UFC President offers Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor a whooping $25 million each to fight
California: The possibility of a duel between boxer Floyd Mayweather and mixed martial arts Conor McGregor got another support Friday as Ultimate Fighting Championship supervisor Dana White said he`d pay each $25 million to meet.
White, president of the prominent UFC blended combative technique mark in which Ireland`s McGregor stars, appeared to demonstrate in his remarks on a Fox radio communicate that the two would meet in a boxing ring, not the UFC octagon.
Notwithstanding $25 million each, White stated, every warrior would get a cut of pay-per-see continues.
"In the event that they`re going to box, Floyd takes a gander at this as a simple bout for him," White said. "Conor McGregor is his cash battle. Let you know what, Floyd, here`s a genuine offer _ and I`m the person who can make the offer _ we`ll pay you $25 million and Conor $25 million."
White laughed at Mayweather`s guarantee this week that he`d offered McGregor $15 million to move into the ring with him.
Mayweather, who resigned in 2015 with a flawless 49-0 record, told ESPN`s First Take program that a McGregor session was the main thing that could entice him to end his outcast from the ring.
Mayweather said he`d conversed with McGregor`s agents.
"They realize what my number is. My number is an ensured $100 million," he stated, including that he viewed himself as the "A-side" of the advancement.
"To feel that you`re the `A` side ... how are you the `A` side?" White said. "He`s asserting he`s made offers. He hasn`t made offers to anyone. I simply made a genuine offer. Conor McGregor will battle anyone, anyplace, whenever, and there is a line of folks he`ll battle who`ll accomplish more than 1 million pay-per-see purchases."
McGregor turned into the primary man to at the same time hold UFC titles in two weight divisions when he beat Eddie Alvarez in New York on November 12.
Toward the finish of November he was issued a confining permit the condition of California in an advancement that filled hypothesis about a confrontation amongst him and Mayweather.