{"id":193515,"date":"2016-05-06T12:01:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=193515"},"modified":"2016-05-06T12:01:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T19:01:20","slug":"dana-white-responds-conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather-boxing-match-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-responds-conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather-boxing-match-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White responds to Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday had a lot of MMA and boxing fans excited as a report from U.K. tabloid, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/sport\/boxing\/7131165\/Floyd-Mayweather-and-Conor-McGregor-on-the-verge-of-agreeing-billion-dollar-mega-fight.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Sun<\/a> claimed that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/floyd-mayweather-jr-shouts-racism-in-light-of-conor-mcgregor-and-ronda-rouseys-success\/\">Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/a> would be coming out of retirement for a boxing match with UFC featherweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-calls-dana-white-ufc\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report claimed that it would be another huge payday for Mayweather, but would give the UFC champ a much smaller cut in comparison, saying that Mayweather would bring in $144 million while McGregor would get $10.1 million for the bout.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Iole of <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/blogs\/boxing\/floyd-mayweather-returning-to-box-conor-mcgregor--don-t-count-on-it-144758160.html\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo!<\/a> reported later on Friday that UFC President Dana White denied any boxing match was going to take place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not true; it&#8217;s just a tabloid story,&#8221; White said. &#8220;And as far as I knew, Floyd is retired and he&#8217;s been on a world-wide vacation and hasn&#8217;t even been thinking of fighting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For now, it seems fans will have to continue to argue their cases based on their beliefs on who would win a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on the matchup? 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