Mayweather Pacquiao Rematch Target 2026 in Las Vegas Streaming Deal

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are in negotiations for a rematch that promoters hope could take place in 2026, with talks reportedly exploring a high‑profile streaming partnership and Las Vegas as a likely venue. The discussions are at an early stage, and key details including whether the bout would be a sanctioned professional fight or an exhibition remain unresolved.

Pacquiao, 46, confirmed this week that his team and Mayweather’s are in direct contact and described the negotiations as "almost" agreed, saying the outcome "depends on the negotiation" and that "a lot of things we are agreeing on" while some conditions remain to be settled. He also said he does not currently have the shoulder problem that affected him in the 2015 meeting. Mayweather, 48, has not publicly committed; he has kept busy with exhibition matches and has been linked to an exhibition against Mike Tyson that could conflict with a rematch schedule.

A central question in talks is the contest’s status. Pacquiao has said he wants a professional fight with a judges’ decision, but other advisers and observers expect any repeat of the two fighters’ lucrative 2015 encounter to be structured as an...