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Fight canceled? Mayweather, Pacquiao stopped returning calls after Sphere rematch got bumped for Eagles

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Floyd Mayweather was supposed to rematch Manny Pacquiao on Sept. 19 at Sphere in Las Vegas. That wasn’t promoter hyperbole or one of those “sources have indicated” tweets, it was actually announced by Netflix back in February.

But hall of fame rock band Eagles recently booked Sept. 19 at Sphere as part of its “Sin […]

LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 02: Floyd Mayweather Jr. reacts in the 12th round during the welterweight unification championship bout on May 2, 2015 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) | Getty Images Floyd Mayweather was supposed to rematch Manny Pacquiao on Sept.

19 at Sphere in Las Vegas. That wasn’t promoter hyperbole or one of those “sources have indicated” tweets, it was actually announced by Netflix back in February . But hall of fame rock band Eagles recently booked Sept.

19 at Sphere as part of its “Sin City” residency, confirming this report that May-Pac 2 was in jeopardy. “ESPN has reached out to representatives for Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Netflix over the past several weeks for an update on the status of the fight but have yet to hear from any of the parties regarding a venue change or if the fight would still take place as a professional boxing match,” Andreas Hale wrote for ESPN . In addition, we still don’t have a date or venue for Mayweather’s follow-up cash grab against Mike Tyson , which lost its original date back in April .