BoxingScene Says Pacquiao Is 'Definitely Off' the Fury-Joshua Card

Label: REPORTED · Heat: WARM. This is an update to 248, where Eddie Hearn already said Pacquiao was not on the Dec. 11 card, and to the earlier Faz rumor that he would be. It is not an official scratch, because Pacquiao was never on the official Netflix bill Kimster has been logging in 306 and 307.

BoxingScene's Lance Pugmire, citing "an official close to the situation," writes that recent reports Pacquiao is off the card "are true," and headlines the piece "definitely off." That official, Pugmire adds, says Pacquiao "may settle on an early 2027 opponent within a week." This is single-source BoxingScene reporting — an unnamed official, not a promoter or Netflix release.

How he got into the conversation, still per BoxingScene: Pacquiao was first mentioned as a Cardiff addition while in talks with Shakur Stevenson. Then, "with both Pacquiao and Stevenson lobbying for eight-figure purses," attention shifted to a "less-expensive date" with Cardiff's Joe Cordina, "but that has fallen off as well."

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Pacquiao "has been linked to an early 2027 bout versus England's recent welterweight title challenger Conor Benn, among others." That is BoxingScene's link, not a signed fight. It sits next to our 260 item, where Benn told Sky Sports he turned down a December Pacquiao date and was open to the first quarter of 2027.

And the other rematch, still attributed only to BoxingScene: "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." Pugmire notes Pacquiao had originally been pegged for a September rematch, and that Mayweather "is embroiled in legal battles over two possible exhibitions." Mayweather's own 2027 name-drop list, which included Pacquiao, is already in Kimster's 288. None of that is a booking.

Fighter pages: Shakur Stevenson, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua.

If those eight-figure asks are real, you can still take a swing at Guess the Purse. And Dec. 11 is already official for Fury–Joshua — log a pick in Fight Picks.

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