Pacquiao Open to Mayweather Rematch After Barrios Draw

Manny Pacquiao says he’s nonetheless open to combating Floyd Mayweather Jr. subsequent regardless of being held to a 12-round attract his title problem towards WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios final Saturday evening. Mayweather turns 49 in February.

Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 KOs) did not seize the bargaining chip that he wanted to carry Mayweather out of his eight-year retirement. If Manny had gained that combat, there’s a great opportunity that Mayweather would have returned to the game for the chance to select up the WBC 147-lb belt.

Fan Response: Rematch Backlash

Followers on social media are towards the thought of Pacquiao and Mayweather combating a rematch. The time for them to have fought a second time would have been between 2015 and 2017. Now, it could be a pathetic cash seize between two outdated guys coming again to benefit from the large purses that the favored, youthful fighters routinely obtain. It’s not as if Floyd and Pacquiao are in want of cash. Each have enormous fortunes. They don’t want a second combat.

“If he comes out, then go signal the contract and we’ll combat. Let’s combat once more, if he desires. I’ve no downside with that,” stated Manny Pacquiao on the post-fight press convention final Saturday, sending a message to Floyd Mayweather Jr. that if he comes out of retirement, he’s able to combat him.”

It could be a joke if Mayweather got here out of retirement to combat Pacquiao. What is probably going holding Floyd again is his not desirous to danger his unbeaten document. He retired at 50-0, and he gained’t wish to mire his document.

In direction of the tip of Mayweather’s profession, he was cherry-picking opponents to keep away from dropping. He may have fought guys like a younger Errol Spence and Keith Thurman. As a substitute of doing that, Floyd padded his document sufficient for him to interrupt Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 document.

Pacquiao goes to maintain combating for a short while longer. It’s seemingly he’ll proceed combating for less than so long as he can keep away from losses.