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Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are set to fight all over again next summer, after a report has emerged that Mayweather has text a US reporter to say that he is wiling to give Pacquiao a rematch once the Filipino has recovered from shoulder surgery.
Mayweather, who won by a unanimous points decision on Saturday night, had previously said that he will retire in September after his 49th fight. Now it appears that he will lace up the gloves once again next year for his milestone 50th bout, one that will probably make even more money than the estimated £300m from Saturday.
The unbeaten American is said to have told an ESPN journalist Stephen A. Smith that we would be willing to fight Pacquiao again - once he recovers from shoulder surgery to repair a tear in his rotator cuff.
"I will fight him in a year after his surgery," Mayweather is reported to have told Smith in a text message.
The news comes following reports that Pacquiao is the subject of a $5m lawsuit in Las Vegas after being accused if lying over a shoulder injury sustained before the fight.
The Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) says Pacquiao did not declare he had a problem on a pre-fight questionnaire.
Two people in Nevada have alleged the boxer defrauded ticket buyers, television viewers and gamblers, but Pacquiao's representatives have said that they are confident that the lawsuit will be dismissed.
'The allegations in this lawsuit are demonstrably false,' attorney Daniel Petrocelli, who represents Top Rank, told ESPN. 'There are documents that explicitly show the medications that Manny was using to treat his shoulder and it was fully disclosed with USADA, which we contracted for this fight.'
'This is a frivolous lawsuit and we are confident it will be dismissed,' he added.
Pacquiao can face a fine or suspension for wrongly filling out the medical forms.
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