- Conor McGregor has appeared to substantiate his struggle with Logan Paul will go forward
- Former two-weight UFC champion will reportedly obtain a handbag of £200million
Conor McGregor has seemingly confirmed that he’ll tackle social media star Logan Paul in a boxing match set to be staged in India subsequent yr.
Greater than three years have handed since a critical damage in his trilogy conflict with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 pressured the Irishman to place his profession inside fight sports activities on maintain.
In that point the 36-year-old has been repeatedly linked with a return to the Octagon, most just lately when he was slated to face longtime rival Michael Chandler in June earlier than pulling out with an damage.
Nonetheless, final week McGregor set social media alight by claiming his return would occur in 2025, however in a hoop somewhat than the cage.
‘I’m in preliminary agreements with the Ambrani[sic] household to face Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India.’ McGregor wrote on X.
The information sparked backlash amongst a portion of the fight sports activities world, together with from famed boxing promoter Lou DiBella.
Conor McGregor has seemingly confirmed his boxing match with Logan Paul subsequent yr
The Irishman will reportedly obtain a £200m purse to field social media star Paul in India
Nonetheless, in keeping with a report from McGregor’s The Mac Life information outlet, the struggle will go forward in 2025 as a part of the Go to India tourism marketing campaign.
The conflict is about to be staged on the 33,000-capacity Wankhede cricket stadium in Mumbai, with McGregor set to earn a reported sum of $250million (£200m) for his involvement.
Mukesh Ambani is the wealthiest man in India, and the ninth richest on the earth with a reported web price of over £95billion.
McGregor shared the put up to his social media feeds, with the purse he’s set to obtain reported to be ‘probably the most rewarding in historical past’.
The Irishman additionally shared a social media put up from MMA journalist Emmett Glenn asserting the struggle, quote-tweeting it with emojis of a love coronary heart and the Indian flag.
Nonetheless, the potential showdown is sophisticated by the truth that McGregor remains to be beneath contract with the UFC, with two fights remaining on the deal that he signed previous to combating Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018.
Fighters competing within the UFC are prohibited from competing in different fight sports activities with out prior approval from the promotion.
McGregor famously did simply that in his first foray into the ring again in 2017 when he confronted Floyd Mayweather in a twelve spherical bout on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The conflict will reportedly be staged on the 33,000-capacity Wankhede cricket stadium in Mumbai
McGregor’s earlier foray into pugilism noticed him tackle Floyd Mayweather in 2017
Crucially although, on that event the UFC served as co-promoter for the bout, and reportedly obtained a minimize of his purse in consequence.
The information comes simply weeks after McGregor appeared in court docket in his native Eire accused of ‘brutally raping and battering’ 35-year-old Nikita Hand at a lodge in Dublin in 2018.
In November, he was ordered to pay almost €250,000 (£208,000) in damages after a jury discovered him liable of assaulting Hand.
The previous two-weight UFC champion has vehemently denied the claims, and launched an announcement on social media indicating that he’ll look to enchantment the decision.
He wrote on X: ‘As a lot as I remorse it, every thing that occurred that evening was consensual and all of the witnesses current swore to that beneath oath. I’ve instructed my authorized staff to enchantment the choice.’
