ESPN analyst Stephen A Smith has picked a surprising winner for Conor McGregor and Logan Paul’s potential boxing fight. The former two-weight UFC champion announced today on social media that he has agreed to face social media sensation and WWE star Paul in the ring, before making his octagon return. The bout would take place in India, funded by the mega-rich Ambani family.
And while talks are still at an early stage, McGregor says that there are “preliminary agreements” in place for the bout. Paul has boxed four times, most recently defeating the Irishman’s close friend Dillon Danis by DQ last year. Who is Conor McGregor? Step inside the hedonistic life of UFC’s ‘notorious’ bad boy and legendary double champ Conor McGregor claims he has agreed to Logan Paul fight This morning, Conor McGregor sent social media into overdrive as he confirmed that he has agreed to an exhibition boxing match with YouTuber and WWE superstar Logan Paul in boxing.
He was rumored to be facing Ilia Topuria after discussion on social media, but turned down that report altogether. “The rumors of a bout with Topurio are false,” he wrote on X this morning during a lengthy tweet spree. “I am in preliminary agreements with the Ambani family to face Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India.
I have agreed. I will then seek my return to the Octagon.” McGregor’s last official boxing match was in 2017 against Floyd Mayweather, although he has competed in a number of surprise exhibition.
