Boxing greats Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao may have a rematch on the Sphere in Las Vegas in September, with the bout streaming globally on Netflix.
The battle marks Mayweather’s return from retirement and would be the first skilled boxing match held on the Sphere.
Mayweather, who holds an ideal 50-0 document with 27 knockouts, defeated Pacquiao of their 2015 encounter dubbed the “Struggle of the Century.”
That bout generated a document 4.6 million pay-per-view buys and a $72 million stay gate on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment.
“I already fought and beat Manny as soon as. This time would be the identical outcome,” Mayweather, 48, stated in an announcement.
Pacquiao, whose document stands at 62-8-3 with 39 knockouts, expressed confidence he would hand Mayweather his first skilled loss.
“I need Floyd to stay with the one loss on his skilled document and all the time keep in mind who gave it to him,” the Filipino fighter, 47, stated.
The rematch will stream to Netflix’s greater than 325 million subscribers worldwide, persevering with the platform’s push into stay boxing.
The streaming platform has lately broadcast a number of high-profile fights, together with Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson, which the corporate stated drew 108 million stay international viewers.
