Manny Pacquiao buys shuttered Floyd Mayweather gym, will use it as base of operations for upcoming rematch

The mind games have begun in the rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. Pacquiao revealed his new base of operations for his upcoming fight at Sphere in Las Vegas in September to Ring Magazine in an article published Tuesday . It is the location of one of his rival’s closed Mayweather Boxing + Fitness gyms in Los Angeles, now branded as a Pacquiao Prime Boxing club.

It’s not a move we would describe as subtle, especially with Pacquiao’s camp talking about stripping the gym of all of Mayweather’s images and branding. The move was also reportedly orchestrated by Jas Mathur, a former business associate of Mayweather who is now the CEO of Pacquiao Promotions. He insisted this was merely a business decision From The Ring: “This is not an emotional decision, it’s a business decision,” Mathur told The Ring.

“We're not looking at anything Mayweather Boxing + Fitness did. We have our own model, and it's the first of many Pacquiao Prime Boxing locations we want to open. It's the first step in a much bigger plan that we have.

“It was cool that this space had the Mayweather name on it and whatnot, but we did it more for the location. It's in a very visible, high-traffic and landmark area for what we want to accomplish moving forward. We envision many professional fighters, athletes, celebrities and top trainers wanting to be here.