Bloody Elbow · Jun 3, 2021
‘Oh, absolutely’ - Floyd Mayweather gung-ho on McGregor rematch
Photo By Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor trade punches during their 2017 boxing match.Whatever opinions on the actual quality of the fight may be, there’s no doubt that Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s 2017 boxing match against Conor McGregor was one of the biggest events in recent combat sports history. Raking in a reported 4.3 million PPV buys in the US alone, some reports estimated that Mayweather earned at least $200 million (if not more) for the bout—with McGregor potentially taking in somewhere near $100 million.