Terence Crawford says he was provided a battle by Conor McGregor in a crossover match within the octagon, however he turned it down.
He spoke to the previous UFC champion McGregor, 36, on the cellphone and informed him he wouldn’t do it as a result of he didn’t wish to be kicked or elbowed. Crawford says McGregor tried to persuade to take the battle, telling him that they may make a “ton of cash”, however he wasn’t interesed.
McGregor hasn’t competed in MMA since 2021. He misplaced his final two fights within the octagon and hasn’t received a match since 2020. Based on Celeb Internet Price, McGregor’s fortune is estimated at $200 million. He made some huge cash for his boxing match in opposition to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2017, which pulled in a complete of 5.3 million PPV buys worldwide.
McGregor’s recognition has dimmed, however a match between and Crawford would nonetheless generate income because of the fan bases of the 2 fighters.
Crawford, 37, is coming off a slender 12-round unanimous resolution win over WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on August third. He didn’t carry out effectively in his debut at 154 in opposition to Madrimov, displaying a mix of age, lack of energy, and ring rust. The one motive Crawford received the battle was Madrimov combating passively down the stretch and giving him the battle.
“They provided me the battle and me and Conor received on the cellphone. I simply informed him, ‘I’m not getting in no octagon with you so that you will be kicking me and elbowing me,’” stated Terence Crawford to Bernie Tha Boxer, revealing that he’d been provided a battle in opposition to former UFC champion Conor McGregor.
That is one other instance of Crawford displaying a scarcity of ambition as a result of he’d seemingly make more cash combating McGregor than he’ll in his subsequent battle, which may very well be in opposition to WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora.
“He was simply laughing and was like, ‘Man, I respect that. However we’d make a ton of cash.’ Generally, it ain’t in regards to the cash. I can generate income, however you ain’t about to be kicking me, dude,” stated Crawford.
McGregor is a businessman with the way in which he’s attempting to hustle fights in opposition to totally different fighters. Crawford could be no match for McGregor within the octagon until he scored a knockout with out getting kicked or taken down. As soon as Crawford was down, McGregor is aware of too many various submission holds for him to have the ability to get again up.
