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Video: Floyd Mayweather Sr. confirms talks for Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight were real

Here we go again!

Despite a recent statement by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White nixing the credibility of a report of a boxing match between current UFC Featherweight champion Conor McGregor and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr., it now seems as if the fight talks were less of a rumor than the combat world initially thought.

"He had told me the other day that he’s going to take another fight," said Floyd Mayweather Sr. in a recent interview with ESNews (shown above). "He told me it’s [going to be against] some kind of MMA fighter.