There was been some concern as to whether or not Conor McGregor would be able to make his return to the octagon to defend his UFC Lightweight Championship this year, as McGregor and Floyd Mayweather have been teasing a super fight.
It appears as if the super fight is all but official, as McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh recently revealed to Fox Sports Australia [via. Fox Sports] that his fighter has already whipped together a training camp for one of the biggest fights in combat sports history. Kavanagh said:
“In my mind, it’s on. That’s the mentality we’re in. Like you said, there’s a lot of fingers in the pie on this one. There’s different promotions, different organizations, different commissions that are involved but as far as I’m concerned, I really believe it’s going to happen this year. That’s the mindset I have.”
“Let the people in the suits worry about the paperwork. We’re training for it.”
“Boxing is one of the 10 skills you need for mixed martial arts. But now we’re only doing boxing so we can drop wrestling and jiu-jitsu and Thai boxing, we can just focus on the boxing.”
“So of course we’re getting ready to fight arguably one of the best defensive boxers of all time, but the training will become simplified cause we only have to do boxing so it’s a new challenge I’m excited about.”
