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LOGAN PAUL admitted his brother Jake’s decision to call out Conor McGregor in an X-rated rant was ‘f***ing dumb’.
Jake hit the headlines after he branded McGregor an ‘Irish c***’ and claimed to have sent him a $50million fight offer.

Jake Paul pictured with his big brother Logan

Conor McGregor was called out by Jake Paul Credit: Getty – Contributor

Even big brother Logan – who faces McGregor’s former opponent Floyd Mayweather next year – was left shocked by the video.
And he fears Jake, 23, may have gone too far by going after ex-UFC champion McGregor – who has 19 knockouts in 22 wins.
Logan, 25, said on his podcast: “I love Jake, obviously, but this one is f***ing dumb. Sorry, sorry, this one is f***ing dumb, dude.”
As Mayweather, 43, beat McGregor, 32, in their 2017 boxing match, Logan was asked why he objects to Jake fighting the loser of that bout.

And he responded: “Conor McGregor is a southpaw, he’s bigger than Floyd Mayweather, he’s younger than Floyd Mayweather.
“He’s way active. I understand what you’re saying, so did everyone else, but he’s just a precision striker, knockout artist.
“Floyd is not. He’s just not. He’s older, everyday he gets older, everyday I get better.
“I understand the discrepancy between us.”

Logan will face Mayweather next February, in what is billed as a ‘special exhibition fight’.
The internet sensation lost his pro debut last year by split-decision to social media rival KSI – real name Olajide William Olatunji.
But his little brother Jake has won his first two bouts, empathically knocking out retired NBA player Nate Robinson, 36, in November.

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JAKE PAUL has continued his relentless pursuit of a boxing match with Conor McGregor by direct messaging the UFC superstar on Instagram.
The YouTuber revealed his eagerness to take on McGregor a few days after scoring a sensational second-round KO victory over Nate Robinson on the undercard of Mike Tyson’s exhibition bout with Roy Jones Jr.

Jake Paul slid into Conor McGregor’s direct messages on Instagram

Jake Paul launched a foul-mouthed tirade at Conor McGregor earlier this week

And earlier this week, the 23-year-old doubled down on his desire to box McGregor in a foul-mouthed tirade on Instagram, in which he claimed his team have sent the UFC’s poster boy a whopping £37million ($50million) offer.
McGregor refrained from responding to the x-rated call-out, in which Paul made derogatory comments about the Irishman’s fiancee, Dee Devlin.
And in another attempt to get the former two-division UFC champion’s attention Paul – whose older brother Logan will box Floyd Mayweather in February – sent a short and sweet direct message to The Notorious on Instagram.
Paul’s message read: “Take the fight pussy.”

After sharing his DM to McGregor, Paul launched a blistering rant at UFC president Dana White, who earlier that day revealed he was willing to let women’s bantamweight and featherweight queen Amanda Nunes fight the former Disney star.
He said: “Alright, Dana, let me try to understand your logic here: So you’re saying you don’t want me to fight Conor McGregor because he’s one of the greatest fighters in the world and I’m just like a YouTuber of whatever.
“But then, in a statement today, you say: ‘Oh, I’m thinking about just having Amanda Nunes knock him out.’ But she’s also one of the greatest.
“Dana, you seem to have this thing where you sort of hate on videogamers or YouTubers and influencers and us boxing and all this stuff.

“But then, you spend half your time hanging out with the Nelk Boys. And I know why. It’s because they have hella influence over the male audience and you know that’s gonna promote the UFC.
“And right now, baby, there’s nobody in this f***ing world who is promoting the UFC as much as me.
Tens of millions of views, number one search result on Google when you type in Conor McGregor, when you type in UFC, when you type in Dana White. So you’re not making sense here.
“Dana, I know the world doesn’t really know this because the UFC is this huge company. But we all know it’s not doing that well.

Jake Paul knocked out Nate Robinson on the undercard of Mike Tyson’s exhibition bout with Roy Jones JrCredit: AP:Associated Press
“Anyone who is involved in WME and all the public stocks and everything that went south there, we know the company is not doing well. And I’m the biggest money fight you can do unless Khabib comes out of retirement.
“So if you want the UFC to make the most amount of money, you better start to wake the f**k up and realise that Jake Paul vs Conor McGregor is going to happen at some point.”
Paul’s rant at White came shortly after he ambushed McGregor’s team-mate Dillon Danis and pelted him with water balloons.
Paul may very well be a combat sports novice, but he’s well and truly at the centre of the boxing and MMA worlds at this moment in time.

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MANNY PACQUIAO has a ‘very realistic’ chance of facing Errol Spence Jr and Conor McGregor in 2021 – so long as a coronavirus vaccine is rolled out.
Pacquiao is yet to fight since taking Keith Thurman’s WBA welterweight title and unbeaten record in July 2019.

Manny Pacquiao wants to fight twice in 2021 Credit: Ryan Hafey

But the Filipino icon – who turns 42 on December 17 – recently announced plans to make up for time with two fights next year.
And Sean Gibbons, president of Manny Pacquiao Promotions, confirmed to SunSport that Spence and McGregor, as well as Terence Crawford, are among possible opponents.
But the super-fights are reliant on a vaccine paving the way for paying fans to return in full capacity venues.
Gibbons said: “It is very realistic depending on the Covid-19 situation.

“As they roll out the vaccine and hopefully get the Covid-19 spread under some control we are hopeful.
“Senator Pacquiao has never turned any fight down in his life and he sure is not now.
“The Senator is looking at all options in these very difficult times.”
Pacquiao was left impressed after Spence, 30, returned for the first time since his horror car crash to dominate Danny Garcia, 32, at the start of December.

Errol Spence Jr pictured after beating Danny Garcia Credit: Getty Images – Getty

Terence Crawford did have a deal in place to fight Pacquiao in Qatar Credit: Getty Images – Getty

And we revealed in November that WBO champion Crawford, 33, already had a deal in place to face PacMan in Qatar this year.
But the coronavirus crisis KO’d the Middle East-backed fight, with Bob Arum’s Top Rank promotion hopeful they can restart talks with Pacquiao.
Perhaps the most lucrative option for eight-division champion PacMan is UFC star McGregor.
The 32-year-old Irishman and Pacquiao both confirmed they were in negotiations earlier in the year.
But McGregor decided to commit his immediate future to the UFC as he returns to the octagon against Dustin Poirier, 31, on January 23.
Audi Attar, who has a management deal with both McGregor and Pacquiao, however, did confirm the superstars still intend to fight next year.

Pacquiao is yet to fight since taking Keith Thurman’s WBA welterweight titleCredit: Sean Michael Ham

Conor McGregor was in talks to face Pacquiao Credit: Reuters
Attar told The National: “Both fighters want it. There’s no way Conor’s looking past Dustin, so he’s just trying to focus on what he can control.
“But the fans want it – there’s serious interest from all fans from all around the world – and both fighters want it. It’s hard not to make it happen.
“Manny Pacquiao sees Conor McGregor as a real threat and a real formidable opponent.
“And he has his own plans politically; he’s a machine in what he does. Either of them isn’t trying to go fight YouTubers next.
“At the end of the day, I don’t see why it shouldn’t happen.
“As we saw in 2020, you can never count anything out any more, but right now the intention is for that to happen in 2021.”

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