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What I don't understand is why this doesn't come up more often:
Conor McGregor was granted a boxing licence by the California State Athletic Commission last week and immediately talk restarted about a potential super-fight against Floyd Mayweather.
'The Notorious' claimed that Mayweather's camp was scrambling after learning of his decision to switch to boxing while UFC president Dana White is adamant that a McGregor vs. Mayweather match-up would be an impossibility.
And while Mayweather's team have distanced themselves from the realisation of the cross-sport bout, De La Hoya is definitely embracing the notion.
The head of Golden Boy Promotions insists that he would welcome the foundation of a partnership with McGregor and claims to have the perfect opponent for the Irishman.
"If Conor is serious about fighting - first of all, I would love to talk to him and promote him," De La Hoya told FightHub. "I mean, imagine Conor McGregor and Golden Boy coming together.
"But the only fight I would love to see, and this is the one that makes the most sense, that would be the most exciting, that would be a guaranteed knockout, is against Canelo Alvarez. And they're in the same weight class. So it makes all the sense in the world. Imagine. 154lbs... 160lbs actually. It would be at 160lbs."
Canelo Alvarez, the 48-1-1 fighter, has previously indicated a willingness to welcome McGregor to the squared circle.
"If he wants to try out boxing, then anytime he wants. If he wants to come over to this side of the world and try boxing, anytime he wants, to see that it's not as easy as he thinks," Alvarez told FightHub in September.
So it was OK if it was Canelo vs. McGregor, but it's not OK when it's Mayweather vs. McGregor? Oscar wanted to promote this fight, but now it's a "circus?" Oscar is getting what he deserves, and all the people who said Floyd was a pu**y who was scared to fight McGregor (Skip Bayless, etc.) are now getting what they want!
Conor McGregor was granted a boxing licence by the California State Athletic Commission last week and immediately talk restarted about a potential super-fight against Floyd Mayweather.
'The Notorious' claimed that Mayweather's camp was scrambling after learning of his decision to switch to boxing while UFC president Dana White is adamant that a McGregor vs. Mayweather match-up would be an impossibility.
And while Mayweather's team have distanced themselves from the realisation of the cross-sport bout, De La Hoya is definitely embracing the notion.
The head of Golden Boy Promotions insists that he would welcome the foundation of a partnership with McGregor and claims to have the perfect opponent for the Irishman.
"If Conor is serious about fighting - first of all, I would love to talk to him and promote him," De La Hoya told FightHub. "I mean, imagine Conor McGregor and Golden Boy coming together.
"But the only fight I would love to see, and this is the one that makes the most sense, that would be the most exciting, that would be a guaranteed knockout, is against Canelo Alvarez. And they're in the same weight class. So it makes all the sense in the world. Imagine. 154lbs... 160lbs actually. It would be at 160lbs."
Canelo Alvarez, the 48-1-1 fighter, has previously indicated a willingness to welcome McGregor to the squared circle.
"If he wants to try out boxing, then anytime he wants. If he wants to come over to this side of the world and try boxing, anytime he wants, to see that it's not as easy as he thinks," Alvarez told FightHub in September.
So it was OK if it was Canelo vs. McGregor, but it's not OK when it's Mayweather vs. McGregor? Oscar wanted to promote this fight, but now it's a "circus?" Oscar is getting what he deserves, and all the people who said Floyd was a pu**y who was scared to fight McGregor (Skip Bayless, etc.) are now getting what they want!
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