Floyd Mayweather Says Rematch w/ Manny Pacquiao is "Happening This Year"

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Floyd Mayweather Says Rematch with Manny Pacquiao Happening "This Year"
by Katie Kilkenny
Sept. 15, 2018


Floyd Mayweather is promising a sequel to the "fight of the century."

On Saturday the boxer posted a video of himself and fellow boxer and onetime rival Manny Pacquiao, who he defeated three years ago in a massively anticipated fight at Las Vegas' MGM Grand, with the caption "I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year. Another 9 figure pay day on the way @mayweatherpromotions."

The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Mayweather Promotions for comment.




The 2015 match between Mayweather and Pacquiao set a record for pay-per-view buys, with 4.6 million purchases. Showtime and HBO teamed up to jointly produce and distribute the fight, which netted $418 million on PPV alone. (Viewers paid either $89.95 or $99.95, for HD, to watch the fight.)

It's reported that Mayweather and Pacquiao each earned at least $100 million from the bout, which lasted about an hour.




Despite the early hype, the end result was widely considered disappointing, with USA Today's critic calling it a "pay-per-snooze."

Still, Mayweather followed it up with another highly-anticipated fight, with Conor McGregor in 2017.

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