{"id":219183,"date":"2017-01-24T13:11:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T21:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=219183"},"modified":"2017-01-24T13:11:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T21:11:47","slug":"dana-white-shoots-down-manny-pacquiao-vs-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-shoots-down-manny-pacquiao-vs-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White shoots down Manny Pacquiao vs. Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have a draw in the sport of boxing, why wouldn’t you drop your name in the hat to be in the talks of a superfight with UFC superstar Conor McGregor<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Manny Pacquiao<\/a> is one of the latest boxing stars to say that he would fight McGregor if given the opportunity and chances are that the fight would be much more exciting stylistically than a bout with Floyd Mayweather<\/a>. UFC President Dana White recently made Floyd Mayweather an offer to fight<\/a> Conor McGregor for a guaranteed $25 million and a split of pay-per-view buys to be negotiated.<\/p>\n

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A spokesman for Pacquiao quoted the Filipino boxing legend on Sunday saying, \u201cIf McGregor will fight me in boxing, why not? But not in MMA. MMA is much different than boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports<\/a> reported that Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, said that their president of the Top Rank promotion, Todd duBoef, is a longtime friend of UFC chief operating officer Lawrence Epstein. Arum stated that duBoef would give Epstein a call to have a talk open up the conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cTodd has agreed to call Lawrence, and they have a great relationship, and tell him what Manny\u2019s interest is and see what happens,\u201d Arum said. \u201cThat\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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However, the report has quoted Dana White saying that he has absolutely no interest in doing any business with Manny Pacquiao, if Bob Arum is involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, I love Manny Pacquiao,\u201d White said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t love Bob Arum. You can tell Arum to save his money and not make any calls over here because we aren\u2019t doing business with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who would you rather see Conor McGregor take on in the boxing ring? Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather? Let’s talk about this one in the comment section.
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