{"id":664720,"date":"2026-06-29T17:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/664720\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:58:09","slug":"manny-pacquiao-shares-honest-reaction-as-floyd-mayweathers-problems-force-rematch-postponement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/664720\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao shares honest reaction as Floyd Mayweather’s ‘problems’ force rematch postponement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manny Pacquiao<\/a> has shared his first reaction after his planned rematch against Floyd Mayweather was postponed.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been over a decade since Pacquiao and Mayweather finally met back in May 2015, with Mayweather claiming a unanimous decision victory in an underwhelming affair, though it remains the highest grossing fight of all time.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao was keen for a rematch after citing a shoulder injury and there were rumours of a second meeting in the years that followed, but when Mayweather announced his retirement from the sport in August 2017, it seemed any hope of seeing it again was over.<\/p>\n

That changed earlier this year when it was reported that the two boxing legends were set for a shock rematch in September, with Mayweather putting his fabled 50-0 record on the line.<\/p>\n

Issues have plagued the proposed contest though since that announcement<\/a>, with Mayweather first denying that it would indeed be a fully sanctioned bout, before there were contrasting reports over the date and venue.<\/p>\n

The latest problem surrounds a lawsuit which has been filed against Mayweather for breach of contract, with that leading to the event to be officially postponed.<\/a><\/p>\n

Many fans now doubt whether it will indeed ever happen, but Pacquiao himself has now insisted it will still go ahead, telling FightHype<\/a> that they are deciding on an exact date.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re finalising the final date. Yes [it will be next year]. I hope he will fix his problems [with the lawsuit].\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the optimism of the Filipino star, Mayweather turns 50 in February while Pacquiao will be 48 in December, so time is running out if this rematch will take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao has shared his first reaction after his planned rematch against Floyd Mayweather was postponed. It\u2019s been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-664720","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\/664720","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=664720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}