Manny Pacquiao is unlikely to fight Conor McGregor, according to his advisor Sean Gibbons.
Gibbons was speaking to NordicBet when he discussed potential future fights for the Filipino, who has been preoccupied with politics and exhibition bouts in recent years.
However, at age 45, Pacquiao is now set for a professional comeback and one potential match-up is against UFC fighter Conor McGregor, who is yet to make a return from a broken leg suffered against Dustin Poirier back in 2021.
McGregor however remains in the limelight, but that is not enough to convince Gibbons he is ready for another attempt in the boxing ring, after his fight against Floyd Mayweather in 2017.
He said: “Any fight with the name Conor is of interest. The other Conor (McGregor) is all over the place, so Conor Benn has moved into [the] forefront. I don’t see anyone else like a Mario Barrios, but in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, they look at what the buyer would like. Manny vs Terance Crawford is not the fight.
“Manny would fight Crawford, but nobody is buying that at this point. Conor Benn has looked very vulnerable in his last couple of fights and that’s what brings the intrigue to it and that’s the target. Next step is His Excellency wanting to make the fight and we will move to the next step.”
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