{"id":786961,"date":"2026-07-07T22:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786961\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T22:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:17:09","slug":"max-holloway-ahead-of-conor-mcgregor-rematch-at-ufc-329-im-still-the-ufcs-best-boxer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786961\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway ahead of Conor McGregor rematch at UFC 329: I\u2019m still the UFC&#8217;s best boxer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max Holloway reiterated confidence in his boxing ahead of his July 11 UFC 329 matchup, noting the bout\u2019s significance as Conor McGregor prepares to return after a five-year hiatus. In a New York Post Sports interview, Holloway discussed facing Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and emphasized his volume striking and distance control. He stated his aim to prove he is the \u201cbest boxer in the UFC.\u201d Holloway cited his pressure, cardio, and command of range, while acknowledging McGregor\u2019s power and timing and referencing McGregor\u2019s boxing bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The segment focuses on Holloway\u2019s comments and background without projecting outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Holloway reiterated confidence in his boxing ahead of his July 11 UFC 329 matchup, noting the bout\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,639,278134,70546,1698,278132,278133,82,640],"class_list":["post-786961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-conor-mcgregor","tag-distance-control","tag-floyd-mayweather-jr","tag-max-holloway","tag-new-york-post-sports","tag-significance","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786961","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=786961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}