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Mayweather will fight Manny Pacquiao on September 13, 2026, in a Netflix boxing event broadcast from The Sphere in Las Vegas,the streaming service confirmed on Feb. 23. This comes on the heels of Mayweather's previously announced exhibition bout against Mike Tyson andhis recent announcement that he plans to end his retirementand resume his professional career following the Tyson matchup.

Mayweather and Pacquiao initially went head-to-head in the ring in 2015 after years of negotiations in what was billed as the "Fight of the Century."Mayweather won by unanimous decisionin an underwhelming fight, but the event broke records for pay-per-view buys and live gate revenue at the time.

Now, they've agreed to a rematch with both years removed from the heights they reached leading into their first bout. Mayweather turns 49 years old on Feb. 24. Pacquiao is 47 years old and lost by majority draw last year against then-WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios after a four-year hiatus from professional boxing.

Here's what we know so far about the rematch between boxing legends Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao:

Floyd Mayweather throws a punch at Augustine Sanchez's jaw during a 125-pound fight in Augusta, Georgia, on April 19, 1996. Mayweather won the fight with a third round decision.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Floyd Mayweather beats Bakhtiyar Tileganev of Kazakhstan in the 57kg boxing tournament at Alexander Memorial Coliseum of Georgia Tech University at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta on July 22, 1996.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> WBC super-featherweight champion Floyd Mayweather stands in his corner with his trainers before the bout against Angel Manfredy at the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in Miami on Dec. 19, 1998.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Floyd Mayweather Jr. lands a punch on WBC contender Jesus Chavez during their bout on Nov. 10, 2001, in San Francisco. Mayweather posted a ninth-round technical knockout over Mexico's Chavez to retain his World Boxing Council super featherweight title.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Floyd Mayweather watches as Demarcus Corley takes an eight count after being knocked down in the 10th round during their WBC super lightweight fight on May 22, 2004, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Floyd Mayweather sticks his tongue out at Zab Judah during the welterweight championship fight at Thomas & Mack Center on April 8, 2006, in Las Vegas. Mayweather was named winner against Judah by unanimous decision.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Floyd Mayweather sticks his tongue out as referee Jay Nady comes over to separate him from Carlos Baldomir of Argentina during their WBC welterweight championship fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Nov. 4, 2006, in Las Vegas.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his advisor and trainer Leonard Ellerbe arrive at a party following the Las Vegas premiere of the movie "Rocky Balboa" at the Aladdin Casino & Resort on Dec. 19, 2006, in Las Vegas.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Oscar De La Hoya misses Floyd Mayweather Jr. during their WBC super welterweight championship fight in Las Vegas on May 5, 2007. Mayweather remained undefeated by winning a 12-round split decision over De La Hoya.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Floyd Mayweather Jr. sits in the corner during a break between rounds while taking on Marcos Maidana during their WBC/WBA welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 13, 2014, in Las Vegas.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates with boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the end of the game after passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer, at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 7, 2023, in Los Angeles.

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Floyd Mayweather throws a punch at Augustine Sanchez's jaw during a 125-pound fight in Augusta, Georgia, on April 19, 1996. Mayweather won the fight with a third round decision.

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When is the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao 2?

Netflix confirmed Mayweather vs. Pacquiao 2 is on for September 13, 2026 at The Sphere in Las Vegas. It will be the first professional boxing event held at The Sphere, which opened in 2023 and features an immersive viewing experience.

"I already fought and beat Manny once," Mayweather declared in a statement released through Netflix. "This time will be the same result."

"Floyd and I gave the world what remains the biggest fight in boxing history," Pacquiao added in his own statement. "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."

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Mayweather previously announced plans for a rematch with Pacquiao in 2018, but the fight never occurred.

When is Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Mike Tyson fight?

Mayweather and Tyson announced in September 2025 that they had agreed to an exhibition match in the spring of 2026, but a date and venue have not been officially announced yet. They are planning a fight in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, on April 25,according to Ring Magazine.

Tyson, 59, last fought in Nov. 2024 against Jake Paul, which resulted in a loss by unanimous decision. Mayweather initially retired after his August 2017 win over UFC star Conor McGregor with a perfect 50-0 record as a professional. He subsequently competed in several exhibition boxing matches against Logan Paul, Mikuru Asakura and John Gotti III.

When is Manny Pacquiao's next fight?

Pacquiao (62-8-3) also has an exhibition match scheduled before he faces Mayweather after failing to get a rematch with Barrios. He will take on former light welterweight world champion Ruslan Provodniko on April 18 at Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas,according to Pacquiao's official website.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. net worth

Known as Floyd "Money" Mayweather, as he compiled a 50-0 record during his boxing career, Mayweather is considered one of the highest-paid athletes of all-time. He has earned an estimated $1.15 billion during his boxing career,according to Sportico estimates, with his biggest reported paydaysin 2017 against McGregor($275 million) andin 2015 against Pacquiao($250 million).

It's unclear what Mayweather's net worth is in 2026, though he made clear in a written statement to ESPN that money was part of the motivation for ending his retirement from professional boxing.

"I still have what it takes to set more records in the sport of boxing," Mayweather said. "From my upcoming Mike Tyson event to my next professional fight afterwards -- no one will generate a bigger gate, have a larger global broadcast audience and generate more money with each event -- than my events.

Mayweather signed with CSI Sports/Fight Sports as his promoter for this stage of his boxing career. Mayweather's most recent appearance in the boxing ring was an exhibition bout against Gotti in August 2024.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao 2: Date, location, what to know

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the negotiations.

With an expansion draft for two teams needed to get done, as well as 80% of the league free agents, there's plenty to get accomplished and little time to do it. A delay would hurt both sides.

The season is supposed to startMay 8and every game missed is lost revenue, sponsorships, television money and fan support. Monday's meeting was the first between the sides that involved players and the league since theymet at the WNBA officeson Feb. 2. Because ofthe winter stormthat hit New York, it was decided to hold the meeting virtually.

Over 50 players were on the call, which lasted nearly two hours, the person said.

The two sides are still far apart on revenue sharing and housing, and the clock is ticking. The league said in the meeting on Monday that it would need to have at least a handshake agreement by March 10 for there not to be a delay to the start of the season.

The league, in its latest proposal that was sent Friday, offered 70% net revenue for the players. That came after the union had asked for an average of 27.5% of the gross revenue over the course of the CBA, beginning with 25% in the first year of the new deal. In its previous offer, the union had asked for an average of more than 30%.

The league at that point said in a statement the revenue sharing percentage remained unrealistic and would cause "hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for our teams."

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Also on Monday, the union confirmed to the AP that the WNBA will give its players $8 million from revenue sharing from last season as the league generated enough to trigger revenue sharing for the first time in league history. ESPN was the first to report the move.

The players will decide how much each player will receive from that distribution. The union has 60 days from Feb. 9, when it was officially notified of the revenue sharing money, to come up with how it will disperse the funds.

That money will be distributed by the teams, which will then be reimbursed by the league. Under the 2020 CBA that has since expired, players received 50% of shared revenue — defined in the CBA as the amount of revenue that's above a predetermined threshold amount minus 30% for expenses.

Neither the league nor the union would say what that threshold is. The league has had in nearly all of its proposals that it would do away with the threshold needed to be reached for revenue sharing.

In its latest offer, the league said teams would continue to pay for housing for all players this season, another person familiar with the negotiations told the AP on Saturday. The person also spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the negotiations.

After that, franchises would pay for housing for players on minimum salary contracts, rookies in their first season and the two developmental players teams would be allowed to have.

The union had asked for teams to continue paying for housing for players in the first few years of the new agreement, but in the last two years of the CBA the franchises would no longer have to pay for housing for players who are making near the maximum salary.

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NBCUniversal said the average includes combined audiences on NBC, Peacock, CNBC, USA Network and other digital platforms. It covered the live afternoon (2-5 p.m. EST) and prime-time (8-11 p.m. EST/PST) windows.

The figures are based on Nielsen'sBig Data + Panelratings (through Feb. 19), Nielsen's early figures for the final three days (Feb. 20-22) and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

Viewership numbers for theUnited States' 2-1 overtime victory over Canadain men's hockey on Sunday morning were not expected until Tuesday. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said on Monday that 8.7 million were watching in Canada when Jack Hughes scored the golden goal in overtime.

"I feel in so many ways that these Winter Olympics exceeded our expectations. We were reminded that the Olympics are the most exciting, unpredictable and biggest stage in sports," said Molly Solomon, the executive producer of NBC's Olympics coverage. "And what I think came together in Italy was that the settings were stunningly beautiful, the access we had to the athletes and their lives was unprecedented. And then you take the technology, the first-person view drones, the audio, and it took the audience inside the stories in fresh, meaningful ways.

"And Team USA, I mean, the results, you've seen the numbers for the medals and things. America wants to see how their team's performing, and it's the best performance in an overseas Olympics. Everything lived up to the billing, and some of the superstars had riveting, dramatic performances. Not all of them gold, but that's the Olympics, right?"

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NBC broadcast the Super Bowl, the Olympics and the NBA All-Star Game in February, the first time a network had all three in one month. It also premiered "Sunday Night Basketball" on Feb. 1.

According to Nielsen, 215.6 million U.S. viewers tuned in for at least one of those events. Audience reach numbers have been higher under Nielsen's new rating system since the minimum viewing requirement was reduced from 5 to 3 minutes.

Super Bowl 60 averaged 125.6 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, and Telemundo, the second-most-watched program in U.S. history. The All-Star Game had its highest audience in 15 years, averaging 8.8 million, and the Lakers-Knicks game on Feb. 1 averaged 4.5 million.

"I have to say it's probably better than we expected. This doesn't happen through luck or happenstance. This happens through just really good planning and then execution across the month. So really happy overall and I don't think it could have gone better, honestly," NBC Sports President Rick Cordella said.

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