Las Vegas rematch set: Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao — floyd mayweather to come out of retirement
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will face each other on 19 September in Las Vegas in a professional rematch that will be streamed live on Netflix. floyd mayweather is set to come out of retirement for the fight, which revives a rivalry first staged in 2015 and promises a high-profile payday for both men.
Mayweather to return on Saturday September 19 at the Sphere in Las Vegas
Mayweather will officially come out of retirement to face Pacquiao at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday September 19. The matchup is billed as the first-ever professional boxing match at the Sphere and will be shown live globally only on Netflix. One context entry lists Mayweather as 48 years old and Pacquiao as 47; another gives the pair as 49 and 47 respectively, so the precise age for Mayweather is unclear in the provided context. Both pieces of context describe them as 40-something fighters set to meet in Las Vegas.
Mayweather’s record, recent exhibitions and his view of the rematch
Mayweather extended a perfect professional record to 48 consecutive wins before that figure became 50-0 following victories over Andre Berto in September 2015 and Conor McGregor in August 2017, after which he announced his retirement. His last professional fight that preserved his unbeaten record came in 2017 and is described in the context as a glorified exhibition against Conor McGregor. Since then he has taken part in exhibition bouts against Logan Paul, Aaron Chalmers and John Gotti III, most recently against John Gotti III in August 2024. Mayweather has been unequivocal about the rematch: "I already fought and beat Manny once. This time will be the same result. "
Pacquiao’s comeback, the Barrios fight and his public remarks
Pacquiao came out of retirement on July 19, 2025 when he fought Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight championship; that fight ended in a majority draw and Barrios retained the belt. Context notes that Pacquiao fought for the WBC welterweight championship last year and adds that he is far from the force he was in his prime. The two fighters built up the rivalry on Monday, and Pacquiao 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, and it will be even bigger now that it will be streamed live globally on Netflix. I want Floyd to live with the one loss on his professional record and always remember who gave it to him. As always, I dedicate this fight to my fellow Filipinos around the world and to bringing glory to the Philippines. "
The 2015 fight and the long gap between meetings
The pair first met on May 2, 2015, when Mayweather was victorious by unanimous decision. That fight, now described in the context as one of the biggest in boxing history, was also generally seen as a tame affair with both fighters past their peaks. The upcoming September bout comes 11 years on from that first meeting and is being presented as a second instalment in a generational rivalry.
Money, audience expectations and Netflix’s live-sports push
Whatever the expected quality of the fight, it is set to be lucrative: the matchup will earn the pair tens of millions of dollars. The context highlights Pacquiao’s status as a national hero in the Philippines and Mayweather’s record of forging a lucrative career from his boxing excellence and his willingness to play the villain. The event is part of a broader Netflix push into live sports: the platform’s broadcast of Jake Paul v Mike Tyson in 2024 attracted 108 million live global viewers, described in the context as the most-streamed sporting event in history. The context also notes that Netflix has shown NFL games on Christmas Day and provided live coverage of climber Alex Honnold scaling a Taipei skyscraper last month.
