{"id":230527,"date":"2017-03-30T09:56:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=230527"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:23:03","slug":"chael-sonnen-conor-mcgregor-lasts-30-seconds-floyd-mayweather-discredits-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/chael-sonnen-conor-mcgregor-lasts-30-seconds-floyd-mayweather-discredits-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Chael Sonnen: If Conor McGregor lasts 30 seconds with Floyd Mayweather it discredits boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every day, it seems more and more likely that the once farfetched Conor McGregor<\/a> vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match actually happens. As this fight grows ever more possible, many members of the combat sports community are offering their take on it.<\/p>\n

The latest to do so is three-time UFC title challenger and current Bellator star Chael Sonnen. Sonnen gave his take on this possible McGregor-Mayweather fight<\/a>, and what it means for the sport of boxing, in an interview with FightHubTV<\/a>. His words (via MMAMania.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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“The public dismisses boxing as a fringe, fake, and phoney sport, and the public may just be right,” the Bellator light heavyweight said.\u00a0“The fact that you can take a guy that has never lost in professional boxing and put him in there with a guy who has never done professional boxing and have a lot of people \u2013 including people in the industry of boxing \u2013 think that the guy who has never done it is going to beat your undefeated greatest of all time is an embarrassment for the sport.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“If Conor McGregor lasts 30 seconds with Floyd Mayweather it discredits boxing, and I think he will. If Conor McGregor makes it out of one round with Floyd Mayweather, the entire sport of boxing is a fake, phoney myth. And that’s the kind of pressure they’re under.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n