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Manny Pacquiao and his team feel there’s no longer any demand for a boxing match with former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n

Heading into his UFC 257 fight with Dustin Poirier, McGregor was linked to a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao sometime later in the year. After McGregor lost to Poirier via second-round TKO, however, interest in the matchup has waned.<\/p>\n

At least, that’s how Sean Gibbons, the president of Manny Pacquiao promotions, sees it.<\/p>\n

“Very unfortunate, it looked like Conor looked past Dustin and got knocked out,” the Pacquiao rep told SunSport.<\/a>\u00a0“Maybe he had the Senator [Pacquiao] on his mind. I think the demand for the fight is not there presently.<\/p>\n

“Conor has some business to clean up and handle in the UFC,” he added. “It’s a bummer, it could have been fun for as long as it lasted.”<\/p>\n

While Pacquiao and his team are surely disappointed to have missed out on a blockbuster boxing match with McGregor, who remains one of the biggest stars in combat sports, they have already found a new and compelling challenge in the form of lightweight star Ryan Garcia<\/a>. The pair, who are separated by two decades in age, are in talks to meet in an exhibition bout later this year.<\/p>\n

Conor McGregor, meanwhile, will have to return to the drawing board. If he picks up a handful of impressive wins, it’s possible interest in a fight with Pacquiao will ramp back up, for the moment, he seems to recognize it’s off the table.<\/p>\n

“I always did want to focus on my MMA career, but I’m also open,” McGregor said after UFC 257. “I’ll just see what happens. I don’t know what will happen. That Manny fight was happening. It was as good as done.”<\/p>\n

Do you have any interest in seeing Conor McGregor and Manny Pacquiao meet in the boxing ring after UFC 257?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Manny Pacquiao and his team feel there’s no longer any demand for a boxing match with former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor. Heading into his UFC 257 fight with Dustin Poirier, McGregor was linked to a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao sometime later in the year. 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