MMA Fighting · Oct 14, 2018
John Kavanagh discusses possible future Conor McGregor fights with Floyd Mayweather, Paulie Malignaggi
In August 2017, the entire sporting world was transfixed on the cross-promotional fight between the two biggest stars in combat sports.
In a surreal moment, undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather came out of retirement to welcome UFC champion Conor McGregor into his world inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It was truly a spectacle few could have imagined as they witnessed the greatest boxer of his generation square off against a brash mouthed Irishman with zero professional boxing fights.
So how did this fight even come about? Why would a a 40-year-old boxer, who hadn’t fought in two years, want to fight 30-year-old mixed martial arts champion in the prime of his career?