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Negotiations for what could be the sporting event of the year appear to be headed in the right direction.
Conor McGregor is confident that he will return to the boxing ring this year against the eight-weight world champion and certain hall of famer Manny Pacquiao.
McGregor competed against Floyd Mayweather Jr. 50-0 in August 2017 and landed more shots in the early rounds than most starting fighters against the elusive undefeated, only to be eliminated shortly after when he ran out of strength and stopped. in the round. 10.
Returning to the Octagon, the Irishman was defeated by submission by Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018 and eliminated Donald Cerrone in just 40 seconds in January 2020. He returns for his second fight against Dustin Poirier on January 23 at Fight Island.
However, once his business with Poirier is settled, McGregor hopes his next outing will be back to the world of boxing.
“I know the talks are intensifying for this year,” he told The Mac Life.
“So I’m excited for a Manny Pacquiao fight, and it looks like it will take place this year. At what point this year, I’m not sure.
“We’ll have to have good discussions with Dana and the guys and the UFC afterwards. [the Poirier fight] and see where it goes, what is there, what we want. I am open to everything. I’m ready for everything. “
Pacquiao is expected to compete once or twice in 2021 before finally hanging up his gloves starting in 2022 to focus on his political career in his native Philippines.