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Ellerbe: Floyd Mayweather is retired, no plans for a rematch with Manny Pacquiao
Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, threw cold water Wednesday on speculation that there could be a rematch of the 2015 bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
Showtime Sports general manager Stephen Espinoza stoked the fires a bit on Monday, two days after Pacquiao won a unanimous decision over Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas, when he suggested a rematch could be possible if the public demands it.
I thought Pacquiao looked good, looked as good as he has looked in the last three or four years. He was active. He showed the power. He was quick. But really in terms of a Mayweather rematch, it’s really up to the audience, to the fans and the writers. I know from talking to Floyd — if there’s demand for a particular fight — I think he will give it strong consideration. But I think this is one where we’re not going to put the cart before the horse. If people are interested in that fight then I think they’ll make their voices heard and we’ll start working on it.
But Ellerbe said there is nothing to the speculation and that he and Mayweather are focused on promoting.
"Floyd is retired and nothing has changed," Ellerbe told Yahoo Sports. "There's nothing else to talk about. He's enjoying his life as a retired fighter and I'm focused on the company. We have four shows in five weeks and that's my focus. There has been no talk, nothing, not a word, about Floyd coming back."
The first fight set all sorts of financial records, and broke the mark for most pay-per-views when it sold 4.6 million (It was originally announced as 4.4 million and later boosted when more sales trickled in). That was nearly double the previous record of 2.48 million set by Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya in 2007.
But the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was a dud in the ring, almost unwatchable. Mayweather won going away, though Pacquiao insisted when it was over he felt he'd won. The losers, though, were the fans who paid record prices to see a horrible fight in which neither fighter made an effort to engage.
That's understandable to a degree on Mayweather's side, since he's fought his entire career as a defensively oriented counter-punching specialist. But the appeal of the fight was that of the boxer versus the slugger, but except for the fourth round, Pacquiao never really turned it into a fight.
He didn't show his trademark aggression and seemed more content to box with one of the greatest boxers of our time.
It wasn't pretty, and given the astronomically high prices charged, why anyone who bought the first one would even think of buying it again is beyond me.
Both fighters are now retired. Mayweather announced his retirement after a win over Andre Berto in September, and though there has been speculation he'd return, Mayweather has not indicated any real interest. Pacquiao announced his retirement following his win over Bradley.
It wouldn't be a shock if either, or both, of them came back, because they each can still command mega-money for a single night's work.
But the rematch seems like a longshot given the enmity that exists between the sides and the combination of the inflated prices and underwhelming performance that caused fans to feel ripped off.
Never say never, but file this one as highly unlikely.
