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The internet has been thick with rumours that UFC star Conor McGregor and boxer Floyd Mayweather are set to announce a big-money fight in Las Vegas.
The source? British tabloid The Sun, which started the rumour last night.
The Sun claim that they were told this by a source: “Floyd went mad after Conor said he would crush him and knock him out in 30 seconds, he’s obsessed with making Conor eat his words.
“Floyd is calling the shots. It’s strictly boxing and Conor will have to lose roughly 25lbs.
“It was agreed in principle on May 2, but Floyd wouldn’t reveal the identity of his opponent until last night when he told friends he’ll be fighting Conor.”
While a fight between McGregor, the UFC’s biggest star, and Mayweather, one of the greatest boxers of all time, would no doubt be a huge event, it doesn’t seem at all likely that the rumour will be proven to be true.
The Sun is not necesarilly known for the reliability of its reporting, and this would not be the first outlandish story in its history to be printed.
Most notably, UFC president Dana White has already shot down the possibility of a fight. “It’s not true; it’s just a tabloid story,” said White.
“And as far as I knew, Floyd is retired and he’s been on a world-wide vacation and hasn’t even been thinking of fighting.”
While McGregor has gone through a public stoush with White and the UFC in recent times that has led to him no longer being on the card for UFC 200, he remains contracted to the competition and would have to gain some kind of release in order to enter a boxing match with Mayweather.
So, for now at least, it seems this rumour is bupkis – but, at least it provided a few hours of fanciful imagination.
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