Conor McGregor Announces Upcoming Boxing Match Against Manny Pacquiao

Will You Be Watching?! Conor McGregor Announces Upcoming Boxing Match Against Manny Pacquiao

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Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor announced this weekend that he’s lined up his next big fight, which will be a boxing match between him and Manny Pacquiao.

McGregor revealed these plans on Twitter on Friday after he briefly addressed Diego Sanchez, who expressed interest in making his last fight one against McGregor.

“I’m boxing Manny Pacquiao next in the Middle East,” he wrote, giving little in the way of details. “It will be a true honour to have faced two of the greatest boxers of the modern era, afraid of a fight.” McGregor previously boxed Floyd Mayweather, who said back in July that he would be open to a rematch in the future.

At the moment, Conor didn’t provide any further details as to when this fight would actually take place…or if Pacquiao had actually agreed to the battle.

According to reports from ESPN, the match could go down somewhere between late December or early January, though that’s not set in stone. While his future with the UFC is still unknown following his announcement (once again) that’s he’s retired, McGregor’s manager Audie Attar said the UFC is on-board with the fight and mentioned that he’s also likely to return to the UFC next year.

McGregor was arrested earlier this month for indecent exposure and alleged sexual assault following an altercation in a bar in Corscia, France. He was taken into custody after a complaint was issued to police.

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