The PBD Podcast<\/a>, the 49-year-old American star said that his intention is to still fight \u2018PacMan\u2019, and that he will do so after an exhibition \u2013 also previously announced and postponed \u2013 with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.<\/p>\n\u201cDecember we got Mayweather-Mike Tyson exhibition, you know, that\u2019s in December and I think Pacquiao-Mayweather will be somewhere in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked explicitly if the he believes the Pacquiao rematch will actually go ahead, he said:<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. You know, we already talked about it. You know, for that fight, I\u2019ll be guaranteed 110 million.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, Mayweather provided some of his side of the story behind the fight collapsing, which happened after it was officially announced by broadcaster Netflix.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, the reason why the fight hasn\u2019t happened is because of the deals. I know you guys keep hearing, \u2018Why is this fight not happening?\u2019 So let me explain.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a guy, the same guy that stole the $200 million. He was in the middle of trying to defraud numerous people, committing fraud, I should say.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were going to fight on Netflix, and with the deal, they tried to offer me and Pacquiao the same amount of money. So I said, \u2018Okay, in the first Pacquiao fight, I was guaranteed $101 million. He was guaranteed $25 million.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we come back and do the rematch, and this time they try to give both of us $27.5 million. I said, \u2018Well, he loses and he gets the exact same amount as I get?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI said, \u2018Absolutely not. Go back to the drawing board, get your numbers right, and when you\u2019ve got your numbers right, then come talk to me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Pacquiao, it seems, will not wait around due to any stalled talks or renegotiations. He has been strongly linked to a professional return on the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua card<\/a>, though anything concrete if yet to be officially confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite a year defined by postponements, Floyd Mayweather still intends to return to the ring. The boxing icon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-809252","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\/809252","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=809252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}