Sources: Mayweather, Pacquiao in talks for spring rematch on Netflix
Long-awaited showdown in 2015 was financial juggernaut but forgettable fight; they look to meet again a decade later
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Ten years after they waged by far the richest fight in combat sports history — and one of the most disappointing — International Boxing Hall of Fame legends Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are in discussions for a rematch as a Netflix event, sources told Fight Freaks Unite, confirming a report on Tuesday by Ring magazine.
The fight is contemplated as an official boxing match — not an exhibition — with it being targeted for April in Las Vegas, one of the sources told Fight Freaks Unite.
“These talks are real, but who knows if it will get done” a source with involvement in the event said.
Mayweather and Pacquiao first fought on May 2, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in one of the most heavily hyped sports events of all time. The fight matched the universally recognized top two fighters in the world pound-for-pound, despite being past their primes, in a long-awaited welterweight unification fight that would also determine the king of the era.
The fight shattered every conceivable financial record for combat sports, including most for pay-per-view sales (4.6 million in the United States alone), biggest live gate ($72,198,500) and most overall gross revenue (around $650 million).