This week, UFC president Dana White informed the huddled masses that he believes a boxing match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will actually happen. It was a change of pace from White’s previous and continuous insistence that Mayweather wasn’t actively trying to make the fight happen because he laughed at White’s offer of $25 million dollars (Mayweather made $700 million in career earnings).
So now, as the greatest cross-promotional spectacle in combat sports appears to be drawing closer to reality, every pundit, fighter, and fan is taking the opportunity to weigh in on the great philosophical question of our time: can a man who has never boxed professionally beat the greatest boxer of his generation?