Floyd Mayweather, then 38, outpointed Manny Pacquiao, then 36, in their 2015 world title fight
Floyd Mayweather, 49, and Manny Pacquiao, 47, will contest their rematch in a professional bout in Las Vegas on 19 September.
It is a weird fight, "a carnival" as Steve Bunce aptly puts it. It is not one that boxing fans have been clamouring for. Nor were they ever considering how the first fight went in 2015 – delivered five years too late and as stale as feared.
"Carnival" boxing events, however, have become Netflix's trademark. The streaming platform values one-off, big impact fights that may have little shelf life but burn bright in the moment.
"It's not the first carnival fight on Netflix," 5 Live Boxing expert Bunce told 5 Live Breakfast.
