Pacquiao and Mayweather rematch may happen late this year.<\/p>\n
Social media went into a frenzy as Floyd Mayweather announced on his Instagram account that he would be coming out of retirement for a rematch with Manny Pacquiao.<\/p>\n
It was easy to shrug off the news, but then Pacquiao responded on his Instagram with a post of his own and fuelling the talks of a potential rematch.
\nAs it turns out, the Instagram ping pong could actually turn out to be an actual announcement of the rematch. <\/p>\n
According to Senior Ring Magazine writer Mike Coppinger, the rematch is already in the advanced stage of negotiations, with the fight being planned for Las Vegas on December 1 or December 8 as target dates. <\/p>\n
In his first interview since the Instagram interaction with Mayweather, Pacquiao basically confirmed that the fight is happening. <\/p>\n
“Well, he\u2019s announcing his comeback from retirement, so he wants to fight, he challenged me, he wants [to] get my belt.”<\/p>\n
Mayweather has mostly been retired since late-2015, returning to action last year for a big money super-fight with UFC star Connor McGregor.<\/p>\n
Pacquiao on the other hand, has remained active, save for a brief eight-month retirement period in 2016. Last July, Pacquiao captured his eleventh-world championship by defeating Lucas Matthysse for the WBA Welter- weight World Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Pacquiao himself confirmed that he and Mayweather are indeed in negotiation-mode, without giving away too much information. <\/p>\n
“Right now, we\u2019re in the middle of negotiations, hoping to finalize that.” Pacquiao shared with Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN News. “Sa ngayon, pag-uusapan pa yung negotiations, we\u2019re in the middle of negotiations, so hindi pa natin masabi kung kailan or kung ano yung exact date.”<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m always available. I\u2019m always available for him.” Pacquiao added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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