Manny Pacquiao He is ready to return to the ring and has made his priorities clear in closing rival for his next opponent. The Philippines wants to try new things, compete against a mixed martial arts fighter, and the chosen one is Conor McGregor.
Initially, the Philippines challenger would emerge from a shortlist consisting of Crawford, Errol Spence Jr. and McGregor. But the first two were discarded by the Filipino boxer himself: “Those are my options, but I want to experience a fight against an MMA fighter first.”
Pacquiao, 42, hasn’t fought since July 2019 when he defeated Keith Thurman by split decision and Mcgregor is scheduled to return to the cage against Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 on Jan. 23. Audi Attar, who manages the races for Pacquiao and McGregor, said the match would take place this year. “I absolutely think it will be inevitable,” he told The Sun.
McGregor had the experience of a boxing match. In August 2017, he faced Floyd Mayweather Jr. and lost by technical knockout. The fight represented an income of $ 100 million and the withdrawal of Pacquiao could mean another substantial sum of money for his bank account, and if there is no rush, the Irishman himself will be willing to be a promoter of it.
Pacquiao has been a senator in his country since 2016. In recent months, the fight against the coronavirus and the monsoon season has seen him leave the sports world. Today, with the news of the fight, the boxer announced that much of the money raised will be used to limit the advance of the pandemic in his native country.