YouTuber-turned-boxer KSI’s manager Mams Taylor claims that Conor McGregor turned down a fight between the pair.
So far as Taylor, who runs Misfits Boxing alongside KSI, was concerned there was a ‘done deal’ between McGregor and boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh for a crossover bout. The event was set to happen on Alcatraz island, but on the last moment the Irishman is claimed to have backed out.
The claim is backed by an announcement McGregor made earlier this yr where he admitted he turned down a suggestion to fight on Alcatraz. KSI was attributable to face his teammate Dillon Danis in March, but pulled out attributable to an alleged illness.
Conor McGregor reportedly turned down ‘done deal’ KSI fight
In a brand new episode of Misfits News, promoter Mams Taylor spoke out about quite a lot of big issues throughout the crossover boxing world. One topic that got here up was the topic of KSI’s return to the ring, where he mentioned the potential of a Conor McGregor fight that didn’t materialise.
“The Conor McGregor one, we thought it was a done deal and we were told it was a done deal,” Taylor told hosts Ben Davis and Biel. He noted that it was purported to be in Alcatraz and that the deal was done through Turki Alalshikh.
“I don’t know exactly because I wasn’t a part of the negotiations with Conor,” he replied when asked why it fell through. “But I feel Conor made an announcement recently about that and referenced it subtly so return to that.
“He desires to be a politician and who knows? I feel that’s a really exciting fight, I feel it’s a beautiful fight, it could be massive. That got KSI more excited than I’ve ever seen him and I’ve seen him undergo ups, downs, every kind of crazy stuff we’ve been through together.
“The joy level when that was going to occur was high, he was like somewhat kid and it was so nice to see. I said to him that day after we spoke ‘though everyone seems to be saying it’s a done deal, just dial it back since it’s Conor McGregor, we don’t know, it is a recent situation for us, let’s wait and see’.
“His Excellency is one one who could make that fight occur and hopefully he’ll. I don’t think there’s many greater fights than that on the planet by way of viewership, pay-per-views, nevertheless you ought to do it, it’s just an enormous, massive mega-fight.”
Conor McGregor claimed he refused comeback fight in Alcatraz
The statement that Taylor is referring to got here at a BKFC press conference last month when McGregor opened up concerning the potential of a fighting comeback. He’s currently focused on his campaign to be President of Ireland, and noted that he turned down a fight offer for Alcatraz.
“There was a possibility or a deal, we’ll say, to fight in Alcatraz only recent,” McGregor explained. “There’s an event happening in Alcatraz in, I consider, June. They got here to me and it wasn’t my value.
“As a fighter we’ve got to know our value. I hold every pay-per-view record within the book, I hold every gate record within the book and my comeback will probably be slated as the best or the largest, most anticipated comeback of all time.
“So it needs to be right. Right away, Ireland is in my thoughts and that’s where I’m, but it can occur, I’m sure and it’s at all times great to be here at BKFC.”
