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Sugar Ray Leonard: Pacquiao-Mayweather 2 should happen

By: - Online Sports Editor / @CFColinaINQ
/ 08:11 PM August 14, 2019

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FILE – Sugar Ray Leonard attends B. Riley & Co. and Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation’s 7th Annual “Big Fighters, Big Cause” Charity Boxing Night at Dolby Theatre on May 25, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Mark Davis/Getty Images for Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation /AFP

MANILA, Philippines—Add Sugar Ray Leonard to the list of people who want Pacquiao-Mayweather 2 to happen.

Speaking to TMZ sports during a golf tournament in California, the boxing legend said that a rematch between two of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the history of boxing is something fans want to see.

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READ: ‘No possibility’ of Pacquiao-Mayweather rematch at the moment

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“It’d be a great fight. Put it this way, it should be done,” said Leonard, an Olympic gold medalist and a five-division champion, in the interview. “In a crazy way, yes (it will help boxing).”

“People will watch it.”

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But another megabout doesn’t seem a possibility at the moment with both the Pacquiao and Mayweather camps shutting down the idea despite their verbal jabs on social media that has everyone hyped.

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Pacquiao continues to turn back time and his brilliance remained in full display in the split decision victory over the previously undefeated Keith Thurman last month.

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READ: Floyd Mayweather: I’m greatest of all time, ‘numbers don’t lie’

Mayweather, meanwhile, seems to be enjoying his retirement but hasn’t stopped taunting his Pacquiao with his social media posts.

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