When Floyd and Conor announced<\/a> their boxing fight in June 2017, the Westgate SuperBook opened the odds on the fight with Mayweather at -1100, and McGregor +700. The evening of the fight, the odds shortened on the underdog to +500.<\/p>\nThe August 2017 spectacle, which was the second highest pay per view event in US television history, was a major win for sportsbooks. Some 90 percent of the money was on the underdog.<\/p>\n
Floyd vs. Who?<\/b><\/h2>\n
Mayweather seems to be itching for another fight. He’s floated the idea of crossing over to UFC, but said he would require a multi-fight contract worth upwards of $1 billion.<\/p>\n
Staying in the boxing ring might be likelier in the cards, and along with the Nurmagomedov rumblings, a rematch with Manny Pacquiao has been suggested. Last month, the two fighters were at a music festival in Japan where they said in an Instagram video that they were finalizing a deal.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n“We’re going to take the belt. We’re going to get the payday. And I don’t want no shoulder excuses,” Floyd said referencing Manny’s post-fight shoulder injury disclosure.<\/p>\n
Though their 2015 fight was considered a letdown by the majority of fans, it was the most lucrative boxing event in the history of the sport. As for rematch odds, Mayweather is the favorite at -260, to Pacquiao at +200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boxing great Floyd Mayweather and UFC champ Khabib Nurmagomedov are responsible for Conor McGregor’s last two defeats, and now the two are considering squaring off in a fight of their own. Less than two weeks after his rear-naked choke submission over McGregor during UFC 229 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nurmagomedov is challenging Mayweather […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":90554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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