Is PacMan Packing for Cardiff? Faz Says Pacquiao "WILL Be on the Card" for Fury-Joshua

Ringcard flip, darlings: A SENATOR ON THE UNDERCARD? 🪧

RUMOR. One reporter's claim. Faz (@FazSportz) posted on X at 3:57 AM PT today: "🚨 Manny Pacquiao will feature on the #FuryJoshua undercard! I previously reported this was a done deal, with NETFLIX owing Pacquiao a fight following the collapse of the Floyd Mayweather rematch. However, I was asked to take the report down by someone close to the situation. I have now been given the green light to report that Manny WILL be on the card."

Bloody Elbow (Jamie Theodosi) ran with it this afternoon, and its headline says Pacquiao "will compete." But the article's own first line is "According to reports," and the report is Faz's.

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What's missing: anything official. Queensberry, Netflix and Pacquiao's camp haven't put out a word, and no opponent, weight or bout has been announced. "Someone close to the situation" gave Faz a green light. That's not a press release. 💅

Context. Faz has been on this beat a while. On Oct. 2 he wrote "Netflix OWE Manny Pacquiao after the Floyd collapse" and said he expects him "to end up on the card." The card itself is very real: Fury-AJ is finally on, Warren says there's a WBA belt on it, and Dana's Opetaia-Wilder whisper is circling the same night.

SPECULATION. Opponents nobody has confirmed. 🔮 These are Bloody Elbow's suggestions, not offers:

• Kell Brook. BE notes "speculation" that the 40-year-old could return.

• Amir Khan. He's interested, BE reports, but said he wouldn't be ready for December.

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• Jack Catterall. He's a 147 titleholder, so it would be a British-flavoured title shot.

• Joe Cordina. BE says Eddie Hearn pitched him, and Cardiff is his home city. The weight would need some compromise.

Before Cardiff, size up the main event and the co-stars: Fury, Joshua, Catterall. Then jump into this week's open Boxbid picks card while you wait.

Rumor-Meter

• Pacquiao fights on the Fury-Joshua Dec. 11 card: COLD-WARM (RUMOR). It's one reporter's repeated, sourced-to-"someone close" claim. Nothing official, and no opponent.
• Any named opponent above: COLD (SPECULATION).

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