Filed under: News , Radio Highlight , UFC , Videos It’s hard to imagine anyone was particularly surprised to see Floyd Mayweather remain a big favorite against Conor McGregor during the entire lead-up to Saturday’s boxing showdown. The main argument for that is quite simple: While Mayweather (49-0 boxing) has 49 – all victorious – professional boxing bouts, UFC lightweight champ McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) enters the ring at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena carrying a 0-0 professional boxing record. McGregor’s manager, Audie Attar, is not about to dispute those facts. But he does think that a lot of the narrative ahead of “The Money Fight” seems to be overlooking a relevant fact. Related Why Mayweather-McGregor reminds Dana White of Chuck Liddell's PRIDE venture “I think the biggest misconception is how everybody is just thinking Conor is some novice boxer, or that this is the first time he’s boxing in his life,” Attar told MMAjunkie Radio this week. “That was the founding martial art that he took up as a young boy
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Conor McGregor’s manager explains biggest misconception of May-Mac showdown – MMA Junkie