Manny Pacquiao He is ready to return to the ring and clarified his priorities when he closed the rival for his next opponent. The Filipino wants to try new things, to face a mixed martial arts fighter, and the chosen one is Conor McGregor.
At first, the Filipino challenger was to come off a shortlist of Crawford, Errol Spence Jr. and McGregor. But the first two were thrown by the Filipino boxer himself: “These are my options, but I want to experience a fight against an MMA fighter first.”
Pacquiao, 42, has not fought since July 2019, when he defeated Keith Thurman by split decision and Mcgregor He is scheduled to return to the cage against Dustin Poirier on January 23 at UFC 257. Audi Attar, which manages the races for Pacquiao and McGregor, said the match will take place this year. “I definitely think it’s going to be inevitable,” he told The Sun.
McGregor had the experience of making a boxing match. In August 2017, he faced Floyd Mayweather Jr. and lost by technical elimination. The fight was worth $ 100 million in revenue, and Pacquiao’s confrontation could mean another substantial sum of money for his bank account, and if he doesn’t hurry, the Irishman himself will be willing to be his promoter.
Since 2016, Pacquiao has worked as a senator in his country. In recent months, the fight against coronavirus and the monsoon season have taken him away from the world of sports. Today, with the news of the fight, the boxer announced that a large part of the money raised will be used to limit the advance of the pandemic in his homeland.