Written by Tom Ngo
In November, UFC lightweight and “former” featherweight champion Conor McGregor obtained his boxing license in the state of California, leading many to believe the hotly-rumored crossover bout with retired boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. could soon move from fiction to fact.
According to Mayweather, they tried to arrange a boxing match with the UFC’s cash cow, even going as far as laying out the financials.
“We tried to make the Conor McGregor fight,” Mayweather revealed on Wednesday’s edition of ESPN’s First Take.