{"id":596274,"date":"2026-04-11T04:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/596274\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T04:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:27:16","slug":"floyd-mayweather-reportedly-paid-millions-of-dollars-before-backing-out-of-netflix-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/596274\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather Reportedly Paid Millions Of Dollars Before Backing Out Of Netflix Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MixCollage-09-Apr-2026-12-44-PM-5434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24008970\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The Floyd Mayweather saga with Netflix is starting to get ugly.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Netflix announced that they were hosting the rematch between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao at the Las Vegas Sphere and that the fight would sanctioned as a pro fight that would count against their records.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Mayweather gave several interviews in which he claimed the fight would be an exhibition and that the location was still unknown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is actually not a fight, it\u2019s an exhibition. You know I got an exhibition with Mike Tyson also.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 Floyd Mayweather says his fight with Manny Pacquiao will be an exhibition, not a professional bout, and that the Sphere isn\u2019t 100% confirmed as the location yet\u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is actually not a fight, it\u2019s a exhibition. You know I got an exhibition with Mike Tyson also.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PLswMqjlAU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PLswMqjlAU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Source of Boxing (@Sourceofboxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sourceofboxing\/status\/2038031866201334218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao warned Mayweather that he would be in breach of contract for backing out of their fight.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Manny Pacquiao says Floyd Mayweather Jr has already received an advance for their rematch and is now making excuses \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe signed a real fight, and he got his advance, so there\u2019s no reason to make excuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jhayoh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@jhayoh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4s0rqiLxf7\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/4s0rqiLxf7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Source of Boxing (@Sourceofboxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sourceofboxing\/status\/2040239311438627210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Boxing Scene\u2019s Lance Pugmire, Mayweather was paid millions of dollars in advance by Netflix for a pro fight before trying to turn it into an exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNetflix has given Floyd Mayweather some financial advances, and we\u2019re talking millions of dollars, I don\u2019t know exactly but when I threw out a figure, they said it\u2019s even higher than what I threw out, and I threw out multiple millions of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\u201dWe\u2019re talking millions of dollars\u201d\ud83d\udcb8<\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pugboxing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@pugboxing<\/a> discusses the rumours that Floyd Mayweather has had several advances on his purse\ud83d\udcb0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoxingSceneToday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#BoxingSceneToday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qkIVYv3SMO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qkIVYv3SMO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BoxingScene.com (@boxingscene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boxingscene\/status\/2041891576750993760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9 Mark J. 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