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<\/p>\nConor McGregor has issued a challenge to Floyd Mayweather, demanding the American boxing legend face him in an MMA contest at the White House.<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old Irish fighter reignited their long-standing rivalry through a post on X, sharing footage from their notorious 2017 press conference tour.<\/p>\n
McGregor confidently declared he would dispatch the undefeated boxer in mere seconds inside the octagon.<\/p>\n
“Floyd Mayweather, when you are ready for that promised MMA bout, I am here,” he wrote.<\/p>\n
“The White House is nice in the summer I heard. Just kidding Mike! Although I could fight both the same night. Floyd MMA? EASY. 10 seconds.”<\/p>\n
The pair previously met in the boxing ring nine years ago, with Mayweather, now 48, securing a tenth-round TKO victory at the T-Mobile Arena in Nevada.<\/p>\n
That crossover bout proved to be one of the most lucrative events in combat sports history, generating close to \u00a3450million in pay-per-view revenue.<\/p>\n
Conor McGregor has issued a challenge to Floyd Mayweather, demanding the American boxing legend face him in an MMA contest at the White House<\/p>\n
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The 2017 contest saw McGregor venture into Mayweather’s domain, competing under boxing rules against the sport’s most decorated champion.<\/p>\n
Now the Irishman appears eager to reverse the arrangement, inviting his former opponent to compete under mixed martial arts regulations in the octagon.<\/p>\n
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McGregor has been absent from competitive action since suffering a devastating leg break during his UFC 264 encounter with Dustin Poirier in 2021.<\/p>\n
The former two-division champion was scheduled to return to the octagon against Michael Chandler last year, but an injury forced him to withdraw from the bout.<\/p>\n
Speculation continues to surround a potential matchup between McGregor and Chandler on UFC’s rumoured White House event, though no official confirmation has been made.<\/p>\n
The reference to “Mike” in McGregor’s social media post is understood to be directed at Chandler, suggesting the Irishman remains confident about facing multiple opponents.<\/p>\n
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Floyd Mayweather is set to fight Mike Tyson later this year<\/p>\n
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Mayweather has previously stated he was preparing for a potential mixed martial arts contest, though little has emerged regarding these plans since.<\/p>\n
The 48-year-old boxing icon is currently expected to face Mike Tyson in an exhibition bout, following an announcement made in September.<\/p>\n
That contest is anticipated to take place during the spring months of this year.<\/p>\n
Whether McGregor and Mayweather renew their rivalry, years on from their first showdown, remains to be seen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor has issued a challenge to Floyd Mayweather, demanding the American boxing legend face him in an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,49914,457,82],"class_list":["post-394359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-other-sport","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}