Former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor almost fought boxing star Terence Crawford.
‘The Infamous’ is not any stranger to the world {of professional} boxing. Again in August 2017, Conor McGregor stepped into the ring as a two-weight UFC champion and confronted Floyd Mayweather. Whereas the Irishman was handed a stoppage loss that evening, he impressed many. Since then, McGregor has been linked to a number of different high-profile boxers.
Effectively, a kind of boxers is four-division champion Terence Crawford. Talking on a latest Duelbits livestream, Conor McGregor revealed that the 2 have been beforehand in talks to struggle. In keeping with the Irishman, the deal was for 2 fights, one within the cage and one within the boxing ring. Whereas ‘Bud’ is a boxer, he was reportedly a strong highschool wrestler as properly.
Sadly, talks between Conor McGregor and Terence Crawford didn’t go far. In keeping with ‘The Infamous’, the boxer didn’t actually have any curiosity in getting into the cage. Whereas Crawford did wrestle beforehand, he’s additionally admitted to not being very within the UFC.
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Conor McGregor says there was talks a few two-fight deal between him and Terence Crawford, one MMA struggle and one boxing struggle 👀🥊
“[Crawford said] ‘I don’t fancy taking a kick off Conor McGregor’.”
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Former UFC champion Conor McGregor opens up on talks with boxing star Terence Crawford
“Crawford could be very slick, he additionally has a wrestling background pedigree.” Conor McGregor said on the dwell stream earlier right this moment. “You recognize they’re at all times speaking to me about bouts. I’ve already boxed a boxer, and one of the best boxer in MMA is me. You recognize what I imply? I generate essentially the most [power]. We have been speaking forwards and backwards a few two-fight deal.”
He continued, “He rings up Crawford in entrance of me the day after the fights. I get on the cellphone and say ‘Crawford, they’re right here speaking about you and me [fighting]. Two-fight deal, MMA first, boxing second. I do know you’ve gotten an in depth wrestling background, and balls the dimensions of a Bengal tiger. They’re asking for a struggle, it’ll be a whole lot of tens of millions on the road. What’s up?’”
“He goes, ‘I don’t fancy taking a kick off Conor McGregor’, that’s what he mentioned. It’s important to respect that.”
What do you make of those feedback from the previous UFC champion? Would you watch Conor McGregor vs. Terence Crawford?
