{"id":199694,"date":"2016-07-27T07:30:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T14:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=199694"},"modified":"2016-07-27T07:30:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T14:30:41","slug":"former-boxing-champ-rips-potential-conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/former-boxing-champ-rips-potential-conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Former boxing champ rips potential Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, talks of a potential <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/floyd-mayweather\/video-espn-analyst-reports-conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather-fight-date\/\">Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match<\/a> had both the MMA community and boxing community fantasizing about the potential fight.<\/p>\n<p>The fight never came to fruition, and ultimately <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2-official-for-ufc-202\/\">Conor McGregor signed to fight Nate Diaz<\/a> in a welterweight rematch at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2-official-for-ufc-202\/\">UFC 202<\/a> on August 20th.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of that fight, former IBF world champion Robert Guerrero spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FDTb8kUfw40\" target=\"_blank\">Fight Hype<\/a> to explain why the fight is a &#8220;slap in the face&#8221; to boxing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It\u2019ll be a big event,&#8221; Guerrero told Fight Hype. &#8220;You got all the MMA fighters, you got this, but it\u2019s a joke to boxing. It\u2019s a slap in the face, come on. You\u2019re gonna take the best fighter in the world, and the best MMA fighter\u2026 well, was the best, because Nate Diaz put it on him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You got a dominant fighter and this MMA guy. Out of nowhere, you\u2019re gonna give this dude (McGregor) a fight. There\u2019s guys out there like Thurman, all these guys, everybody\u2019s been working their whole career to be in that position and you\u2019re gonna go \u2018OK, hey, you MMA fighter, come in here and fight me.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then you\u2019re gonna break Marciano\u2019s record with that? Come on, dude.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, talks of a potential Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match had both the MMA community and boxing community fantasizing about the potential fight. 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