Manny Pacquiao‘s desired weight, glove size and number of rounds for his rematch with Floyd Mayweather has been reported.
It was announced on Monday that the two pound-for-pound legends will headline a Netflix event on September 19, entering a professional bout at the Sphere, Las Vegas.
Mayweather emerged from their first encounter, back in 2015, with a unanimous decision victory, before successfully defending his world welterweight title against Andre Berto later that year.
‘Money’ then ended his illustrious professional career in 2017, engineering a 10th-round finish over Conor McGregor, but has since been involved in a number of exhibition matches.
Pacquiao, meanwhile, has fought as recently as July, back when he boxed to a highly-contentious draw against then-WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios.
Before that, the eight-division world champion had lost a unanimous decision to Yordenis Ugas in 2021, which followed his points victory against Keith Thurman over two years earlier.
All of the Filipino’s professional outings, since 2009, have been at 147lbs, while Mayweather has made the welterweight limit just once – for an exhibition with Tenshin Nasukawa in 2018 – since his points win over Berto.
According to MP Promotions CEO Jas Mathur, Pacquiao is pushing for their rematch to be fought at this weight, with boxing journalist Manouk Akopyan confirming that much on X.
“Manny Pacquiao Promotions CEO Jas Mathur told me [Mayweather-Pacquiao 2] will be either 10 or 12, three-minute rounds and they’ll be using [8oz] gloves.
“Pacquiao wants the fight to be at 147[lbs] and they’re waiting to hear back from Mayweather to finalise.
“USADA [drugs] testing is likely.”
For any professional bout that takes place at super-welterweight or above, fighters are typically expected to wear 10oz gloves.
The Nevada Athletic Commission, however, will ultimately determine whether this rule is maintained if Mayweather refuses Pacquiao’s request to fight at 147lbs.
