Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 is officially happening after months of leaked contracts, venue drama, and public confusion surrounding the rematch. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have now agreed to an amended deal for a professional fight set for September 25, 2026, at T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Netflix is expected to stream the event globally.
The bout was originally announced back in February for September 19 at Sphere, the immersive venue that has become Vegas’ newest spectacle stop. That fell apart fast. The Eagles booked Sphere for September 19, and behind the scenes, Pacquiao’s camp said the venue never made financial sense in the first place. Manny Pacquiao Promotions CEO Jas Mathur did not bite his tongue about it. He said his team never wanted Sphere, that the economics did not work, and that pulling the fight out of there means everybody is making more money. T Mobile Arena is the same building where Mayweather went 50 and 0 against Pacquiao back in 2015, so there is some full circle energy to the move.
The bigger story is that this is going on both fighters’ professional records. For a stretch in March and April, Mayweather kept telling reporters this was an exhibition and that the location was still up in the air, which had everybody questioning whether he was trying to back out. Pacquiao’s team made it clear they were not playing those games. They said both men had already signed contracts and accepted advances, threatened breach of contract, and made it known Pacquiao was only interested in a real fight. The Ring reviewed the original documents and confirmed it was always meant to be professional. Mayweather still had leverage because no fighter can actually be forced into a ring, so he used it to renegotiate. The result is the new date, the new venue, and a deal that puts his 50 and 0 record back on the line.
That is the part that makes this interesting. Mayweather is 49. Pacquiao is 47. Neither one is in his prime and nobody is pretending otherwise. But Floyd’s perfect record is the most valuable piece of paper in boxing, and now Pacquiao gets a real shot at being the man who finally puts a one in that loss column. Manny’s record sits at 62 and 8 and 3 with 39 knockouts. He came out of retirement last summer to fight Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title and walked away with a majority draw that a lot of people thought he actually won. He has been the more active pro by a wide margin. Floyd has not had an official fight since dropping Conor McGregor in 2017, though he has stayed busy with exhibitions against the Logan Pauls and John Gotti IIIs of the world. He also has an exhibition lined up against Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis in Athens in June.
Floyd is also fighting outside the ring right now. The IRS notified him recently of intent to revoke his passport over a debt of more than 7.25 million dollars, and he has multiple lawsuits stacked up over everything from unpaid Manhattan rent to outstanding jewelry bills. None of that is keeping him from the spotlight. At Thursday’s Zambidis press conference in Vegas, Floyd told reporters the Pacquiao deal would be done within 48 hours. Less than a day later, it was.
The first fight in 2015 was billed as the Fight of the Century and turned into the biggest pay per view event in boxing history, 4.6 million buys, a 72 million dollar live gate, more than 600 million in total global revenue. The fight itself was a letdown. Floyd boxed his fight, Manny later said he was hurt going in, and the world walked away feeling robbed of the war they paid for. Eleven years later, both men are older, the platform has shifted from pay per view to Netflix, and the appetite is real even if the boxing purists are rolling their eyes. Pacquiao has already made it plain how he sees it. No more excuses.
Mark the date. September 25 on Netflix. The richest second act in boxing history is officially in motion.
