If UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor were to face Floyd Mayweather, it’d be a boxing match contested in the boxing ring under boxing rules, with the undercard supported by other boxing matches. McGregor’s coach, John Kavanagh, believes that the referee for McGregor vs. Mayweather should actually come from MMA.
I wish I was making that up, but I’m not. In this feature interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Kavanagh explained his reasoning.
Okamoto: How important will the negotiations be when it comes to things like referee, judges, ring size, gloves -- those types of details?