Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao Part II

[stadus]

It’s understandable since Mayweather is setting the rules just to continue this rematch. Pacquiao is just agreeing to everything since he just want to take revenge using his raw strength remaining.

Mayweather will still dominate this match if the outcome will be decision. I doubt Pacquiao can chase Mayweather on all the rounds since he too already aged.

But I will take that 2.6 odds all day long for Manny.

Regardless of who tries to dictate the terms, the odds will probably still look like that because Mayweather has always been seen as the better overall fighter. If you go back to their prime, in May 2015 during their first fight, Mayweather was around 1.42, so this line isn’t really surprising. It’s basically a repeat of how the market viewed them before.

That said, I like the confidence you’re showing by backing Manny at those odds. If you believe the gap isn’t as wide anymore, then there’s value there. I’m with you on that angle.

[jostorres]

It’s understandable since Mayweather is setting the rules just to continue this rematch. Pacquiao is just agreeing to everything since he just want to take revenge using his raw strength remaining.

Mayweather will still dominate this match if the outcome will be decision. I doubt Pacquiao can chase Mayweather on all the rounds since he too already aged.

But I will take that 2.6 odds all day long for Manny.

Regardless of who tries to dictate the terms, the odds will probably still look like that because Mayweather has always been seen as the better overall fighter. If you go back to their prime, in May 2015 during their first fight, Mayweather was around 1.42, so this line isn’t really surprising. It’s basically a repeat of how the market viewed them before.

That said, I like the confidence you’re showing by backing Manny at those odds. If you believe the gap isn’t as wide anymore, then there’s value there. I’m with you on that angle.

On their prime, Mayweather just ducked and ran away all game long and just worked for the points. In a "fight" Manny would win without a doubt, boxing of course has rules and Mayweather works on those rules and he is the greatest ever when it comes to those rules.

This isn't a street fight, Mayweather would lose in a street fight to almost half of his opponents he faced in his life, he is a "boxer" in the sense that he utilized the rules of it very well. At this age? Manny has absolutely no chance at all, not even a single bit. It would require some lucky punch somewhere, otherwise Mayweather will get a very simple and very boring win.

[Oluwa-btc]

These boxing matches are starting to become boring 😴 the last time I saw these two fight, Floyd Mayweather won because people claimed he defended better but Manny Pacquiao who landed more punches and looked like the better fighter could not land the win which made me to kind of dislike the sport but for the love of sport I will watch this one 🥊🥊

I'm as well fed up with the hype.When a good or strong fighter we all know suddenly underperforms during the fight,he appears to be the weak one.It outweighs the expected overall performance of the fighter and keeps our expectations unrealistic.As a longtime pacquiao fan,watching him underperform a professional fight is boring and disappointing.

[Peanutswar]

Well both legendary in the world of boxing but it seems its jus an exibition match for both of them. For me seems its a comeback match for Manny we knew how the previous matches happen and its not favor to him even though its an exibition match its a pride and ego of the Filipino boxer and for me this could be a revenge time now for Manny well i dont think so will Floyd did the same thing because its not really an official match between these two. But upon interview of Manny is he want a real fight.

These boxing matches are starting to become boring 😴 the last time I saw these two fight, Floyd Mayweather won because people claimed he defended better but Manny Pacquiao who landed more punches and looked like the better fighter could not land the win which made me to kind of dislike the sport but for the love of sport I will watch this one 🥊🥊

I'm as well fed up with the hype.When a good or strong fighter we all know suddenly underperforms during the fight,he appears to be the weak one.It outweighs the expected overall performance of the fighter and keeps our expectations unrealistic.As a longtime pacquiao fan,watching him underperform a professional fight is boring and disappointing.

Its not the same boxing matches we watched and give an excitement like we used too before here in my country most of the people watches all of Manny's matches but now seems like its just a normal entertainment event.

[Mpamaegbu]

It probably won’t happen, mainly because Mayweather is naturally bigger than Manny. Maybe if Mayweather comes in unprepared there’s a chance, but if he trains properly and stays in shape like Manny, then it’s hard to see that result changing. That’s just how I see it.

Is there any boxer that goes to the ring without preparations? I doubt. The thing is this, like they say, every boxer has a plan until they get punched in a critical area that distablizes them. BTW, you make it sound like Pacman is a midget or in a lower pound category. We've seen bigger boxers lose to their opponents. So, I don't see any issue with that.

Even if a lot of us don’t enjoy his defensive style, looking at his past fights, he’s always been very slick and disciplined.
You might not like how he fights, but it’s effective.

For me, it's not even about that he's defensive or something. It's about how he tries to steal points by hitting opponents when referees come to break fight. That's cheating. I know that judges let that slide most times. Maybe because it's Mayweather, the Mayweather effect or something.

[TopTort777]

I want to see him spit blood like Tyson Fury did Deontay Wilder before seemingly retiring him.

It probably won’t happen, mainly because Mayweather is naturally bigger than Manny. Maybe if Mayweather comes in unprepared there’s a chance, but if he trains properly and stays in shape like Manny, then it’s hard to see that result changing. That’s just how I see it.

Even if a lot of us don’t enjoy his defensive style, looking at his past fights, he’s always been very slick and disciplined.
You might not like how he fights, but it’s effective.

Mayweather might force Manny to gain weight, because Mayweather himself would resign cutting His aura allows him to dictate rules and make demands. Why I think that fight won happen - there is a chance to lose 0 in lose record. 50-0 looks too nice to risk making it 50-1 by a very end of boxing career (even though he is not active anymore). They might turn this into an exhibition instead, but that will be completely different story. They might both make a friendly sparring, crowd would eat it, but in the end they will go home with juicy paychecks.

[Taskford]

I want to see him spit blood like Tyson Fury did Deontay Wilder before seemingly retiring him.

It probably won’t happen, mainly because Mayweather is naturally bigger than Manny. Maybe if Mayweather comes in unprepared there’s a chance, but if he trains properly and stays in shape like Manny, then it’s hard to see that result changing. That’s just how I see it.

Even if a lot of us don’t enjoy his defensive style, looking at his past fights, he’s always been very slick and disciplined.
You might not like how he fights, but it’s effective.

Mayweather might force Manny to gain weight, because Mayweather himself would resign cutting His aura allows him to dictate rules and make demands. Why I think that fight won happen - there is a chance to lose 0 in lose record. 50-0 looks too nice to risk making it 50-1 by a very end of boxing career (even though he is not active anymore). They might turn this into an exhibition instead, but that will be completely different story. They might both make a friendly sparring, crowd would eat it, but in the end they will go home with juicy paychecks.

They don't have clear information regarding on what weight they are fighting and what division they are on.

But what's clear is they are going to have a rematch and maybe other details will came out on next following months.

I don't think Mayweather cared much about his record. Maybe both of them care about the money they could get on this fight, there's a rumor but I think this is not true that Mayweather got bankrupt. So with that he really need to get more fight to cover his luxurious life style.

[Nahl]

Pacquiao still had ambition want to give first lost to Mayweather that's why he refuse to called this fight for exibition match and only want to fight for official match and on the first match Pacquiao excuse at that time he got shoulder injury which make him cannot perform well but this time Pacquiao is really confident can beat Mayweather however i can see the odds showed Mayweather is the favourite but since his last fight against McGregor Mayweather has been retired and never fight again but Pacquiao is different because he still active to fight even if i am not mistaken Pacquiao has a match on April and i believe this time the fight will be more tight and Pacquiao probably can take the revenge

[fullfitlarry]

I want to see him spit blood like Tyson Fury did Deontay Wilder before seemingly retiring him.

It probably won’t happen, mainly because Mayweather is naturally bigger than Manny. Maybe if Mayweather comes in unprepared there’s a chance, but if he trains properly and stays in shape like Manny, then it’s hard to see that result changing. That’s just how I see it.

Even if a lot of us don’t enjoy his defensive style, looking at his past fights, he’s always been very slick and disciplined.
You might not like how he fights, but it’s effective.

Mayweather might force Manny to gain weight, because Mayweather himself would resign cutting His aura allows him to dictate rules and make demands. Why I think that fight won happen - there is a chance to lose 0 in lose record. 50-0 looks too nice to risk making it 50-1 by a very end of boxing career (even though he is not active anymore). They might turn this into an exhibition instead, but that will be completely different story. They might both make a friendly sparring, crowd would eat it, but in the end they will go home with juicy paychecks.

They don't have clear information regarding on what weight they are fighting and what division they are on.

But what's clear is they are going to have a rematch and maybe other details will came out on next following months.

I don't think Mayweather cared much about his record. Maybe both of them care about the money they could get on this fight, there's a rumor but I think this is not true that Mayweather got bankrupt. So with that he really need to get more fight to cover his luxurious life style.

I'm under the impression that they could be fighting at 154 lbs. I don't think that both of this boxers at their age can make 147 lbs, the weight class that they first fought. So maybe over at 154 lbs will be a sweet spot for this two.

Mayweather though cared about his record in my opinion. He still believed that having a 0 and undefeated will bring him close to being the GOAT. But we all know that there are boxers who run 50-0 or more but we all forget them.

[bbc.reporter]

I'm curious, guys, are there any bookies now that you can place bets on this fight? I checked some of sportsbook that I am using, and I still can't see the match of Pacquiao vs Mayweather.
I'm really curious about the odds, like if there are any changes because from their last fight, the odds were really far favored with Mayweather.

So far, stake.com is the only one I found that already has odds for the Mayweather vs Pacquiao match(check the image below). I also checked other sportsbooks, and the furthest upcoming boxing fight they have is in April or May(these sportsbooks have the same odds provider).

OMG. I think during their last fight, the odds are more likely this. I can't recall it anymore, so it seems nothing has changed. But still, the match will be in September, for sure there will be changes depending on the news for Mayweather and Pacquiao.
So to be safe, I will not place any bets yet, it's still early.

I reckon there is very much a big disadvantage on Pacman for this fight. This disadvantage certainly has begun on the negotiation table hehehehe. We can be certain that the odds on Floyd Gayweather with a decision will be higher and we can also be certain that Pacman will never lose with a knockout against Gayweather's pillow hands. Gayweather with a decision will be my bet.

[Dave1]

^^ We all know that Floyd doesn't have the power to even score a knockdown on this opponent. He uses his defensive prowess to score by countering his opponents all night long. He is most famous with that pull-counter while Manny could still pack some powers behind his left, specially on how he throws them in a awkward angle. I just saw a video interview of Floyd telling that Manny is one of his hardest fight because of that power and the angle and his speed.

Nevertheless as you have said, Floyd is still the favorite in their rematch and it might be better to see what will be the odds of him winning by decision or in the judges scorecard. But many of us wanted to see Manny to win in this fight.

[TopTort777]

Can someone explain what makes Floyd a favorite here, despite his record and money? Plain numbers. Floyd had last professional fight 9 years ago, and since then he had exhibition fights against opponents that hardly were on his level. Then we have Pacman, who had professional fight in 2025 and lost only via MD; its was for WBC welterweight title. Before that he had exhibition fights also, but his opponents looked better than Floyds exhibition fights opponents. Pacman is a bit younger. On paper Pacman has more pluses.

[ultrloa]

Can someone explain what makes Floyd a favorite here, despite his record and money? Plain numbers. Floyd had last professional fight 9 years ago, and since then he had exhibition fights against opponents that hardly were on his level. Then we have Pacman, who had professional fight in 2025 and lost only via MD; its was for WBC welterweight title. Before that he had exhibition fights also, but his opponents looked better than Floyds exhibition fights opponents. Pacman is a bit younger. On paper Pacman has more pluses.

Maybe because he have 50 - 0 record and he defeated Pacquaio once and this is the reason why some of his fans believe that he's gonna do it again on their rematch.

But critics will provably think that its not going to happen knowing that Pacquaio is a legend and have skills to defeat Mayweather in this match. Mayweather may do the same running technique and drain the time just like what he did on Pacquaio on their first bout.

So let's see if Pacquaio already know how to find solution on those strategy that Mayweather may use to him.

[bisdak40]

I reckon there is very much a big disadvantage on Pacman for this fight. This disadvantage certainly has begun on the negotiation table hehehehe. We can be certain that the odds on Floyd Gayweather with a decision will be higher and we can also be certain that Pacman will never lose with a knockout against Gayweather's pillow hands. Gayweather with a decision will be my bet.

I guess it is safe to say that whoever will win this fight it would be via decision. Though Manny Pacquiao has the heavy hands of the two but judging from his fight against Mario Barrios, the power that he used to have on knocking out opponents seems no longer there and besides Floyd is not an easy target so yeah, betting for Floyd via decision is a good choice.

[Yaunfitda]

I reckon there is very much a big disadvantage on Pacman for this fight. This disadvantage certainly has begun on the negotiation table hehehehe. We can be certain that the odds on Floyd Gayweather with a decision will be higher and we can also be certain that Pacman will never lose with a knockout against Gayweather's pillow hands. Gayweather with a decision will be my bet.

I guess it is safe to say that whoever will win this fight it would be via decision. Though Manny Pacquiao has the heavy hands of the two but judging from his fight against Mario Barrios, the power that he used to have on knocking out opponents seems no longer there and besides Floyd is not an easy target so yeah, betting for Floyd via decision is a good choice.

Or at least scoring a knockdown, and from what we have seen from the Barrios fight, he no longer has the power in his hands. It's obvious that with age, the power of the boxer will go down but perhaps they still have the skills like what Manny displays in that fight. But it's not enough for him to get a win. So very hard for Manny to hit Floyd even at this age as Floyd could still have that defensive skills so it's not going to be an easy target and Floyd is going to move. He is also known to have the stamina to complete a full 12 round boxing fight so I don't think that gas tank will be a problem.

[Silikiem]

I want to see him spit blood like Tyson Fury did Deontay Wilder before seemingly retiring him.

It probably won’t happen, mainly because Mayweather is naturally bigger than Manny. Maybe if Mayweather comes in unprepared there’s a chance, but if he trains properly and stays in shape like Manny, then it’s hard to see that result changing. That’s just how I see it.

Even if a lot of us don’t enjoy his defensive style, looking at his past fights, he’s always been very slick and disciplined.
You might not like how he fights, but it’s effective.

Mayweather might force Manny to gain weight, because Mayweather himself would resign cutting His aura allows him to dictate rules and make demands. Why I think that fight won happen - there is a chance to lose 0 in lose record. 50-0 looks too nice to risk making it 50-1 by a very end of boxing career (even though he is not active anymore). They might turn this into an exhibition instead, but that will be completely different story. They might both make a friendly sparring, crowd would eat it, but in the end they will go home with juicy paychecks.

They don't have clear information regarding on what weight they are fighting and what division they are on.

But what's clear is they are going to have a rematch and maybe other details will came out on next following months.

I don't think Mayweather cared much about his record. Maybe both of them care about the money they could get on this fight, there's a rumor but I think this is not true that Mayweather got bankrupt. So with that he really need to get more fight to cover his luxurious life style.

I'm under the impression that they could be fighting at 154 lbs. I don't think that both of this boxers at their age can make 147 lbs, the weight class that they first fought. So maybe over at 154 lbs will be a sweet spot for this two.

Mayweather though cared about his record in my opinion. He still believed that having a 0 and undefeated will bring him close to being the GOAT. But we all know that there are boxers who run 50-0 or more but we all forget them.

For sure, both fighters have gone past their peaks and will definitely not showcase the kind of intensity they usually show during their prime. Ordinary this would have been a high profile match, both are considered legends of the game and even till date despite being on retirement Mayweather still have the same passion as before to always win, the odds are with him on this fight and many are optimistic to also see Manny pull up a serious fight against Mayweather and take a little advantage because he certainly won’t be at the same level as before.

[Qastessa]

On their prime, Mayweather just ducked and ran away all game long and just worked for the points. In a "fight" Manny would win without a doubt, boxing of course has rules and Mayweather works on those rules and he is the greatest ever when it comes to those rules.

This isn't a street fight, Mayweather would lose in a street fight to almost half of his opponents he faced in his life, he is a "boxer" in the sense that he utilized the rules of it very well. At this age? Manny has absolutely no chance at all, not even a single bit. It would require some lucky punch somewhere, otherwise Mayweather will get a very simple and very boring win.

This is so true and I couldn't exactly explain what kind of fighter he was, and you explained it very well. In a street fight, or basically like "whoever standing last" type of fight, Mayweather would have lost to half of his opponents he faced in his life. He is a master dogder there is no doubt about that, he doesn't get hit that often and he just does many quick jabs that doesn't hurt. Don't get me wrong he had TKO fights as well, so he would have done alright with those, but in most cases it didn't even look like a fight. This is why I want to see him be defeated at least once if possible but I doubt many can do it here.

[Japinat]

This is why I want to see him be defeated at least once if possible but I doubt many can do it here.

You’re not the only one hoping for that, but Mayweather is really that good. He’s smart in the ring, and his style can be frustrating if you’re looking for action, but that’s who he is. We don’t have to like his style, but we have to respect what he’s done. He’s undefeated and one of the richest fighters in boxing history. The nickname “Money” fits him, and he always positions himself for the biggest payday, just like this fight.

[dezoel]

At this point, I can't be mad at them. I dislike them both, but is this a match that everyone wants to see? Even at their age? Yes. Will this make a lot of money? Yes. So they are doing something that makes a lot of money and they are getting their cut of that money and both are benefiting while providing something to people that they want.

Nothing wrong with that, I think it's clear that we are going to see how this would turn out, but even if it's a match that is boring, it's still a match that is going to get watched a lot.