MANNY PACQUIAO is in line for a £3.9million payday on his boxing return – should his opponent break the rules.
The Filipino icon returns to the ring this weekend in Tokyo with Japanese MMA promotion Rizin.
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Pacquiao, 45, will face former K-1 Kickboxing champion Rukiya Anpo, 28, in a strictly boxing rules fight.
Floyd Mayweather, 47, also had two exhibitions with Rizin against martial artists and won both by knockout.
In 2018, he beat 25-year-old kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, and the contract included a financial fine for using illegal strikes.
And the same clause is included in Pacquiao and Anpo’s deal – with a kick resulting in a $5m (£3.9m) penalty.
Rizin president Nobuyuki Sakakibara confirmed the rules among quotes translated by Beyond Kickboxing.
Sakakibara said: “Any violation will be punishable by a fine of US$5 million.
“At the time of Tenshin versus Mayweather in 2018, that was approximately 500 million yen (£2.5 million).
“However, due to the weak yen, that number is now around 750 million yen.”
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Pacquiao retired in 2021 after a loss to Yordenis Ugas, but has since boxed with the aim of returning.
He has been linked to fighting UFC superstar Conor McGregor, 36, and undefeated British boxer Conor Benn, 27.
But more recently, the WBC confirmed it would sanction PacMan coming out of retirement to fight world champion Mario Barrios, 29.
Negotiations are ongoing with Pacquiao using his showing in the Far East as a way to prepare for his controversial but potential welterweight title fight.
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