{"id":778704,"date":"2026-07-04T00:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778704\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T00:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:13:15","slug":"terence-crawford-denies-conor-mcgregors-200-million-ufc-crossover-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778704\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford denies Conor McGregor\u2019s $200 million UFC crossover claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Terence \u201cBud\u201d Crawford has shut down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Conor-McGregor-29688\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor<br \/>\nMcGregor<\/a>\u2019s claims about a $200 million offer.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor has previously said that a two-fight crossover offer was<br \/>\non the table courtesy of Turki Al-Sheikh. However, according to the<br \/>\nIrishman, Crawford turned it down. The unbeaten boxer has now<br \/>\nclarified whether the offer was real.<\/p>\n<p>Crawford has revealed that there was no serious offer for a<br \/>\ntwo-fight deal comprising a boxing and a mixed martial arts bout<br \/>\nagainst McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a lie. It was cap. It wasn\u2019t never no $200 million<br \/>\noffer,\u201d Crawford told Ariel Helwani. \u201cThey asked me would I do it,<br \/>\nand I told them, \u2018You ain\u2019t about to be kicking on me, Conor.\u2019 We<br \/>\nwere on FaceTime, and I did tell him that. But they didn\u2019t say,<br \/>\n\u2018Hey, you got $200 million. You fight him in boxing and MMA.\u2019 That<br \/>\nwas never the case. If it was said to me, I could say there was an<br \/>\noffer, but if nothing is previewed to me, I can\u2019t say what is what.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s making up numbers, in my head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terence Crawford responds to Conor McGregor $200 million<br \/>\ncrossover offer claim<br \/>\n<br \/>\nCrawford further claimed that for the amount of money McGregor says<br \/>\nwas offered, he would have accepted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have done it. Why wouldn\u2019t I? I don\u2019t need to do it 1783123995.<br \/>\nBack then, it would have been a good deal. Right now, where I\u2019m<br \/>\nsitting at right now, I don\u2019t need to do it\u2026 Back then, I probably<br \/>\nwould have took it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crawford retired last year, with his final victory coming against<br \/>\nCanelo Alvarez. Meanwhile, McGregor is eyeing a triumphant return<br \/>\nto the Octagon at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-329-July-11-111889\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC<br \/>\n329<\/a>, where he\u2019ll square off against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Max-Holloway-38671\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max<br \/>\nHolloway<\/a> in the main event, in the penultimate bout of his<br \/>\ncurrent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence \u201cBud\u201d Crawford has shut down Conor McGregor\u2019s claims about a $200 million offer. McGregor has previously said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[1331,703,49,48,44,82],"class_list":["post-778704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-article","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778704","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=778704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}