Floyd Mayweather’s comments, if true, are a near kiss of death on Manny Pacquiao rematch hype

Floyd Mayweather Jr. made an extraordinary misstep this weekend when he downgraded the stakes of September's long-awaited Manny Pacquiao rematch by claiming the Netflix-bound do-over is actually an exhibition, and not a fully-sanctioned fight after all. It contradicts much of what Netflix said in a February announcement to unveil its latest spectacle — a follow-up to the best-selling boxing bout of all time, which was set to head for the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sept.

19, available globally to the platform's 325 million subscribers. Netflix, in a statement sent to Uncrowned at the time, called it a "once-in-a-generation event" with "Mayweather officially coming out of retirement" for a "professional rematch. " The wording couldn’t have been clearer.

The only problem is, one month later, neither could Mayweather. "As of right now, we do not know where the fight is going to be,” Mayweather told Vegas Sports Today. “The Sphere is one of the places that they talked about.

We do not know if it's 100% going to be there. ” While there is no hold for that date or venue on the Nevada Athletic Commission’s calendar, Mayweather’s comment is already a PR headache, and Netflix did not immediately respond Monday to Uncrowned’s request for comment. But Mayweather didn’t stop there.