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Conor McGregor mocks Manny Pacquiao as Floyd Mayweather rematch announcement falls flat

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Conor McGregor poked fun at Manny Pacquiao after he shockingly announced a rematch with Floyd Mayweather will take place in 2024.

The eight-weight boxing world champion made a special guest appearance during an MMA event at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan on New Year’s Eve.

RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara, who put on the show, invited Pacquiao into the ring and together they revealed a fight with Mayweather was official.

Pacquiao began his speech by vaguely talking up a ‘big fight’ but hesitated to name his opponent until being prompted to do so by Sakakibara.

He said: “Next year, I hope to see you here in Japan with a big fight against… Floyd Mayweather.

“I thought you didn’t want me to say that. I’m excited for that.”

The major announcement didn’t get much of a reaction from those in the audience, and people watching at home were shocked to see such a big fight being revealed in that manner.

Mayweather hasn’t confirmed he is set to face the Filipino boxing legend again after outpointing him when they first met in the highest-grossing boxing fight of all time nine years ago.

McGregor couldn’t help but laugh at Pacquiao’s poor promotional skills.

‘Notorious’ shared a video of the announcement to his Instagram story and mocked Pacquiao with a snarky caption and crying laughing emoji.

“A lesson in how not to make an announcement,” McGregor wrote.

The former dual-weight UFC champion showed Pacquiao how it is done by sharing a video which showed him announcing the date and weight for his fight with Michael Chandler.

Both men confirmed alternative opponents just days after McGregor told talkSPORT that he was in talks to fight the boxing icon, whom he was supposed to face in 2021.

It appears until they finally clash, McGregor will continue building their beef by taking shots at Pacquiao on social media.

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Conor McGregor and Tyson Fury’s purses compared – with clear winner

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Tyson Fury trumps Conor McGregor when comparing some of the combat sports stars’ biggest reported purses of their respective careers.

Heavyweight world champion Fury, who fights Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed titles in February, is one of the biggest earners in boxing. The Brit has pocketed multiple eight-figure paydays throughout his illustrious boxing career and has never been beaten in the ring, with his flawless professional record currently sitting at 34-0-1.

Former two-weight UFC champion McGregor is the highest earner to ever grace MMA’s leading promotion. His astronomical rise in 2015 saw him capture two world titles before becoming the first fighter to hold belts in two weight classes simultaneously in 2016. So let’s take a look at how five of his and Fury’s biggest paydays compare…

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McGregor didn’t pocket his first seven-figure UFC payday until competing for his first world title in the summer of 2015 when he fought Chad Mendes for the interim featherweight title. The Irishman had already notched up five wins for the promotion by this point and his short-notice win against Mendes earned him a respectable £2.5million.

Just five months after winning the interim belt, McGregor became the undisputed champion by knocking out Jose Aldo in a record-breaking 13-seconds. The win catapulted him to superstar status and also marked his highest UFC payday at the time, taking home £3.5million in his first fight that sold over one million pay-per-view buys.

McGregor was scheduled to fight for the UFC lightweight world title in March 2016, but instead faced gritty veteran Nate Diaz on short-notice after Rafael Dos Anjos withdrew due to injury. The fight marked his first loss in the promotion as he was tapped out inside three rounds, but he took home £4.3million for the fight.

‘Notorious’ avenged his defeat against Diaz later that year and earned slightly more than the first fight by pocketing £4.4million. McGregor’s flawless lightweight title win against Eddie Alvarez just months after defeating Diaz saw him take home £5.3million, however it’s worth noting that McGregor likely earned considerably more than this for his fights with the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier.

Official sums of those purses are unclear, whereas the five previous paydays have all been verified as part of the ongoing class action lawsuit against the UFC. McGregor’s earnings for 2015/2016 came to light in the newly released documents as the lawsuit was granted class-action status by Federal Judge Richard F. Boulware in August.

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