CONOR McGREGOR revealed talks worth “hundreds of millions” to fight Terence Crawford in BOTH boxing and MMA.
McGregor put his UFC career on hold in 2017 to face ring great Floyd Mayweather in a crossover clash worth huge sums.
He lost in ten rounds but has been linked with a return to boxing ever since to fight the likes of Manny Pacquiao and Canelo Alvarez.
But there have been efforts to bring unbeaten boxer Crawford – who wrestled in his youth – over to the cage as part of a two-fight deal.
McGregor said during a live stream with Duelbits: “Crawford is very slick, he also has a wrestling background pedigree.
“You know they’re always talking to me about bouts. I’ve already boxed a boxer, and the best boxer in MMA is me.
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“You know what I mean? I generate the most. We were talking back and forth about a two-fight deal.”
In Crawford’s last fight he beat Israil Madrimov to win the WBA super-welterweight world title.
It was also his first with Saudi boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season – who recently partnered with the UFC.
And McGregor, 36, claimed Crawford, 37, was approached for a never-before-seen double header only to turn it down.
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McGregor said: “He rings up Crawford in front of me the day after the fights.
“I get on the phone and say ‘Crawford, they’re here talking about you and me. Two-fight deal, MMA first, boxing second.
“I know you have an extensive wrestling background, and balls the size of a Bengal tiger.
“They’re asking for a fight, it’ll be hundreds of millions on the line. ‘What’s up?’, I said.
“And then he goes, ‘I don’t fancy taking a kick off Conor McGregor’, that’s what he said. You have to respect that.”
Crawford is a four-division champion and considered one of the best boxers on the planet.
He is currently eyeing a super-fight against Mexican icon Canelo Alvarez, 34, despite rumours of pondering retirement.
McGregor meanwhile has been out of action since July 2021 when he broke his leg before being ruled out of his return bout in June.
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The Irishman was forced to pull out of facing Michael Chandler due to a toe injury.
Chandler, 38, has since signed to rematch Charles Oliveira, 34, on November 16 to leave McGregor’s next fight in doubt.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
