{"id":270055,"date":"2020-09-27T07:40:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T11:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=270055"},"modified":"2020-09-27T07:40:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T11:40:38","slug":"manny-pacquiao-set-to-take-on-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/27\/manny-pacquiao-set-to-take-on-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao set to take on Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_198012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198012\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/48370507_1995025167468166_2761596407197466624_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198012\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/48370507_1995025167468166_2761596407197466624_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/48370507_1995025167468166_2761596407197466624_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/48370507_1995025167468166_2761596407197466624_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/48370507_1995025167468166_2761596407197466624_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacquiao has been on a long layoff since his last bout, a split decision win over Keith Thurman on July 21, 2019, for the WBA welterweight super title. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MannyPacquiao\/photos\/a.1415914498712572\/1995025160801500\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MannyPacquiao\/\">Manny Pacquiao\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The camp of lawmaker and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao confirmed on Saturday that a match against Conor McGregor is being negotiated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our lawyers are finalizing all the confidential details,&#8221; Jayke Joson, Pacquiao&#8217;s special assistant, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor, one of the biggest names in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), first announced the bout through a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Joson added that Pacquiao&#8217;s paycheck for the bout, which may take place somewhere in the Middle East next year, will be given to those who are affected by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The huge portion of his earnings will proceed to those who are affected nationwide by the pandemic,&#8221; Joson said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that helping the Covid-19 patients has been the eight-division world boxing champion&#8217;s cause right now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our beloved senator doesn&#8217;t want to talk about boxing since we are in the middle of the pandemic, and this is not the right time for it,&#8221; Joson said.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao has been on a long layoff since his last bout, a split decision win over Keith Thurman on July 21, 2019, for the WBA welterweight super title.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor, on the other hand, had the more recent fight, needing just 40 seconds to knock out Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 on Jan. 19 (Philippine Time).<\/p>\n<p>McGregor&#8217;s boxing debut, a 2017 clash with Floyd Mayweather, ended in a 10th round knockout defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The camp of lawmaker and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao confirmed on Saturday that a match against Conor McGregor is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":198012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-ivan-stewart-saldajeno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270057,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270055\/revisions\/270057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}