Pacquiao vs Mayweather in Tokyo exhibition? I’ll believe it when I see it
- ‘Money’ posts new video on social media suggesting he’s working on a rematch against his Filipino rival
- A meaningless exhibition wouldn’t be what fans want and there’s a lot more money to be made in Las Vegas
Floyd Mayweather Jnr had boxing fans flummoxed with his latest social media posting that he’s putting together a rematch with Manny Pacquiao in an exhibition bout in Tokyo.
In a video posted on his Instagram account on Saturday, the 42-year-old unbeaten American great rattles on about the possibility of fighting his Filipino rival for the second time since their clash in 2015, when “Money” won by unanimous decision.
“Money May, Money May, Money May ... Money May all day,” says Mayweather in the short video. “Betrnk.com, that’s my team in Tokyo, Japan, TMT Tokyo, and of course I’m Floyd Mayweather.
“What I’m working on right now is the Mayweather-Pacquiao exhibition right here in Tokyo. Stay tuned.”
This is not the first time the American fighter, ranked No 1 on the all-time greatest list by Boxrec, has suggested he would fight Pacquiao again. A few months ago, he told fans in another video they would clash in Saudi Arabia only for Mayweather to reveal the statement was not true and that it was “merely propaganda”. He had the audacity to say he was paid US$2 million to record it.