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CONOR McGREGOR is set to face comedian Al Foran on September 11 in a charity wheelchair boxing match. McGregor will box Foran – an impressionist who often mimics the UFC superstar – at the Clayton Hotel in Galway.
Conor McGregor is set to face comedian Al Foran in a charity wheelchair boxing match
Al Foran often impersonates Conor McGregor in videosCredit: Instagram @alforancomedy
The event has been set up by comedian Stevo Timothy, who will box double Olympic champion Paddy Barnes in a wheelchair bout to headline the night.
All the money will go towards the the Irish Wheelchair Association.
McGregor, 33, was due to box funny man Foran in a regular bout until he suffered a horror leg break in his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier, 32.
The pair headlined UFC 264 on July 10, but it ended in chaos when the Irishman broke his tibia seconds before the end of round one.
McGregor as a result, was beaten by doctor stoppage and has since been handed a six-month medical suspension.
He underwent surgery immediately in Los Angeles, where he has since stayed to rest and recover with his family.
McGregor, despite his injury setback, has already started training again and was pictured working out even with a huge cast on his leg.
UFC president Dana White has predicted the former two-weight champion will be out for a year.
McGregor, who beat Poirier in 2014 but was knocked out in the rematch, called for a FOURTH bout with his rival after their unprecedented ending.
And the American is ready to oblige, but first wants to challenge lightweight champion Charles Oliviera, 31.
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Poirier told The Daily Mail: “I think I have proven myself the better fighter twice in a row here but we’ll see what happens in the future.
“I don’t know when he’s coming back, he has a long recovery, a long road ahead of him.
“I’m next in line for a title shot, it’s hard to call what’s going to happen in the future, I don’t know.”
Conor McGregor after his leg breakCredit: Instagram @thenotoriousmma
Conor McGregor pictured with comedian Al ForanCredit: Instagram @alforancomedy
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MANNY PACQUIAO has ‘no interest’ in facing Conor McGregor after fighting Errol Spence Jr, his long-time coach Freddie Roach has said. Pacquiao was last year in talks with former two-weight UFC champion McGregor, who lost his boxing debut to Floyd Mayweather in 2017.
Freddie Roach on the pads with Manny Pacquiao in 2019
Conor McGregor during his trilogy bout with Dustin PoirierCredit: Getty
But after the Irishman was knocked out in his rematch with Dustin Poirier – the man he beat in 2014 – it shelved the crossover fight.
McGregor, 33, later lost his trilogy bout with Poirier, 32, by doctor stoppage after suffering a horror leg break seconds before round one ended.
All while PacMan, 42, signed to fight unbeaten welterweight champ Spence, 31, set for August 21 in Las Vegas.
And afterwards talk of Pacquiao and McGregor boxing should be a thing of the past, if Hall of Fame trainer Roach had it his way.
He told SunSport: “That sport is a little bit different, it’s just not boxing.
“Manny does not have any interest in fighting an MMA fighter, he wants to fight the best fighters out there.
‘NOT GOING TO BE McGREGOR’
“If he can’t be at that level at boxing, then he doesn’t want to be boxing. He will retire and hopefully become president of his country.
“If there is another fight after this it’s not going to be McGregor, it’s going to be one of the best guys out there.
“It’s not going to be a guy from another sport. Manny and Georges St-Pierre are friends and so forth but the sports just do not match up well together.
“I want to see good boxing and that’s what you get from Manny Pacquiao. He’s always fought the best out there.”
Pacquiao will have been out the ring for over two years by the time he makes his return against Spence.
He has not fought since July 2019, when he beat Keith Thurman, 32, to win the WBA title.
‘COUPLE OF GUYS I WORRY ABOUT’
Despite the extensive layoff amid the coronavirus pandemic, which saw him stripped of the belt, PacMan wanted only to challenge the best in the boxing business.
And that led to talks with Spence, the unified WBC and IBF king, and undefeated Terence Crawford, 33, also a pound-for-pound star.
With the Filipino great showing no signs of slowing down, Roach is well aware of the dangers potentially ahead.
And that all starts with Spence, who is 27-0 with 21 knockouts, leaving Pacquiao ordered to fight to a strict game plan.
Roach said: “There’s a couple of guys I worry about, because they’re younger, they’re stronger and have very difficult styles.
“But Spence, I do like because he’s flat-footed, he’s heavy on his feet and he gets tired in the latter rounds.
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How the two stars stack-up head-to-headCredit: The Sun
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“I told Manny, ‘We have to start quick in this fight. We can’t stay in the pocket.
“Get off your combinations and you’re going to get right out the way because he’s going to hit you back’.
“He does have good power. There is a couple fights out there we could fight, but Manny wants to fight the best guys out there.”
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JAKE PAUL insists he will be Conor McGregor’s BIGGEST payday and claims there is a ’90 per cent chance’ the fight happens. The YouTuber has continuously pursued a mega-money boxing match with former two-weight UFC champion McGregor.
Jake Paul says he has a ’90 per cent chance’ of fighting Conor McGregorCredit: The Mega Agency
Conor McGregor has continued to be called out by Jake Paul
He recently revealed talks already underway and feels the Irishman has not got any better offers.
And his hopes of landing his dream fight were heightened when his brother Logan, 26, faced boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, 44, in June.
Paul, 24, told Maxim: “I’m sort of thinking about it one fight at a time.
“Anything is possible after my brother fought Floyd Mayweather. I could fight anybody after this.
“I think there’s a 90 per cent chance of [the McGregor fight] happening.
“That’s the biggest fight that Conor can do. It’d be the biggest payday for him.”
Paul first offered McGregor $50million in January, but that was before the Irishman was knocked out by Dustin Poirier, 32, the man he beat in 2014.
The social media star then watched from cageside at UFC 264 as the trilogy bout ended in chaos.
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McGregor, 33, broke his tibia seconds before the end of round one and was beaten by Poirier, 32, by doctor stoppage.
He is now out for six months with a medical suspension but has undergone surgery in Los Angeles.
It leaves Paul, who is 3-0, all by knockout, facing a further wait to fight McGregor.
For now he is focussing on ex-UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, 39, who he fights on August 29, in his fourth and toughest fight.
Paul said: “He’s very, very dangerous. The power always stays. We’ve seen it with Mike Tyson at [almost] 60 years old.
“He’s hitting heavy bags and knocking them off the chains.
“Tyron Woodley is still explosive and people forget in his last fight, he had Vicente Luque stumbling and wobbling across the cage [before he lost].
“People can say whatever they want, but Tyron’s been boxing and striking five times as long as I have.
‘PAY-PER-VIEW STAR’
“This is a big challenge for me and I know that going into it. We’re not taking this fight lightly at all.”
Paul has so far only beaten online rival ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 36.
But he already has hopes of one day challenging Canelo Alvarez, 31, boxing’s pound-for-pound No1.
Paul revealed: “He’s a killer at 168 pounds, but people forget that I naturally walk around at about 205, so there’s a big weight difference.
“There’s a big height advantage. Canelo hasn’t fought someone who has really challenged him in the last couple of fights.
“They’ve all been easy guys who just sort of fall on their ass. I just need to continue on the path that I’m on now.
“Getting experience under my belt, fighting tougher and tougher people as my career goes on, continuing to stay in the gym every single day, and continuing to be the pay-per-view star that I am and selling tens of millions of dollars in pay-per-views.
“At the end of the day, this is a business. If Canelo sees that, he’s going to want to get in on the business.”
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JAKE PAUL confirmed he is in talks with Conor McGregor, and insisted he is the ‘money fight’ for the UFC superstar. But the YouTuber warned his next opponent Tyron Woodley is a ‘harder’ fight than Irishman McGregor, 33.
Jake Paul said Tyron Woodley is a ‘harder opponent’ than Conor McGregorCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Jake Paul says he is in talks with Conor McGregorCredit: Getty
Paul, 24, has continuously chased a mega-money boxing match with the former two-weight UFC champion.
And he revealed negotiations are actively taking place and believes he offers McGregor the biggest payday out there.
Paul told Colin Cowherd: “I think it will happen. Look, I mean, I’m the money fight for Conor McGregor right now.
“There is no other fighter right now who is on a bigger level than me that is calling out Conor McGregor and wants to fight Conor.
“Our team is in touch with his team and there’s talks of it actually happening.
“And people at first thought I was just joking when I said I wanted to fight him.
“But now it’s as real as it gets, it’s more real than ever and by the way, if we do fight, I’m going to knock him out.
“I think Tyron Woodley is a harder opponent than Conor McGregor.”
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Paul faces ex-UFC champion Woodley, 39, on Sunday, August 29 in his fourth and most challenging fight to date.
And he feels it will prove more difficult than fighting McGregor, 33, who the social media star outweighs by a massive two and a half stone.
Paul said: “Conor, I think the fame, the money has got to his head, he’s lost that fighters edge, that motivation. And look, he’s a smaller guy.
“He’s 5-what-8? He’s 155-pounds, Tyron Woodley is a 200-pound, massive, explosive guy, so he’s a lot more dangerous fighter than Conor McGregor.”
Paul is 3-0 in his boxing career but has so far beaten only limited opposition since his January 2020 debut.
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That includes against online rival ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 36, a renowned grappler.
But it has not stopped Paul from relentlessly calling out McGregor, even offering him $50million in January.
That was before Dustin Poirier, 32, avenged his 2014 loss against McGregor by winning their rematch by knockout.
Paul attended the trilogy bout at UFC 264 which ended in chaos.
McGregor broke his tibia seconds before the end of round one, losing by doctor stoppage.
He is now out for six-months having undergone surgery, with Paul facing a further wait to get his dream fight.
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JAKE PAUL’S coach warned Tyron Woodley is ‘in way over his head’ – and will offer Shawn Porter a ‘friendly wager’ to prove it. Paul faces the ex-UFC welterweight in his fourth and most challenging fight to date, on Sunday, August 29 in the YouTuber’s home of Cleveland.
Jake Paul fights Tyron Woodley on August 29Credit: The Mega Agency
Former welterweight champion Shawn PorterCredit: Ryan Hafey
Former boxing champion Porter, 33, has seen Woodley training in boxing gyms before and backed the American to win.
He told DAZN: “Unlike a lot of the guys in the UFC and the MMA game Woodley really, really has worked on his hands for a number of years.
“I’ve walked into plenty of boxing gyms and just saw him in there training.
“So I mean, it’s no secret if you watch him in the UFC, you’ve seen that he’s pretty decent with his hands.
“And with that being said, if you want a prediction, I do expect Tyron Woodley to handle the business, to represent for combat sports, because the UFC is a combat sport now.
“But I find it hard to see Jake Paul beating a true fighter and I know Tyron, I think he was stopped in one of his last fights.
“And I know it’s been a little bit of time since he fought too, but I just can’t see that one, man.
“I can’t see Jake Paul getting the upper hand over Tyron Woodley.”
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Despite Porter’s prediction, Paul’s head trainer BJ Flores, a retired cruiserweight, is willing to bet otherwise.
Flores, 42, said to BoxingScene: “This is one of those situations where a lot of ‘experts’ are going to pick Tyron coming in.
“Tyron was a very polished UFC champion for a long  period of time and he will be an excellent candidate for the Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible.
“However, Tyron has greatly underestimated Jake and very early on it will be a biohazard.  Tyron is in way over his head on August 29.
“Every single day, we are perfecting the necessary tools to take Tyron into the deep waters and drown him.
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“We are ready today, tomorrow, next week. It doesn’t matter. Shawn and I can make a friendly wager to make this more interesting.” 
Woodley, 39, reigned the UFC’s welterweight division from 2016-2018 before being dethroned by current champ Kamaru Usman, 33.
But he is still without a win since, losing four in a row before leaving the UFC to pursue boxing.
Paul, 24, comes into the fight 3-0 all by knockout but has so far faced limited opposition.
That includes against online rival ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 36, a renowned grappler.
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