Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao agree to fight rematch in September
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Rematch of 2015 bout to be streamed on Netflix and will be the first boxing event to be held at Sphere in Las Vegas.
Boxing icons Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will face off in a professional rematch in Las Vegas on September 19, with the bout streaming globally on Netflix, the fighters and promoters have announced.
The rematch will be the first boxing event to be held at Sphere, the immersive event venue east of the Strip.
Mayweather, who will turn 49 years old on Tuesday, announced his intention last week to end his nine-year retirement from competitive boxing. The 47-year-old Pacquiao ended his own four-year retirement last year, and he is scheduled to meet Ruslan Provodnikov on April 18 in the second bout of his comeback.
Mayweather and Pacquiao did not announce a weight class or length for their second bout.
The two most prominent boxers of their generation will meet again 11 years after Mayweather beat Pacquiao by decision in a fight that did not live up to the decade of hype preceding it. The bout’s promoters claimed it was still the most profitable fight in history, setting pay-per-view records and attracting worldwide attention.
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