Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos LAS VEGAS – No matter how hard purists try to ignore them, questions about a super fight between Conor McGregor and retired boxing kingpin Floyd Mayweather persist. UFC President Dana White is still willing to entertain them, even if he adds the caveat that the whole thing is probably, maybe even likely, a publicity stunt. “I stopped saying never. Who knows … but highly unlikely,” the executive told reporters at a rare press scrum put on in the absence of headliner Ronda Rousey from media day obligations for UFC 207 in Las Vegas. “Look how long it took for (Manny) Pacquiao and (Floyd) Mayweather to happen – those guys are in the same sport.” Conor McGregor To hear White tell it, he didn’t think much of a rumor that McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC), MMA’s biggest star, might box the biggest star in boxing, and a UFC contract certainly didn’t leave open the possibility. But when he bumped into rapper 50 Cent – a former boxing promoter himself and, apparently, a reliable source – he learned Mayweather might actually want the fight to happen.
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Dana White on Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather: ‘Who knows, but highly unlikely’ – MMA Junkie