Floyd Mayweather Moving On From Conor McGregor Fight
The circus that took the combat sports world by storm months ago has finally come to a close.
After subsequently ‘retiring’ from the Octagon and being removed from his UFC 200 main event bout against Nate Diaz for bumping heads with UFC brass over media obligations, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor appeared to have a date in the boxing ring with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the near future.
The news took the MMA and Boxing worlds by storm, but the bout was temporarily put on ice as UFC President Dana White said no fight against Mayweather would take place unless it was made through him.
McGregor would go on to defeat Diaz in a five round war at UFC 202 this past August, and is now rumored to be stepping into the Octagon with UFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez for the 155-pound crown; attempting to become the first dual-weight champion in UFC history.
During a recent interview with Fight Hype, courtesy of Bloody Elbow, ‘Money’ revealed that after vigorous attempts to make the big money fight happen, he was unfortunately unsuccessful in luring the Irish MMA star into the boxing ring against himself:
“I tried to make the fight happen between me and Conor McGregor,” Mayweather said. “We wasn’t able to make the fight happen, so we must move on.”
So there you have it fight fans, the bout is off and leaves the lingering question if the boxing match even had a serious shot at happening in the first place.
You can check out Mayweather’s comments to Fight Hype here:
