Pacquiao more dangerous than Mayweather for Conor McGregor believes Michael Conlan
It’s no news that Irish boxer Michael Conlan (13-0) and the popular MMA fighter Conor McGregor are very good friends; something that became apparent during one of Conlan's ringwalks in New York, in which the 'Notorious' had accompanied him.
Now, Rio 2016 Olympian Conlan is all set to feature in his 14th professional contest at New York’s Madison Square Garden on March 17. The fight is scheduled for St Patrick’s Day against Colombian Belmar Preciado (20-2-1). However, Conlan has courted controversy lately after hinting that Manny Pacquiao will prove to be an all-round tough fight and a far more dangerous threat for his friend Conor McGregor, compared to Floyd Mayweather.
McGregor vs Pacquiao speculations are already on
Conor McGregor recently made an emphatic return to the UFC scoring a convincing first round knockout victory over Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone. The fight was in fact a first for the Irishman after a break of more than one year, since his devastating loss at the hands of Khabib Nurmagomedov.
It’s a no-brainer that McGregor will sooner or later would want to venture into boxing once again, having made a huge fortune in his last fight. Going by the rumours, everyone is expecting that the Notorious would soon be competing in a boxing fight against the Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao.
In fact, these rumours have apparently gone into the overdrive post the developments that unfolded in the past few weeks. Pacquiao recently teamed up with the same management team that represents Conor McGregor. As a result, everyone got thinking if the Irish fighter will soon face the Filipino in the boxing ring, a fight that is expected to garner a lot of attention from all over the boxing world. Pacquiao has had his hands into multiple things including boxing, basketball, politics and even gambling. He’s the kind of person you won’t be surprised with if you found him indulging in some live dealers playing roulette, as he believes in living his life to the fullest!
Conlan believes Pacquiao is a far dangerous fighter than Mayweather
Talking to the World Boxing News, in an exclusive interview, Michael Conlan mentioned that he doesn’t see any reason why Conor McGregor will not make a comeback to boxing. However, whenever he does that, Conlan wouldn’t want to be on the undercard as with McGregor in the ring, any other boxer will become irrelevant. All the eyes will be on the heavily tattoed Irishman.
Talking about Manny Pacquiao, Conlan said that Manny is among the biggest stars out there, but he doesn’t consider the Filipino a bigger name than McGregor. Conlan stressed that he doesn’t care if he is on the undercard or not, but if McGregor gets the Manny Pacquiao fight, it might prove to be far more dangerous than going up against Floyd. He also highlighted that fighting against Pacquiao is going to generate plenty of money.
Accepting the opinions related to Conor McGregor’s attitude, Conlan said that people love to see the ones who talk a lot, shut their mouth. There will always be people who will love Conor McGregor and others who will hate him. Pacquiao on the other hand continues to be a dangerous fighter, particularly for someone who doesn’t come from a boxing background. He clarified that he won’t favour McGregor fighting Pacquiao, but if the former does, he’d only wish him best.