Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao agree September rematch at Sphere in Las Vegas

floyd mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have agreed to a professional rematch scheduled for Saturday, 19 September at the Sphere in Las Vegas, a fight that will be streamed live on Netflix. The announcement reunites two boxers whose 2015 meeting was billed as the 'Fight of the Century' and who remain commercially huge draws despite long absences from their primes.

Match set for the Sphere on 19 September and to be streamed live

The bout is scheduled for Saturday, 19 September at the Sphere in Las Vegas and will be the first professional boxing match staged at that venue. Promoters say the fight will be streamed live on Netflix. It is not yet known over how many rounds or at what weight class the rematch will be contested.

Floyd Mayweather’s comeback, record and plans

Mayweather announced he would come out of retirement for a fourth time last week. floyd mayweather has won all 50 of his professional fights, with 27 coming by knockout, and his last professional fight before retiring was a 10th-round technical knockout of Conor McGregor in 2017. He has since undertaken a string of exhibition bouts and is scheduled to face Mike Tyson this year. Mayweather, who turns 49 on Tuesday, said: "I already fought and beat Manny once. This time will be the same result. " When announcing the end of his retirement on Saturday, he added that from his upcoming Mike Tyson event to his next professional fight, "no-one will generate a bigger gate, have a larger global broadcast audience and generate more money with each event than my events. "

Manny Pacquiao’s return after politics and last July’s draw

Pacquiao, 47, retired from the sport in 2021 to focus on his political career but returned to the ring last July to fight WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios; Barrios retained his title after the pair fought to a draw. Pacquiao has 62 wins from his 73 bouts and is the winner of 12 world titles across eight weight classes. In October Pacquiao said the pair were close to agreeing a rematch but that it depended on he and Mayweather being able to "understand each other. " He said: "Floyd and I gave the world what remains the biggest fight in boxing history. The fans have waited long enough. They deserve this rematch. I want Floyd to live with the one loss on his professional record and always remember who gave it to him. "

History between the two and expectations about quality

Mayweather and Pacquiao first met in 2015 in what was billed as the 'Fight of the Century' and which remains the richest in boxing history; Mayweather emerged victorious that night, beating Pacquiao a wide unanimous decision in Las Vegas. Critics have called the 2015 fight generally tame with both fighters past their peaks, and some coverage suggests September’s bout, with both men now in their late 40s, is likely to be of an even lower quality. Both fighters built up the renewed rivalry on Monday ahead of the announcement.

Commercial stakes, Netflix’s live sports push and surrounding fights

Observers expect the rematch to generate tens of millions of dollars. Pacquiao is described as a national hero in the Philippines, while Mayweather has forged a lucrative career in part by playing the villain. Netflix has been investing in live sports: its broadcast of Jake Paul v Mike Tyson in 2024 attracted 108 million live global viewers, making it the most-streamed sporting event in history. The platform has also shown NFL games on Christmas Day and provided live coverage of climber Alex Honnold scaling a Taipei skyscraper last month. Tyson’s return to the ring last year ended a 19-year retirement in November in a controversial defeat by YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, and Tyson is now slated to face Mayweather later this year.

Unresolved details and next steps

Key competitive details remain unresolved: officials have not confirmed the number of rounds or the weight class for the rematch. With the date and venue set, the next announcements will need to settle those technical terms and the fight’s undercard, while the two principals have already exchanged public statements: Pacquiao urging fans that they "deserve this rematch, " and Mayweather insisting the result will be the same as 2015.