MMA star Conor McGregor (0-1 as a professional boxer) raised eyebrows by tweeting that he wil be boxing eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao (pictured). McGregor tweeted: "I’m boxing Manny Pacquiao next in the Middle East. It will be a true honour to have faced two of the greatest boxers of the modern era, afraid of a fight." McGregor famously lost to Floyd Mayweather in 2017, and it is unclear what he meant by "afraid of a fight." Pacquiao (62-7-2) is the WBA welterweight champion, having defeated Keith Thurman in July 2019 for his last fight. In February, Pacquiao signed with Paradigm Sports Management, the same company that manages McGregor.  Boxingtalk will continue to follow this developing story...