Boxing Should Make Floyd Mayweather Vs Conor McGregor As Showpiece For 2017

Conor McGregor Vs Floyd Mayweather can be one of the biggest fights and it is a kind of match which is not just going to take place inside the ring but outside on social media as well where millions of people will read, tweet and share all the stuff.

There is much anticipation amongst the world for the match of McGregor and Mayweather. The news about them are flooding every day and recently McGregor had demanding money to fight against Mayweather was catching fire. McGregor asked for $100m to fight against Mayweather who has retired in the year 2015, as reported by IB Times.

In an interview with ESPN on January 11, Floyd Mayweather told that fight against McGregor makes "business sense" before putting his counter offer on the table - $15m and a split of huge pay per view.

As this verbal fight between the two continues, before few days on 19th January Mayweather made a tweet. He wrote, "Before you ask for $25M, be worth more than $25M. You have the "2" and the "5" right but you meant to say $2.5M, not $25M."

This year would be great for the fans as there can be a unification clash between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. That is if Joshua registers a win against Wladimir Klitschko in the Wembley fight on April 29 as per Sky Sports.

Carl Frampton is also expected to come good by the time and gives a good competition to everyone. Also, Gennady Golovkin vs Saul Alvarez is going to be one heck of a fight.

Manny Pacquiao the Filipino boxer has also stated that he will fight Conor McGregor if Floyd Mayweather backs out. Pacquiao lost to Mayweather in May 2015 "Fight of the Century." Pacquiao is also expected to fight Jeff Horn in April.

UFC is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing sports all over the world and with these fighters who brought this sport to this level fighting this year can be a year to cash in. Matches like Connor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather Jr. might help boost the boxing business and letting such an opportunity slip would be the biggest mistake.