Manny Pacquiao definitely off the Joshua-Fury Netflix card

Manny Pacquiao’s potential ability to draw global interest to the Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury card has been deleted.

An official close to the situation confirmed to BoxingScene that recent reports that eight-division champion Pacquiao is off the card are true, adding that Pacquiao may settle on an early 2027 opponent within a week.

With Netflix streaming the December 11 card in Cardiff, Wales, to the world, Hall of Famer Pacquiao, 62-8-3 (39 KOs), was first mentioned as a key addition to the card while in discussions to fight unbeaten four-division champion Shakur Stevenson in a meeting of generational pound-for-pound kings.

While the meeting of two-time heavyweight champions will certainly captivate their native U.K., Joshua and Fury would have gained a significant boost from the involvement of 2025 welterweight title fighter Pacquiao after he battled then-champion Mario Barrios to a draw.

With both Pacquiao and Stevenson lobbying for eight-figure purses, however, attention shifted to a less-expensive date with Cardiff’s top-ranked WBO lightweight contender Joe Cordina, 19-1 (9 KOs), but that has fallen off as well.

Pacquiao, who turns 48 on December 17, has been linked to an early 2027 bout versus England’s recent welterweight title challenger Conor Benn, among others.

He originally was pegged for a September rematch of the most lucrative prizefight in history versus Floyd Mayweather Jnr, but Mayweather is embroiled in legal battles over two possible exhibitions.

And an individual close to Pacquiao tells BoxingScene an official rematch between the pair that would count against Mayweather’s perfect record is now in danger of being scrapped.