Pacquiao open to Mayweather rematch

Manny Pacquiao has intimated that he is open to another mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr, after tweeting his response to the 41-year-old American’s proposal.

On Saturday, Mayweather posted on Istagram, stating: I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year, another 9 figure pay day on the way.”

Mayweather Jr is desperate to get his hands on Pacquiao’s WBA Welterweight belt, which he won after stopping Lucas Matthysse of Argentina in July.

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And Pacquiao has always maintained that he was suffering from a shoulder injury after losing to Mayweather Jr by a unanimous points decision, when landing just 81 punches.

That 2015 victory meant that Mayweather remained undefeated in his career, and while he has had just two fights since – beating Andre Breton in the same year and a 2017 knockout of Conor McGregor – he sees the Filipino as a chance to line his pockets again.

And it appears that Pacquiao has picked up the gantlet, as he tweeted last night “50-1 #NoExcuses”, along with a one-minute video of Mayweather Jr and himself exchanging words at a music festival in Tokyo.

Mayweather Jr made about $220m from the first super fight, for which there were a record 4.6 million pay-per-view buys. However, those fans felt short-changed and it will interesting to see that if and when they touch gloves again, the fight will live up to the hype.