{"id":542733,"date":"2026-03-17T17:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/542733\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:15:07","slug":"david-benavidez-picks-a-winner-in-mayweather-vs-pacquiao-2-no-disrespect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/542733\/","title":{"rendered":"David Benavidez picks a winner in Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2: &#8220;No disrespect&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are set for a rematch later this year and now reigning WBC light-heavyweight world champion David Benavidez has offered his prediction for what is sure to be one of the biggest events of the 2026 boxing calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather and Pacquiao collided in 2015, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/32571743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2018TBE\u2019 secured one of his most famous wins<\/a> \u2013 even if the action itself did not match the hype.<\/p>\n<p>During the aftermath, fans claimed that the result may have been different if had the pair faced off earlier in their careers. While the past can\u2019t be altered, Pacquiao has been presented the opportunity to level the score 11 years later.<\/p>\n<p>If some felt Pacquiao was the faded fighter first time around, it is he who has the advantage of activity in the rematch, given he has fought on five occasions since Mayweather last stepped through the ropes as a professional, and as recently as last year against then welterweight champion, Mario Barrios.<\/p>\n<p>Although, in a clip captured by <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/jdshqs23Q8A?si=DlZ1icrO4GKhyeTc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">XicanaBoxing<\/a> before the announcement of the rematch, Benavidez provided his prediction for the then potential dust-up, where he shared his belief that history would be repeated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Floyd Mayweather is still who he is, I think Floyd Mayweather will win but I don\u2019t know, we will have to see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are both older guys, Floyd is [nearly] 50 [years old]. I\u2019m not trying to disrespect in any type of way but he is a 50-year-old man, you know what I mean. Pacquiao is a 47-year-old man too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/mayweather-vs-pacquiao-rematch-planned\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mayweather-Pacquiao II takes place on Saturday, September 19 at The Sphere in Las Vegas<\/a>, as Mayweather puts his fabled 50-0 record on the line against his ageing but acclaimed rival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are set for a rematch later this year and now reigning WBC light-heavyweight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-542733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542733","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=542733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}