The crossover boxing superfight between #4 ranked UFC lightweight contender and former double champion Conor McGregor and career 8 weight boxing world champion, current WBA (Super) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has just been confirmed by their mutual management. The fight has been bandied about as a possibility by both earlier this year. McGregor has previously fought in professional boxing only once. That was a superfight against the undefeated boxing megastar Floyd Mayweather Jr. McGregor was outmatched and suffered a TKO defeat in the tenth round.
McGregor is currently booked in an MMA fight against #2 UFC lightweight contender and former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier.