Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 has been postponed indefinitely again, do you think this rematch is ever actually happening

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The endlessly delayed rematch between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao has hit yet another roadblock, with Pacquiao himself confirming the fight has been postponed indefinitely amid ongoing legal and contractual disputes tied to Mayweather, including multiple lawsuits over exclusivity agreements and advance payments that have never been fully resolved. The bout had been repeatedly rescheduled throughout 2026, moving from an original date in September to later in the month before finally collapsing altogether, and it had also bounced between venues, originally slated for the Sphere in Las Vegas before organisers announced it would be held at another Las Vegas location entirely, only for the whole event to fall apart before a new date could be locked in.

What made this version of the rematch different from the pair's actual 2015 meeting was the insistence from promoters that this would be a genuine, official professional bout rather than the kind of exhibition fight Mayweather has taken on regularly since his retirement, including a tune up bout against a lesser known opponent in Greece earlier in the year. A court filing connected to the tangled promotional dispute even referenced a $35 million guaranteed purse for Mayweather alongside pay per view revenue, or alternatively a reported $50 million buyout figure tied to the Pacquiao fight specifically, giving some sense of just how much money has been circling this deal without it ever actually crossing the finish line.

With no new date currently locked in and the legal disputes still apparently unresolved, fans who were hoping to see the two boxers settle their rivalry as a legitimate professional contest a decade on from their original meeting are left waiting once again, with absolutely no guarantee the fight ever actually gets made at all this time around.
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