019s not scared. He knows what he\u2019s doing. He didn\u2019t get to 50-0 by not knowing what he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s still a lot of time before Mayweather and Pacquiao starting throwing punches at each other again but the promotion for the event has already started.<\/p>\n
Mathur believes the anticipation for this rematch is going to be unlike anything that has ever been seen before and he expects Mayweather vs. Pacquiao 2 to crush every other fight that\u2019s already aired on Netflix.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will definitely have more views than any other event in Netflix sports history. Period. Point blank. Mic drop there,\u201d Mathur said. \u201cIt is going to destroy. It\u2019s not an ego thing, oh this guy is better than this guy and we\u2019re going to beat their numbers. It\u2019s not about that. You just have to look at a simple thing: Manny is from Asia. What is the population in Asia compared to North America? Look at Manny\u2019s global fan base. Put Floyd to the side for a moment, Floyd has a huge global fanbase right? But just look at Manny\u2019s Asian demographic. Look at Manny on Asia Games and see what he did there.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo part of this whole thing coming together, also, was Netflix seeing what kind of traction Manny had on a show that they had, which Manny was on. It\u2019s not about look at Jake Paul and Mike Tyson and the numbers they did. They did phenomenal numbers. It\u2019s not easy to get 106 million views. It\u2019s not easy to get 1 million views. But these guys are international icons. They\u2019re not just boxers. They\u2019re legends.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are set to meet again in a rematch 11 years in the making…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,711,49,48,701,82],"class_list":["post-502351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-latest-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502351","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=502351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}