A press convention to announce a Mayweather vs Pacquiao rematch in Tokyo on December 31 was referred to as off amid curiosity from Showtime.
World Boxing Information revealed that Showtime is all for staging a second installment of probably the most profitable Pay Per View ever produced.
Mayweather and Pacquiao traded blows in 2015. It was a match-up that bought over 4.7 million buys on SHO PPV.
Will Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 occur?
Eight years on, and after a number of false begins, Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 was set to occur over six rounds in Tokyo on a RIZIN New 12 months’s Eve occasion. A presser was set for Monday.
Nonetheless, WBN then realized of Showtime wanting Mayweather to compete towards Mikey Garcia on its last broadcast after 37 years in boxing.
Showtime is bowing out of the game. The community will televise a large present to say goodbye after one of the crucial profitable TV runs ever.
Days after the Mayweather vs Garcia stories started, WBN said that Mayweather dealing with Pacquiao would far exceed any curiosity from the followers.
Boards and social media had been awash with groans that Mayweather might return to Showtime for Garcia reasonably than the struggle all people requested for towards Pacquiao.
Now that the Mayweather vs Pacquiao announcement has been shelved, Showtime can negotiate to stage the occasion a couple of weeks earlier on their finale present.
Head of Boxing Stephen Espinoza is already lining up Danny Garcia, Erislandy Lara, and Keith Thurman to seem on the farewell.
Including Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 into the combo can be a large coup, even when it’s an exhibition over eight or ten rounds. The Pay Per View value might justify eighty or ninety {dollars} a pop.
Extra can be uncovered within the coming days. Furthermore, it’s been too lengthy that the pair of legends have been saved aside once more.
First struggle
The primary struggle was a moist squib. Mayweather dominated Pacquiao in a twelve-round snoozefest. Within the aftermath, Pacquiao cited a shoulder damage and referred to as for a rematch.
Mayweather didn’t oblige. As a substitute, he ended his profession with a contracted September 2015 conflict after selecting Andre Berto as his final-ever skilled opponent.
Pacquiao had undergone surgical procedure on his shoulder however was able to go once more by April 2016. Floyd had no curiosity by then and was already having fun with retirement.
It wasn’t till August 2017 that Mayweather was tempted to struggle once more when Conor McGregor referred to as. Making one other big paycheck, Mayweather felt no have to face Pacquiao once more.
By 2019, Mayweather was over the hill as Pacquiao continued to impress at welterweight. “Pac-Man” grew to become the oldest world champion on the weight that summer season. However with the win got here additional distance from a Mayweather exhibition.
Now that Pacquiao is pushing 45, Mayweather is once more. Hopefully, boxing followers can witness yet another episode of the drama as Showtime walks away from the game for good.
It stays huge enterprise.
Phil Jay is an skilled boxing information author.
Editor of World Boxing Information since 2010.
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