While the MMA and boxing worlds were both buzzing about the same story on Friday afternoon, it turned out to have no merit.
On Friday, reports started surfacing online that claimed a boxing match was being negotiated between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and reigning UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor.
The false rumors were spreading fast enough that it even prompted MMA oddsmakers to create a betting line on the fight, which has since been taken down.
UFC President Dana White also caught wind of the rumor, and spoke about the subject on the record. White told Yahoo! Sports the following about the Mayweather-McGregor boxing match rumors:
“It’s not true; it’s just a tabloid story. And as far as I knew, Floyd is retired and he’s been on a world-wide vacation and hasn’t even been thinking of fighting.”