And Floyd is relling for a John Gotti Jr rematch, the fight ended in controversy and so it created a hype so this fight is scheduled February if I'm not mistaken.
Just like Pacquiao, he also had an scheduled fight with Buakaw, so both of them needs to finish their fight with a win, who knows we will see this fight by the 2nd half of this year, or could be earlier. Pacman would not release a statement if he wasn't sure with it, it's not good for his reputation though, so let's believe that what he said had some truth and we will witness this anticipated fight.
i believe he has the go signal to give such announcement. i don't think he will just prank his boxing fans for something that has no chance of happening in the near future. if this exhibition fight is marketed right, they can get a huge amount of money from this. maybe cashing out from most recent professional boxing bouts. they have their own loyal followers up until now, so there are a lot of them still waiting to see both inside the ring one more time. even if there's no belt on the line.
have lost momentum, both are old and have no title belts.
The first match of the fight was actually a bit too late because they were no longer young and were not at the peak of their performance.
especially now that they are both old and don't have championship belts.
just entertainment and interesting spectacle
don't underestimate their influence among boxing fans. even if there's no belt and just an exhibition fight, am sure a lot will pay for the tickets just to see them both inside the ring. but we don't know their internal arrangements here. i hope both will fight toe-to-toe and not running inside round after round. but knowing mayweather, he will not ruin his record and be technical again. and hopefully, the proceeds will be given to something important and not just pocketing all the money here.