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On August 26, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor<\/a> will take his first steps into the professional boxing arena opposite undefeated defensive specialist and possible GOAT Floyd Mayweather Jr. It’s a fight that initially seemed almost impossible, but one that ultimately came to fruition. In the opinion of UFC light heavyweight champion and Fox Sports analyst Daniel Cormier, that fact can be largely attributed to McGregor’s gift for promotion.<\/p>\n

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“Floyd had to listen for this to happen,\u201d Cormier recently told Fight Hype<\/a>\u00a0(h\/t BloodyElbow<\/a>). \u201cFloyd had to take notice. How did Conor McGregor, a mixed martial arts guy \u2013 he has no boxing experience \u2013 get the attention of the pound-for-pound number one fighter in the world, and maybe the best boxer of all-time? How did he do that?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I say he\u2019s the greatest promoter of all-time,\u201d Cormier continued. \u201cThis guy, he managed to get Floyd Mayweather to fight him. There are boxers in the world right now that are much more deserving of that mega-fight, in terms of credentials, but they could never get Floyd\u2019s attention to make Floyd listen. Conor did that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Needless to say, with two proven pay-per-view stars in McGregor and Mayweather at the helm, Cormier expects this card to be a massive financial success.<\/p>\n

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\u201cManny was a big pay-per-view draw, but his pay-per-views weren\u2019t consistently a million, 1.3 million, 1.5 million buys. That\u2019s Conor McGregor all day.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFloyd\u2019s always been the guy to have to carry the promotion every time he fought. And this time, I know he won\u2019t because he knows that if he does his part, (and) Conor does his part, but if he wanted to, he could take a backseat. He doesn\u2019t have to do it. He could sit back and let Conor do it, and they would still do massive numbers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you agree with Daniel Cormier’s comments on Conor McGregor?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 6\/27\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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