Conor McGregor tests out his customised ‘Ireland’ boxing gloves… but will he be wearing them against Floyd Mayweather?
The prospective boxing fight between McGregor and Mayweather has now been given a deadline to arrange
CONOR MCGREGOR tests out his customised "Ireland" boxing gloves, but the big question is will he be wearing them to fight Floyd Mayweather.
The Notorious shared a video on Instagram today lacing up his Emerald-Isle-emblazoned gloves, the caption alongside reading: "Floyd better be ready, the baddest man on the planet is hunting."
Another clip shows the two-weight UFC world champion delivering some punches to a friend holding matching pads, with the caption reading: "Will we ever see him in the ring?"
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The pads and gloves were made by Dublin-based company iBox Customise.
Speaking in one of the videos, McGregor said training is going "very good, no slacking" and that he is "working hard out there".
SunSport has reported how Dana White has given a deadline of Sunday night for a deal to be agreed between five-weight boxing champion Mayweather and McGregor.
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White was growing impatient with the time he has been spending on the proposed fight and put the deadline in place, threatening to walk away if a deal on McGregor‘s side couldn’t be set.
Now the UFC president will go to Team Mayweather to lock down the deal.
White told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto: “We’re right there to get this deal done.
"If not, we’ll move on. I think we’re there. Conor and I have agreed on a deal.
"But then you get a bunch of lawyers involved and things get stupid."
White added he plans to sit down with team Mayweather on Monday, saying: "Hopefully Monday I'm going to go and sit down with Team Mayweather.
"I still need to go negotiate with them. There's no guarantee that we're going to come to a deal."
It's been widely reported that Floyd Mayweather will get £77million and McGregor will take £58m for their mega-bout.
