The first fight between Floyd Mayweather (left). Manny Pacquiao (right) is still the highest-grossing boxing match in history, generating over £400m
The rematch between boxing greats Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather has been postponed, the Filipino fighter's camp says.
Pacquiao, 47, and Mayweather, 49, hadagreed a professional rematchlive on Netflix at Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday, 19 September.
Former world champion Mayweather announced he would come out of retirement for his first professional bout since beating mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor in 2017.
Filipino Pacquiao. who hung up his gloves in 2021, came out of retirement last year to fight former WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios, who retained his title after a draw.
On Friday, the Pacquiao camp released a statement saying "a volatile mix of federal lawsuits, scheduling overbooks,. financial gridlock completely surrounding the Mayweather camp" had caused the postponement.
The statement added the earliest the rematch could take place would now be early 2027.
Events company CSI sued Mayweather last week to recover at least $4.65m (£3.52m) of the money that they paid the American for exclusive rights to promote the Pacquiao rematch. an exhibition bout withformer heavyweight champion Mike Tysonthat failed to materialise.
"Should Mayweather. CSI settle their internal contract disputes out of court, promoters will immediately pivot to rescheduling a postponed exhibition between Mayweather and Mike Tyson, tentatively targeting 12 September," the Pacquiao team statement said.
Mayweather, who has won all 50 of his professional fights,. Pacquiao, a winner of 12 world titles across eight weight classes, fought in 2015, in what was billed as the 'Fight of the Century' and remains the richest in boxing history.
The American emerged victorious, winning via a wide unanimous decision in Las Vegas.
His next exhibition fight was due to be against Greek kickboxing star Mike Zambidis on Saturday in Athens,. ESPN has reported that that fight is off after CSI sought an injunction.
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