Pacquiao Confirms Signed Contract For ‘Real’ Mayweather Fight

Filipino boxing legend, Manny Pacquiao, said he has signed a contract for a “real fight” with Floyd Mayweather and that he ​would not get back into the ring with the ‌American if it was an exhibition bout.

Mayweather, 49, and Pacquiao, 47 announced last month that they would meet at the Sphere ​in Las Vegas in September, with the bout streaming ​globally on Netflix.

However, Mayweather said in an interview last ⁠week that it would be an exhibition bout, not ​a real fight and that a venue had yet to ​be decided.

“If that’s what he is feeling but he signed for a real match. The contract that we signed is for a ​real fight,” Pacquiao told local media. “He has ​to remember that.”

Mayweather, who holds a perfect 50-0 record with 27 knockouts, ‌defeated ⁠Pacquiao in a 2015 encounter dubbed the Fight of the Century.

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CEO of Manny Pacquiao Promotions and a producer for the event, Jas Mathur, said the agreement was for a fight.

“No ​one in ​these last three ⁠months has brought up anything related to the venue or related to the fight ​not being a professional fight,” Mathur said in an interview. “His team ⁠has had all the contracts. He signed all the contracts.”

The 2015 bout between the ⁠boxers ​generated a record 4.6 million pay-per-view ​buys and a $72 million live gate at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.