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Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to fight in September rematch on Netflix

  • 40-something fighters will meet in Las Vegas

  • Mayweather won previous encounter in 2015

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will face each other on 19 September in Las Vegas in a rematch of one of the biggest fights in boxing history.

Their first fight, in 2015, was generally seen as a tame affair with both fighters past their peaks. September’s bout, which will be streamed live on Netflix, is likely to be of a lower quality. Mayweather and Pacquiao will be 49 and 47 respectively when they fight. Mayweather’s last professional fight, which preserved his unbeaten record, came in 2017, although that was a glorified exhibition against UFC star Connor McGregor. Pacquiao fought for the WBC welterweight championship last year, but is far from the force he was in his prime.

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