{"id":261807,"date":"2025-11-14T05:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/261807\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:23:10","slug":"roy-jones-jr-delivers-honest-verdict-on-mayweather-vs-pacquiao-rematch-i-think-he-can-ko-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/261807\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr Delivers Honest Verdict On Mayweather vs Pacquiao Rematch: “I Think He Can KO Him”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hall of Fame legend Roy Jones Jr<\/a> has shared his thoughts on a potential rematch between Floyd Mayweather<\/a> and Manny Pacquiao<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It has been reported in the last few weeks that five-weight world champion Mayweather is considering making a return to the sport to face Pacquiao for the second time<\/a>, over ten years on from their monumental first encounter.<\/p>\n

\u2018Money\u2019 Mayweather got the better of Pacquiao when they locked horns in the \u2018Fight Of The Century\u2019 back in May of 2015, defeating the Filipino great via unanimous decision to unify the WBC, WBA and WBO world welterweight titles.<\/p>\n

As the legendary duo potentially edge closer to finalising a deal to do battle once again<\/a>, four-weight world champion Jones Jr has spoken out and shared his verdict on the situation.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Fight Hub TV<\/a>, Jones claimed that a rematch between Mayweather and Pacquiao would be a \u2018great move\u2019 for both fighters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean if they can do it and make the money doing it, great move for both of them. I mean, listen, I don\u2019t hate on nobody making money. I can\u2019t do that. I\u2019d be crazy to do that. You understand me? Just don\u2019t call my name when you\u2019re doing it because you call my name I\u2019m gonna have an issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cManny\u2019s chances go up now because he isn\u2019t injured this time, they both are a bit older so if he can stay busier, we\u2019ll see. Can Floyd still punch hard enough to get him out? I think he probably can but we\u2019ll see. Can Manny avoid Floyd\u2019s knockout punch, and can Manny out-punch Floyd is what I\u2019m thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pacquiao made a shock comeback to the sport back in July when he fought to a draw against reigning WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios, his first ring appearance as a professional in just under four years.<\/p>\n

As for Mayweather, the 48-year-old from Michigan announced his retirement from the sport after his crossover showdown with MMA superstar Conor McGregor back in 2017, although he has been involved in a number of exhibition bouts since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame legend Roy Jones Jr has shared his thoughts on a potential rematch between Floyd Mayweather…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-261807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261807","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=261807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}