Cyrus Langhorne
UFC’s Conor McGregor remains a hot topic. The MMA superstar’s intent to fight retired boxing icon Floyd Mayweather Jr. has sparked some serious attention.
According to reports, boxing veteran Manny Pacquiao is up for facing-off against the Notorious McGregor.
If Floyd Mayweather doesn’t get off his butt and sign the paperwork to fight Conor McGregor, Manny Pacquiao WILL … so says Manny’s promoter, Bob Arum. “Be patient, don’t give in, [UFC president] Dana [White’s] a good negotiator and he’ll get the thing done. But he can’t be pushed around by Mayweather and his people. Pacquiao’s got a really tough fight against this guy in Australia, Jeff Horn and after that fight on July 1st here in the United States if McGregor is still looking for an opponent, Manny Pacquiao is there.” (TMZ)
Over the past few days, Conor has trolled Mayweather on Instagram.
In early May, Floyd talked about possibly fighting The Notorious McGregor.
“I’m just a fighter at the end of the day – all you guys gotta do is just look at the numbers of boxing and look up the numbers of MMA. … Conor McGregor is the second biggest name in MMA. I’m not gonna sit right here and knock Conor McGregor. He went out there and done what he had to do. It’s obvious he’s done something right thus far to get to the point where he’s at, so I’m not here to badmouth him. And I’ve been off a couple years and I’m 40 years old now. I’m a lot older and he’s still in his 20s. I’m in my 40s now. So that could play a major key. And he’s a heavy hitter, so we’ll just see. Has he signed the contract yet? Absolutely not.” (TMZ Sports)
Last month, UFC president Dana White talked about Mayweather/McGregor lacing up.
Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. In an interview with Yahoo Sports’ Chris Mannix, UFC president Dana White was asked if there was an update on negotiations for the superfight. “Well, Conor McGregor is having a baby right now,” White told Mannix. “After his girlfriend delivers their baby, we’ll start working on this deal.” (Yahoo! Sports)
I’d be in a rush to get beat up too if 75 mill was on the line. Hurry up and knock me out. And have my check ready. Connor don’t care about winning. He wants that check.