Overview
- Pacquiao’s new filing targets waiter Gabriel Rueda and multiple law firms, asserting their 2016 case fabricated a finder’s-fee deal and misattributed cartel-scam threat texts; a judge dismissed Rueda’s suit in 2024.
- The rematch is a fully sanctioned 12-round bout in Las Vegas that will stream live on Netflix, with Mayweather’s 50-0 professional record officially on the line.
- Promoter Frank Warren says the fighters should not be boxing at ages 49 and 47 and questions whether the matchup should be sanctioned on health grounds.
- Joe Rogan questions Mayweather’s motives for returning, citing reports of lawsuits and unpaid bills, as a separate exhibition with Mike Tyson remains planned without a confirmed date.
- Parallel to Pacquiao’s action, Mayweather is pursuing a $340 million lawsuit alleging Showtime and former executive Stephen Espinoza diverted his earnings, while April ring outings are being arranged, including Pacquiao vs. Ruslan Provodnikov.