By newsfirstusa 
Conor McGregor says he’s in negotiations to combat Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in Republic of India.
McGregor stated early Tuesday morning on social media he’s in “preliminary agreements” with the society of billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani to combat Paul.
“I have agreed,” McGregor stated.
McGregor additionally stated that rumors of a possible bout with Terminating Combating Championship featherweight champion Ilia Topuria have been fraudelant. McGregor stated he would create his “return to the Octagon” next his boxing exhibition with Paul.
Topuria additionally denied any hypothesis he’d combat McGregor.
“The rumors of bout with mchicken are false,” Topuria stated on social media. “I don’t fight nor am I interested in fighting with a rapist.”
McGregor’s announcement comes not up to a week next a civil court jury in Eire dominated he will have to pay just about 250,000 Euros ($257,000) to a girl who stated he “brutally raped and battered” her at a Dublin lodge penthouse in December 2018.
Nikita Hand stated the attack left her closely bruised and affected by post-traumatic pressure sickness. McGregor testified that he by no means pressured the girl to do anything else towards her will and stated she fabricated the allegations next the 2 had consensual intercourse.
The Related Press usually does now not identify alleged sufferers of sexual violence except they arrive ahead publicly, as Hand has accomplished.
The 36-year-old McGregor was once as soon as the most important UFC superstar, however he hasn’t fought since injuring his leg all over a bout with Dustin Poirier in July 2021. He pulled out of a scheduled UFC 303 match with Michael Chandler utmost June and stated after that it was once because of a broken toe.
Paul is a YouTuber-turned-boxer. He up to now fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an exhibition, amongst others. His brother Jake Paul gained a unanimous decision over 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson utmost week in Arlington, Texas. The Jake Paul-Tyson combat was once the primary reside sports activities match on Netflix, which introduced that the bout was viewed in 60 million families.
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