Manny Pacquiao had been set to rematch Floyd Mayweather in September in a lucrative affair, 11 years on from their fabled first encounter. However, the fight has since been postponed and now the Filipino’s manager has offered his thoughts on a potential showdown with undefeated superstar, Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.
Pacquiao made his professional return one year ago, returning in an immediate world title challenge against then WBC welterweight champion, Mario Barrios, where victory would have seen ‘Pac-Man’ break his own record as boxing’s oldest ever welterweight ruler.
Yet, despite an inspirational effort, Pacquiao could only muster a draw against ‘El Azteca’, with a potential Mayweather rematch then taking precedent over a planned record-breaking world title win.
Whilst a fight date and venue was unveiled earlier this year, Mayweather’s ongoing legal issues have caused a delay to the event, thus leaving Pacquiao open to pursue alternative fights this autumn, including a possible challenge for the WBO welterweight crown.
Although, on X, Sean Gibbons, manager of Pacquiao, offered his fighter up for a clash with ‘Tank’ Davis, when responding to a question of how the Baltimore knockout artist would have fared against boxing’s only eight-division world champion.
We can find out !! Champ is Ready 🇵🇭🥊 pic.twitter.com/b85T9rrTMp
— Sean Gibbons (@KnuckleheadSean) July 14, 2026
“We can find out !! Champ [Pacquiao] is Ready.”
It was previously believed that Davis would not fight for the remainder of the year, but the 31-year-old has since denied those claims.
Instead, he is eyeing up a first victory since June 2024 and with both of his rumoured opponents, Floyd Schofield and Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz, having moved on to different fights, Davis-Pacquiao could soon turn from a fantasy fight to a possible one.
