{"id":532452,"date":"2026-04-15T16:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/532452\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:03:08","slug":"floyd-mayweather-finally-speaks-out-on-pacquiao-rematch-terms-as-deadline-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/532452\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather finally speaks out on Pacquiao rematch terms as deadline passes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weeks after it was announced that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao would be set to meet in a professionally sanctioned rematch this September, Mayweather threw the plans into doubt. He has now provided an update following multiple \u2018deadlines\u2019 from the other side.<\/p>\n

In mid-February, streaming giant Netflix announced that it would be streaming the second fight live from The Sphere, Las Vegas<\/a> \u2013 a rematch eleven years on from the first encounter which, despite Mayweather and Pacquiao being past their prime, shattered many commercial records in the sport.<\/p>\n

However, the American later U-turned on the announcement, saying that it was an exhibition, removing the intrigue of his 50-0 record being on the line, and that the venue was not yet finalised, meaning the futuristic Sphere may not get its first boxing card.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao\u2019s team has been providing regular updates since, insisting that their rival has signed a contract and even benefitted financially from the deal already. In his most recent interview, MP Promotions CEO Jas Mathur said Mayweather had a deadline of April 14, yesterday, to confirm that he will be honouring the contract for a pro bout.<\/a> He also said that he was confident this would be the case, and that the fight proceeds as announced.<\/p>\n

On deadline day, Mayweather commented on an Instagram post \u2013 now deleted but verified \u2013 by ES News that stated the fight was back on. The 49-year-old said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not true! [Media outlet] Fight Hype will be first to know after everything is worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

If fans are to read into the comment \u2013 though they may see that pointless at this stage \u2013 Mayweather does seem to end on a positive note. Further updates from Pacquiao\u2019s team are expected soon and, if the \u2018will they, won\u2019t they\u2019 saga drags on, perhaps Netflix will get involved, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weeks after it was announced that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao would be set to meet in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-532452","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\/532452","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=532452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}