Floyd Mayweather Sr. Drops Bombshell About Son’s Next Fight

Conor McGregor is once again the subject of much debate in the mixed martial arts community, and most recently it’s been surrounding UFC 200. The second major milestone pay-per-view event for the promotion originally saw a feature rematch between McGregor and Nate Diaz as the main event, but a sequence of unexpected events put that

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Conor McGregor is once again the subject of much debate in the mixed martial arts community, and most recently it’s been surrounding UFC 200. The second major milestone pay-per-view event for the promotion originally saw a feature rematch between McGregor and Nate Diaz as the main event, but a sequence of unexpected events put that dance to bed in a rather surprising turn of events. ‘The Notorious’ had refused to attend the first week of the media tour for UFC 200, and as a result UFC president Dana White would later confirm McGregor was no longer fighting on the July 9 card.

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The news was met with varying reactions, with many predicting the whole saga was part of a media stunt by the promotion and Conor McGregor. As things transpired further, following a brief Twitter retirement by the Irish striker, it looked as though the 145-pound king really was embroiled in a legitimate beef with his employers. After a number of social media rants and appeals to be reinstated, backed up by a bogus announcement that the Diaz rematch was back on, many argued that ‘The Notorious’ has taken a little bit of a hit as far as his image is concerned.

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Many times in the past McGregor had declared himself the face of the UFC, and perhaps the promotion didn’t like the direction they were heading with him. It sounds as though the final straw was McGregor hoping to re-dictate the terms of his recently signed contract, and the UFC was stuck between a rock and a hard place. They have this money making PPV selling machine, but suddenly he’d begun turning on his creators. A strange and somewhat unfortunate conundrum for sure.

The news of a reported fight between UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and the modern boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. pretty much ruptured the internet yesterday (Friday May 6, 2016). And although highly debatable as per the sources of origin and lack of confirmation, there’s one interview that everyone has slept on. Floyd Mayweather senior, father of ‘Money’ Mayweather, was asked about his son’s next fight, and his response was truly shocking…

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Boxing Champ Gives His Opinion On Conor McGregor

Former two-time world welterweight champion Amir Khan is among the few truly elite to come out of England in the modern boxing era. He held the unified WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles after a successful amateur career that saw the young Bolton star win an Olympic silver medal, and currently is the WBC silver welterweight

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Former two-time world welterweight champion Amir Khan is among the few truly elite to come out of England in the modern boxing era. He held the unified WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles after a successful amateur career that saw the young Bolton star win an Olympic silver medal, and currently is the WBC silver welterweight champion. Where his story crosses over in to the world of MMA starts in Asia, with SFL (Super Fight League), the MMA promotion co-owned by Khan. The organization has had some success in the East, and although yet to break through on the Western scene, is proving to be a lucrative crusade for ‘King’ Khan.

Currently scheduled to face fellow young boxing phenom Saul Alvarez next Saturday (May 7, 2016), Amir Khan has another chance at wolrd title glory, this time in the form of ‘Canelo’s’ WBC, Ring and linear middleweight titles. The clash is a highly anticipated battle of hard hitting and fast handed world beaters, but the subject of mixed martial arts is still very relevant for Khan, even during his current fight week.

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Speaking with Boxingscene.com, Amir Khan explains his future plans, which include a potential MMA debut, and also how he already trains MMA for his boxing bouts:

“I already have a stake in Super Fight League, which is a promotion in India, and we have a lot of shows in Dubai too. We are also making it over to America now too, and putting on shows over there. Bellator and the UFC are probably the two biggest shows over there, but we’re probably third.”

“You never know what’s going to happen in the future, I’d never say no to getting in to MMA. My speed would be perfect, it’s hit and move, and I can kick hard. I’ve already done MMA training, It’s good for preparing for a guy like Canelo, who likes to put the pressure on.”

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The questions then turned to the ever hot topic of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, to which Amir Khan had quite an interesting reply…

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