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CONOR MCGREGOR has reignited his feud with Floyd Mayweather by mocking the boxer’s bank balance.
Mayweather’s financial worth has dwindled since he retired from boxing following his tenth-round TKO victory over the UFC’s poster boy.

Conor McGregor has reignited his war of words with Floyd MayweatherCredit: Getty

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather locked horns with one another in August 2017Credit: Getty

The Money man, whose net worth is believed to be a whopping £510million, was the highest-paid athlete in the world in 2018 but hasn’t featured in the top-ten since.
McGregor revelled in Mayweather’s absence from the list, which he also graced in 2018, on Friday afternoon, writing on Instagram: “Happy birthday Floyd!
“We miss you on the Forbes.”
McGregor has yet to feature in the top-ten since his multi-million-pound showdown with the former four-weight world champion.

But The Notorious, whose net worth said to be just over £104m, plans to top it in the near future.
He said: “I’m already a very wealthy man and it is only going to go up, make no mistake about it.
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“This year I have aspirations of being the number one highest-paid athlete on the Forbes list.”

Last month, SunSport exclusively revealed negotiations over a billion-dollar rematch between the rivals had begun.
But Mayweather, 43, is seemingly not strapped for cash as he recently bought his five-week-old grandson a Rolex.
McGregor, 32, made his long-awaited return to the octagon last month in the main event of UFC 257, where he suffered a second-round TKO defeat to former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier.
A trilogy fight between the former featherweight rivals in understood to be in the works for the summer.

McGregor, the UFC’s first simultaneous two-weight champion, is itching to get back in the cage with The Diamond, recently writing on Instagram: “What a trilogy I now have on my hands. Exciting!
“With a handle on the leg kicks I will get back to having fun in there. I was in second gear cruising this fight. Best condition I’ve ever been in.
“After the wrestling and clinch exchanges, my shots still held their pop. First time for me with this so I am very encouraged to keep going.
“It was the first time I did not use/nor need the stool between rounds also. I did need the stool after though that’s for sure.

Conor McGregor will be looking to exact revenge on Dustin Poirier later this yearCredit: Getty

“I am extremely happy I did not need to use the stool between rounds here anyway. Another first for me!
“I am most certainly on the right path. Despite the loss I am on the correct path of evolution.”
The Irishman added: “He added: “One a piece now with a trilogy bout for all the marbles! Wow! Exciting!
“Not a trilogy I was expecting, nor the tactical affair I was anticipating, but I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t meant to be.
“This is exactly how this was always meant to be! Buzzing!!”

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DANA WHITE said he is a ‘degenerate gambler’ and admitted to losing a staggering $1million boxing bet once.
The UFC boss is a notorious blackjack player but opened up on his love for betting on sports.

Dana White once lost a staggering $1million boxing betCredit: AP:Associated Press

Things did not go so well for him in 2007, though, when he lost $1m after Jermain Taylor was knocked out by Kelly Pavlik.
White told ESPN: “Oh my god. What was the kid’s name? Jermain Taylor.
“And who did he fight? I know this for the ass-whooping I took. He fought the tall, lanky, white kid from Ohio, Kelly Pavlik.
“I bet $1million on Taylor and he got destroyed.

“It was the first time I ever bet $1 million dollars because I was so confident Taylor was going to win that fight.”
White grew up in Boston but in the early 90s he left for Las Vegas after a run-in with crime boss Whitey Bulger.
Living in Sin City, where he later became UFC president, was how his love for betting started.
White said: “I’d say it’s about time. I like it. It’s obviously a thing people love to do.

“It makes whatever you’re watching a lot more fun, a lot more interesting, so I’ve always been for it. But I’m from Vegas.
“I play table games too much. I’m a degenerate if you’re not getting it. I’m a degenerate, yes. I love to gamble.”
Astonishingly, White has been banned from the Palms Casino Resort TWICE due to the success of his blackjack playing.
The first occasion in 2012, saw White retaliate by refusing to put on UFC events at the casino, where The Ultimate Fighter bouts had been staged.
But under new owners, the promoter was invited back in 2014.
It did not lost long, however, as between March 1 and May 21, White claimed to have won $2MILLION.
He found himself again barred from betting there, but this time he was awarded a BELT for being the ‘undisputed blackjack champion’.

His childhood friends Frank and Lorenzo Feritta bought the UFC in 2001, and White was immediately named the promotion’s president.
The Feritta brothers sold the UFC for $4.4BILLION to entertainment company WME-IMG in 2016.
White, who stayed on as president, is said to have pocketed $360m after the sale due to his shares in the company, according to Darren Rovell.
The promoter, who has an estimated net worth of $500m, denied in a 2014 Las Vegas Review-Journal interview that he had a gambling problem.
He said: “Has it affected my personal life? Has it affected my professional life? Have I lost all my money?
“There’s nothing negative about what I’ve been doing lately.”

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JAKE PAUL has discarded a potential fight with Conor McGregor because he is no longer ‘exciting’.
The Irishman has been chased for a fight by online sensation Paul for some time.

Jake Paul is dismissing the notion of boxing Conor McGregor

Irish UFC star McGregor lost his comeback fight with Dustin PoirierCredit: Getty Images – Getty

An initial foul-mouthed tirade was followed up by slights against McGregor’s partner Dee Devlin, a plane banner stunt calling the Notorious ‘scared’ and a video likening him to a chicken.
But, after the UFC star’s recent loss to Dustin Poirier, the American has claimed he is moving on.
Paul, 24, told SunSport: “Conor McGregor was at the top of that list at one point, but due to his recent losses he’s just not as exciting.
“You know, we’ll see what happens, he can’t even win at his own sport so it doesn’t really make sense for him to come over into boxing.”

The YouTuber continues to call out fellow celeb KSI for a revenge match following the Brit’s win over Paul’s brother, Logan, last year.
But a third professional fight of his fledgling ring career is already pencilled in for April 17.

Former Bellator champion Ben Askren, 36, will take on Paul in his first encounter with a pro fighter.
Askren’s pre-fight jibes have focused on his opponent’s career in front of the Disney cameras, with an ill-fated run in the sitcom Bizaardvark.

Paul claims he will only take encouragement from his past, and added: “I think he’s doing a good job of promoting the fight and talking smack.
“You know, I’m embracing the fact that I’m a Disney teen actor.
“I’m completely embracing that I actually made a side by side comparison of my stats and his stats as as a fighter.
“You know, he’s a two time NCAA champion Olympic wrestler. He’s defeated MMA legends, he has a better record than Conor McGregor.
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“And me on the other hand, I put Disney actor YouTuber virgin, the list goes on.
“But this is why it’s embarrassing for him is because he’s going to get beat up by a kid who was on Disney Channel.
“So you know, he can keep on promoting that I’m a Disney actor, but when I knock him out that just gonna make him look even more stupid.”

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JAKE PAUL has discarded a potential fight with Conor McGregor because he is no longer ‘exciting’.
The Irishman has been chased for a fight by online sensation Paul for some time.

Jake Paul is dismissing the notion of boxing Conor McGregor

Irish UFC star McGregor lost his comeback fight with Dustin PoirierCredit: Getty Images – Getty

An initial foul-mouthed tirade was followed up by slights against McGregor’s partner Dee Devlin, a plane banner stunt calling the Notorious ‘scared’ and a video likening him to a chicken.
But, after the UFC star’s recent loss to Dustin Poirier, the American has claimed he is moving on.
Paul, 24, told SunSport: “Conor McGregor was at the top of that list at one point, but due to his recent losses he’s just not as exciting.
“You know, we’ll see what happens, he can’t even win at his own sport so it doesn’t really make sense for him to come over into boxing.”

The YouTuber continues to call out fellow celeb KSI for a revenge match following the Brit’s win over Paul’s brother, Logan, last year.
But a third professional fight of his fledgling ring career is already pencilled in for April 17.

Former Bellator champion Ben Askren, 36, will take on Paul in his first encounter with a pro fighter.
Askren’s pre-fight jibes have focused on his opponent’s career in front of the Disney cameras, with an ill-fated run in the sitcom Bizaardvark.

Paul claims he will only take encouragement from his past, and added: “I think he’s doing a good job of promoting the fight and talking smack.
“You know, I’m embracing the fact that I’m a Disney teen actor.
“I’m completely embracing that I actually made a side by side comparison of my stats and his stats as as a fighter.
“You know, he’s a two time NCAA champion Olympic wrestler. He’s defeated MMA legends, he has a better record than Conor McGregor.
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“And me on the other hand, I put Disney actor YouTuber virgin, the list goes on.
“But this is why it’s embarrassing for him is because he’s going to get beat up by a kid who was on Disney Channel.
“So you know, he can keep on promoting that I’m a Disney actor, but when I knock him out that just gonna make him look even more stupid.”

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JAKE PAUL is wearing his battle scars with pride after picking up a black eye in a sparring session.
And he’s not afraid of ruining his otherwise pretty face as he plans for a long stint in the sport of boxing, hinting top surgeons can mend any lasting damage.

Jake Paul hinted top surgeons can mend any lasting damage in boxingCredit: Instagram @jakepaul

Jake Paul pictured with ex-world champion Anthony Dirrell

Paul broke his nose while meditating in the lead up to his last fight, where he knocked out ex-NBA point guard Nate Robinson.
The YouTuber joked the accidental injury worked in his favour as he admitted to not fearing for his looks.
Paul, 24, told SunSport: “It doesn’t worry me, there’s some great doctors out there nowadays and great dentists. I broke my nose two months ago.
“But what’s funny is that when I broke it, it actually got straighter. So it was actually more crooked before I broke it.

“I actually have a black eye right now from training and from sparring. But you know, it’s it’s it’s all it’s all part of the business and girls love.
“Girls love black eyes. So that’s, you know, it’s actually working in my benefit.”
Paul made his professional debut in 2020, as he beat internet rival ‘AnEsonGib’.
He then enhanced his knockout record to two in as many fights last November, leaving Robinson, 36, flattened in two rounds and into a meme.

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Before boxing Paul, and his older brother Logan, 25, were renowned only for their viral videos and online antics.
The pair also featured as small screen stars on the Disney Channel show Bizaardvark for two years.
Paul’s next opponent, retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, was quick to mock the American for his prior career ahead of their April 17 headliner.
And Robinson too made a point of the multimillionaire’s upbringing and questioned whether he had the determination to make it as a fighter.
Paul now warned Askren, 36, that he his words can come back to haunt him, like was the case with Robinson, who was dropped THREE TIMES.
He predicted the former MMA champion will be made to look only more foolish every time he refers to him as a ‘Disney kid’.

Nate Robinson was knocked out by Jake PaulCredit: ZUMA

Ex-UFC welterweight Ben Askren will fight Jake PaulCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Paul said: “You know, I think he’s doing a good job of promoting the fight and talking smack.
“You know, I’m embracing the fact that I’m a Disney teen actor.
“I’m completely embracing that I actually made a side by side comparison of my stats and his stats as as a fighter.
“You know, he’s a two time NCAA champion Olympic wrestler. He’s defeated MMA legends he has a better record than Conor McGregor.
“And me on the other hand, I put Disney actor YouTuber virgin, the list goes on.
“But this is why it’s embarrassing for him is because he’s going to get beat up by a kid who was on Disney Channel.
“So you know, he can keep on promoting that I’m a Disney actor, but when I knock him out that just gonna make him look even more stupid.”

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JAKE PAUL is wearing his battle scars with pride after picking up a black eye during a sparring session.
And he is not afraid of ruining his otherwise pretty face as he plans for a long stint in the sport of boxing, hinting top surgeons can mend any lasting damage.

Jake Paul hinted top surgeons can mend any lasting damage in boxingCredit: Instagram @jakepaul

Jake Paul pictured with ex-world champion Anthony Dirrell

Paul broke his nose while meditating in the lead up to his last fight, where he knocked out ex-NBA point guard Nate Robinson.
The YouTuber joked the accidental injury worked in his favour as he admitted to not fearing for his looks.
Paul, 24, told SunSport: “It doesn’t worry me, there’s some great doctors out there nowadays and great dentists. I broke my nose two months ago.
“But what’s funny is that when I broke it, it actually got straighter. So it was actually more crooked before I broke it.

“I actually have a black eye right now from training and from sparring. But you know, it’s it’s it’s all it’s all part of the business and girls love.
“Girls love black eyes. So that’s, you know, it’s actually working in my benefit.”
Paul made his professional debut in 2020, as he beat internet rival ‘AnEsonGib’.
He then enhanced his knockout record to two in as many fights last November, leaving Robinson, 36, flattened in two rounds and into a meme.

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Before boxing Paul, and his older brother Logan, 25, were renowned only for their viral videos and online antics.
The pair also featured as small screen stars on the Disney Channel show Bizaardvark for two years.
Paul’s next opponent, retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, was quick to mock the American for his prior career ahead of their April 17 headliner.
And Robinson too made a point of the multimillionaire’s upbringing and questioned whether he had the determination to make it as a fighter.
Paul now warned Askren, 36, that he his words can come back to haunt him, like was the case with Robinson, who was dropped THREE TIMES.
He predicted the former MMA champion will be made to look only more foolish every time he refers to him as a ‘Disney kid’.

Nate Robinson was knocked out by Jake PaulCredit: ZUMA

Ex-UFC welterweight Ben Askren will fight Jake PaulCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Paul said: “You know, I think he’s doing a good job of promoting the fight and talking smack.
“You know, I’m embracing the fact that I’m a Disney teen actor.
“I’m completely embracing that I actually made a side by side comparison of my stats and his stats as as a fighter.
“You know, he’s a two time NCAA champion Olympic wrestler. He’s defeated MMA legends he has a better record than Conor McGregor.
“And me on the other hand, I put Disney actor YouTuber virgin, the list goes on.
“But this is why it’s embarrassing for him is because he’s going to get beat up by a kid who was on Disney Channel.
“So you know, he can keep on promoting that I’m a Disney actor, but when I knock him out that just gonna make him look even more stupid.”

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