Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor: Twitter in meltdown with news 'billion-dollar fight' could happen
Could the richest and most intriguing fight in boxing history take place?
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Your support makes all the difference.It has been reported today that Floyd 'Money' Mayweather is set to come out of retirement to face UFC king Conor McGregor in the richest fight in boxing history.
The Sun have reported have reported that Mayweather will pocket £100 million while McGregor will pick up £7 million for the Las Vegas mega-fight.
A source told the paper: “Floyd went mad after Conor said he would crush him and knock him out in 30 seconds, he’s obsessed with making Conor eat his words.
“Floyd is calling the shots. It’s strictly boxing and Conor will have to lose roughly 25lbs."
Here is what McGregor said about Mayweather back in March of this year:
"If you put me face-to-face with Floyd Mayweather-pound-for-pound boxing's best. if I fought Floyd, I would kill him in less than thirty seconds. It would take me less than thirty seconds to wrap around him like a boa constrictor and strangle him."
Unsurprisingly, Twitter went into meltdown with the news, with many arguing for and against its case:
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