{"id":232964,"date":"2025-10-29T23:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/232964\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T23:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:42:08","slug":"manny-pacquiao-says-floyd-mayweather-has-almost-agreed-to-a-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/232964\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao says Floyd Mayweather has “almost” agreed to a rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manny Pacquiao says he has “almost” agreed a rematch with fellow boxing legend Floyd Mayweather.<\/p>\n

The former multi-weight world champions first met in 2015,<\/a> in what was billed as the ‘Fight of the Century’.<\/p>\n

Mayweather won after 12 rounds by unanimous decision but Pacquiao said he had a shoulder injury and told the BBC in 2018<\/a> that he “cannot retire with peace of mind with that defeat”.<\/p>\n

The 46-year-old retired in 2021 but returned to face WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in his comeback fight in July, with Barrios retaining his title after a majority draw.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mayweather has had a string of exhibition bouts since retiring with an undefeated record in 2017 and the 48-year-old American is scheduled to face Mike Tyson<\/a> next year.<\/p>\n

But Pacquiao says Mayweather’s camp are “in negotiations” over a rematch that would “probably” take place in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

“It depends on whether we can understand each other,” the Filipino told Seconds Out., external<\/a> “My people and his people [are] directly co-ordinating.”<\/p>\n

Referring to his injury in 2015, Pacquiao added: “It’s very interesting because, right now, I don’t have a shoulder problem.<\/p>\n

“I’m sure the world of boxing will be excited if the rematch will push through. He has his own decision so I cannot prevent him from fighting Mike Tyson.”<\/p>\n

Mayweather’s exhibition fight with former heavyweight champion Tyson, 59, is scheduled for next spring but an exact date is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao says he has “almost” agreed a rematch with fellow boxing legend Floyd Mayweather. The former multi-weight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-232964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}