Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao agree to fight rematch in September

Rematch of 2015 bout to be streamed on Netflix and will be the first boxing event to be held at the Sphere in Las Vegas.Published On 24 Feb 2026Boxing 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 Las Vegas Strip.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4US women’s gold medal ice hockey team declines to attend Trump addresslist 2 of 4England target T20 World Cup semifinal spot against Pakistan in Super 8slist 3 of 4UEFA provisionally suspends Prestianni after Vinicius Jr racism accusationlist 4 of 4Football matches postponed in Mexico after drug kingpin El Mencho killedend of listMayweather, who will turn 49 on Tuesday, announced his intention last week to end his nine-year retirement from competitive boxing. The 47-year-old Pacquiao ended his 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 drawing worldwide attention.“I already fought and beat Manny once,” Mayweather said in a statement. “This time will be the same result.”Pacquiao later revealed he fought with a shoulder injury because he did not want to postpone such an important event.He was unable to apply his usual offensive pressure to Mayweather, who employed his typical defence-first strategy while easing to victory.Pacquiao, left, fought to a majority draw against Barrios in July 2025 [Stephen R Sylvanie-Imagn Images/Reuters]Pacquiao, whose record stands at 62-8-3 with 39 knockouts, expressed confidence he would hand Mayweather his first professional loss.