Mayweather casts doubt over Pacquiao rematch

The rematch between boxing legends Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is apparently in flux, according to the American.

Mayweather was slated to end his nearly decade-long retirement against Pacquiao on September 19 at The Sphere in a rematch of their 2015 blockbuster fight.

However, during a meet-and-greet at the MCM store inside Caesar’s Palace last Saturday, Mayweather cast some doubt on the pending fight, telling Vegas Sports Today that it would be an exhibition and that it might not take place at The Sphere.

“As of right now, we don’t know exactly where the fight is going to be at,” Mayweather said. “We don’t know the location of the fight. The Sphere is one of the places that they talked about. So, we don’t know if it’s a hundred per cent going to be there. And this is not actually a fight, it’s an exhibition.”

Mayweather’s remarks contradicted Netflix’s announcement of the rematch in February, as well as a news release from Mayweather that stated he would resume his boxing career and had signed a multi-fight partnership with CSI Sports/Fight Sports.

Pacquiao’s team previously told ESPN that he would only face Mayweather in a sanctioned pro fight. Pacquiao recently ended his retirement last summer, when he fought Mario Barrios to a majority draw.

Mayweather, 49, also told Vegas Sports today that he is still planning to compete in an exhibition fight with Mike Tyson, which was announced last year but still has no official date or location.

There is also no word on how the fight will be broadcast.

Adding to the confusion is that Mayweather has announced another exhibition with Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis for June in Athens, Greece, with no date, venue or broadcast home attached.