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Conor McGregor predicts win over Floyd Mayweather in future rematch: ‘I was playing ping pong with his head’

Former two-weight UFC champion, Conor McGregor claims that with sufficient adjustments, he could stop former boxing world champion, Floyd Mayweather in a potential future boxing rematch – claiming he was “playing ping pong” with the latter’s head in their first pairing.

McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion under the banner of the UFC, made his professional boxing debut back in August 2017 in a lucrative outing against former world champion, Mayweather, eventually succumbing to a tenth round standing TKO loss.

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Conor McGregor claims he would defeat Floyd Mayweather in a potential rematch

Linked with a slew of potential hybrid rules and exhibition matchups with Mayweather in a rematch with the Michigan native, Conor McGregor claims if the two were to share the squared-circle again, he would finish the now 46-year-old.