Manny Pacquiao will not be following Floyd Mayweather’s example with an exhibition bout in RIZIN FF. Not yet, anyway
Fight fans’ curiosity was piqued over the weekend when RIZIN president Nobuyuki Sakakibara tweeted photographs of Pacquiao signing a contract with the Japanese mixed martial arts promotion and many believed he was going to do exactly what Mayweather did by securing a lucrative payday for a short night’s work.
But Sakakibara has since clarified the deal he agreed with the boxing legend, revealing that Pacquiao has signed on to accept an “ambassador role for Filipino fighters to get bigger opportunities.”
I’m here in the Philippines. RIZIN.15 will have this man involved in a way. We will be ready to announce as I get back to Japan …