MMA) fighter Conor McGregor has reached a preliminary agreement to fight American social media influencer-turned-fighter Logan Paul in an exhibition boxing match, the former UFC champion said on social media on Tuesday.
McGregor, who was ordered to pay damages last month after a jury in a civil trial at Ireland's High Court found he assaulted a woman in 2018, said the fight would take place in India but did not specify when it would potentially occur.
«I am in preliminary agreements with the Ambani family to face Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India. I have agreed,» McGregor wrote on X. «I will then seek my return to the Octagon,» he posted.
The 36-year-old McGregor was once the biggest UFC star, but he hasn’t fought since injuring his leg during a bout with Dustin Poirier in July 2021. He pulled out of a scheduled UFC 303 match with Michael Chandler last June and said later that it was due to a broken toe.
The 29-year-old Logan Paul survived eight rounds against retired five-division champion Floyd Mayweather, who is 18 years his senior, in an exhibition fight three years ago. Paul, whose 27-year-old younger brother Jake fought 58-year-old former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson in a widely watched Netflix event that strained the streaming platform's servers, has few fights under his belt.
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