Conor McGregor Set to Face Logan Paul in Boxing Exhibition in India

It appears that Conor McGregor's highly anticipated return to the octagon will be delayed once again. In an exciting announcement on X, McGregor revealed that he has accepted a boxing exhibition match against YouTube star-turned-boxer Logan Paul, set to take place in India.

McGregor addressed rumors surrounding a potential bout with Ilia Topuria, stating, “The rumors of a bout with Topuria are false. 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.”

As a former two-weight UFC champion, McGregor has not fought since suffering a leg injury during his TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in 2021. He was originally scheduled to face Michael Chandler at UFC 303 earlier this June, but he canceled just two weeks prior due to an injured foot. McGregor's only professional boxing match took place in 2017 against Floyd Mayweather Jr., which ended in a TKO defeat in the 10th round. That fight was dubbed “The Money Fight” and was considered “The Biggest Fight in Combat Sports History.”

Logan Paul, on the other hand, has participated in four exhibition boxing matches, including a draw with Floyd Mayweather, a draw and a defeat against KSI, and a victory over MMA fighter Dillon Danis. Recently, Paul has been focusing on his WWE career, where he won the U.S. Championship in November 2023.

As of now, a date for the McGregor vs. Paul fight has not been announced.

Logan Paul is fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. in February 2021

YouTuber Logan Paul has struck a deal to fight former boxing megastar Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a “special exhibition” match on February 20th. The bout will be streamed as a pay-per-view on Fanmio. Mayweather is an undefeated champion with a 50-0 record, multiple world titles in five weight classes, and an Olympic bronze medal. Paul is best known for his controversial YouTube video where he filmed a dead body in a Japanese forest. He has fought in one sanctioned boxing match: a loss to fellow YouTuber KSI. Needless to say, this is unlikely to be a festival of evenly matched athletic prowess.

 

But Mayweather is not above signing up to farcical contests for the spectacle and the payday. His 50th official win involved him coming out of retirement in 2017 to face UFC star Conor McGregor, who had never professionally boxed before. The following year he fought kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in a widely panned exhibition match, winning by TKO in the first round. Mayweather called out Logan Paul last month on Twitter, making his thoughts on boxing YouTubers clear and saying he’s “not the one for the kid games.” Paul’s brother, Jake, responded to Mayweather’s comments ahead of his own fight against former NBA player Nate Robinson, which he ended up winning. “You know, it doesn’t bother me,” Jake told The Daily Beast. “At the end of the day, he’s like 5-foot-4, so he’s actually the little kid here, and obviously he just wants attention. He’s fifty-something years old. He should be in retirement. So he just wants to get relevancy by talking about the YouTube kids, because we’re the ones popping off right now.” (Mayweather is actually 5-foot-8 and 43 years old. Also very good at boxing.) The whole situation is deeply silly, which is no doubt why organizers expect a lot of people to tune in. The “early pricing” of $24.99 only applies to the first million PPV sales, with the price rising to $39.99, then $59.99 on December 29th, then $69.99 from February 11th.