Floyd Mayweather Jr. says a rematch of his much-hyped 2015 fight with manny pacquiao will take place this year.
Mayweather saying,” I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year another 9 figure pay day on the way.”
Mayweather made about $220 million from his may 2015 fight with Pacquiao and at the posted a photo a $100 million check–his guaranteed purse from the bout.
Saturday’s instagram posting includes a video of Mayweather and Pacquiao talking to each other at a music festival in Tokyo, although it is difficult to hear what the men are saying.
In another angle of interaction, Pacquioa tells Mayweather, ” I have the belt, ” I’m going to take it from you like I did before.”
Mayweather included no details about the potential matchup in the post, but in videos obtained by ESPN from a Pacquiao adviser, Mayweather says he is targeting December for a comeback.
” We gonna take the belt. We gonna get the payday. And I don’t want no shoulder excuses,” Mayweather said.
Mayweather (50-0,27KOs) earned a unanimous decision win over Pacquiao in the first fight. Pacquiao said he was hampered by a right shoulder injury while landing only 81 punches in that bout. The massively hyped fight delivered a record 4.6 million pay-per-view buys but was largely panned by most boxing fans.
The 41-year-old Mayweather has two wins facing pacquiao: against Berto in 2015 and his august 2017 knockout of COnor McGregor in the UFC boxing’s debut. Mayweather said after the McGregor bout that ” this was my last fight.”
Pacquiao (60-7-2), 39, last fought in July, defeating Lucas Matthysse to win a secondary welterweight title. The filipino fighter called out Mayweather after the win.

