Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather has opted out of a second exhibition fight in Asia in favour of securing a rematch with Manny Pacquiao, according to reports.
Mayweather, who technically retired in 2017 following his money-spinning bout with Conor McGregor, laced up his gloves on New Year’s Eve to make £7m in an exhibition with Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in Tokyo.
And now, according to The Sun, Mayweather has turned down the opportunity of a second exhibition in China in order to turn his attention to Pacquaio.
Speaking to the paper, Hong Kong’s DEF Promotions director Jay Lau said: ‘Mayweather came two times to Hong Kong, he spoke with my son Jayson and we had communications but now he is focusing [on] the Pacquiao rematch.
‘We were talking about an exhibition in China, a big event but not a recorded professional boxing fight. Something like Mayweather vs Tenshin in Japan.
‘We spoke a bit about doing a special fight in China, but halfway through he turned to the Pacquiao rematch so we stopped.’