A rematch between boxing legends Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather may take place in 2024 in the Rizin promotion. Pacquiao agreed to the second fight while attending the Rizin 45 tournament in Japan on December 31.
President of the Japanese Rizin league Nobuyuki Sakakibara asked Manny: "Are you ready to fight Floyd Mayweather next year?"
"I'm ready," Pacquiao replied.
No details about the specific date, weight class and even whether it will be an exhibition or a professional fight were not reported.
Recall, the fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather, which took place in May 2015, ended with Floyd winning by unanimous decision of judges.
The 45-year-old Pacquiao last entered the ring in an exhibition fight against blogger DK Yoo in December 2022. Manny won by unanimous decision of the judges. He has 62 wins (39 by knockout), eight losses and two draws in his professional boxing career.
Mayweather, 46, has had two exhibition fights under the Rizin banner. He defeated Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in 2018 and knocked out Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura in 2022. Mayweather has 50 wins (27 by knockout) and no losses on his record.