Manny Pacquiao’s advisor spoke to Betway and revealed the next:
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have been in negotiations for 4 months.
Battle might be both 10 or 12 rounds in knowledgeable struggle.
Weight restrict might be in or across the welterweight restrict (147lbs).
It’s a one struggle deal but when the struggle delivers, a trilogy will occur.
Interviewer: How did this struggle come about and at last get made?
Sean Gibbons: It’s actually surreal to assume that in any case these years and the entire makes an attempt to make the struggle, right here we’re and we’ve to offer all credit score to Netflix for stepping up and being an ideal companion to assist put this struggle collectively.
The timing of apparently Floyd having some points exterior the ring that he wants to leap within the ring, sort of helps with it and Manny coming again and combating Barrios the best way he did, it’s the right storm. Every little thing aligned for this second to return collectively in 2026.
Interviewer: How lengthy had you been in talks with Floyd over making the rematch?
Sean Gibbons: You realize, they actually began about 4 or 5 months in the past. It’s one thing the place there’s truly been talks through the years, over the past 5 years, however critically, with Floyd truly saying, I actually wish to do one thing, I’d say the final 4 months was the timeline that this got here collectively.
Interviewer: What’s the load restrict going to be for this struggle, Sean?
Sean Gibbons: The fantastic thing about it’s all I can say at this second, and that is what all people needs to listen to: the 0 should go. Manny’s coming to take Floyd’s 0, this isn’t an exhibition. It is a actual struggle.
They’re going to be right here to knock one another useless as they have been within the first struggle. They’re very aggressive so something they do, in the event that they’re taking part in basketball, they’re taking part in darts, they wish to win. And that’s the concept.
The general public doesn’t wish to see an exhibition. No person’s right here to see Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather transfer round and contact one another. They wish to see somebody going all in, going for the win, and Floyd placing the 50-0 report on the road. As for the load and the rounds, it’s nonetheless being mentioned, however I consider it’ll be someplace within the welterweight division, and it’ll be 10 or 12 rounds.
Interviewer: Will Manny Pacquiao nonetheless struggle his exhibition in April?
Once more, I can’t verify positively on both one, however hopefully they do to maintain each guys sharp.
Interviewer: And is it a one-fight deal, Sean, or is it a two-fight deal?
Sean Gibbons: No, I consider there’s some stuff in there, if it’s an excellent struggle, that they’ve the best to do it once more or one thing. It’s actually a one-fight deal.
Interviewer: Might there be a trilogy if Manny wins?
Sean Gibbons: Yeah, all these issues are there, however they’re probably not written in stone. If the struggle’s super, after all, proper? Everyone’s going to say, s***, let’s do that once more. It’s sort of finest to depart it at one and carried out, and if it’s super, let’s do it once more.
Interviewer: What’s your prediction?
Sean Gibbons: Properly, the greatness of each guys, Floyd’s the man that’s by no means been off form over the past 10 years. He’s been doing exhibitions; he’s going to have this Mike Tyson exhibition. He could do one different one. So, he’s going to be sharp by [the time the fight happens]. If he wasn’t combating or doing these exhibitions developing, I might undoubtedly lean in the direction of Manny quite a bit, however he’s going to sharpen up the outdated knife somewhat by being within the ring over the following seven, eight months.
He’s simply such a generational expertise. He’s simply a tremendous man. Manny’s been, after all, such as you mentioned, he’s been extra lively. He had the one struggle lately with Barrios. It’s nonetheless a really aggressive struggle, however, after all, I’m going to lean in the direction of Manny as a result of I’ve seen Manny lately. I’ve seen what he’s carried out.
With Floyd, we’re not constructive what he’s going to have left, however I really feel his fashion isn’t conducive to combating later in life, as a result of he was a response man. Manny was at all times simply an in-your-face, go-for-broke kind of fighter. Protection was sort of secondary in methods.
Floyd was like Roy Jones Jr, they’d superb instincts. So, I feel Floyd, being somewhat extra flat-footed and never having the identical reflexes and the velocity, I undoubtedly lean with Manny on this.
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Govt Author, and Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and can be a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer. He’s additionally the principle photographer for the 4CornersMafia Automobile Membership.
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