MUMBAI: Former world welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather announced a surprise rematch with Manny Pacquiao at ULTRA Japan’s fifth anniversary event this past weekend.

With his Mayweather Holdings and Money Team Tokyo entourage in tow, Mayweather came face to face with Pacquiao in the festival’s VVIP section. The shock announcement that he would be returning to the ring for a rematch with his rival Pacquiao this December was filmed and uploaded on Instagram by Mayweather captioned, “I am coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year, another nine figure pay day on the way.” Manny Pacquiao fired back with his own video captioned “50-1 #NoExcuses.”

 Speaking exclusively with UMF TV on the second day of ULTRA Japan, Mayweather told UMF TV’s host Will Best, “ULTRA is the place to be with a great atmosphere, great people”, “I think I want to become a DJ, I love it!”