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McGregor's brilliant sledge of Mayweather earnings

McGregor’s brilliant sledge of Mayweather earnings

As talk of a mega-fight between the pair intensifies, trash-talking Irishman Conor McGregor has spoken out in response to suggestions that Floyd Mayweather would earn far more than him for the bout.

With 39-year-old Mayweather raking in an estimated $300 million last year, he’s used to getting more than his fair share from his fights.

Meanwhile the UFC’s most prominent fighter, McGregor, apparently made just $8-10 million for his recent bout with Nate Diaz.

However McGregor said that imbalance would have to stop if the hugely anticipated fight between the pair were to eventuate.

“I hear the boy (Mayweather) talking,” McGregor told ESPN.

“The leak came out, it was him that leaked the rumour and it said he gets $100 million and I get $7 million — that’s a pay cut to me.

“I don’t take pay cuts. I thought boxing was where the money was at.



“The $7 million is absolutely laughable. He’s talking $100 million — I’m also talking $100 million.”

“I’m 27 years of age and I’m just about halfway through a $100 million contract.

“At 27 years of age, Floyd Mayweather was on Oscar De La Hoya’s undercard. So compare that.”

And McGregor has a point, according to boxrec.com Mayweather made $3 million dollars for his first fight as a 27-year-old.

However saying that Mayweather ‘needs him’ is certainly stretching the truth, considering Mayweather’s ridiculous success.

“That’s the truth of it,” McGregor continued.

“Who else can he fight? He fights someone else in the boxing realm and it’s like all of a sudden the pay goes from $100 million to $15 million. So he needs me.

“If he wants to talk, we can talk. But it’s me who’s in control here.”

Watch McGregor's trash talk in the video above.